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An oasis in the desert: The transformative power of sand dams

The lives of countless Kenyans are transformed by sand dams. David’s story illustrates the significant impact on his life and his…

7 min readApr 9, 2019

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10 Year Challenge: Providing Reliable Water

The Water Project has worked with communities who do not have access to reliable water for more than 10 years now. The “10 year challenge”…

4 min readFeb 14, 2019

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Scaling up is a process, not a solution

As The Water Project continues to reach more people with water points each year, we are working to better define terms of scale in all…

6 min readOct 24, 2018

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Scaling up is a process, not a solution

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Relationships, not wells, are key to safe water

The Water Project does not build wells. We build relationships.

8 min readAug 22, 2018

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Aga Khan urges fellow Muslims to join his 60-year fight against poverty

Today is an occasion for celebration for the more than 15 million Ismaili Muslims around the world.

7 min readJul 11, 2017

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Nikki Haley claims credit for already planned cuts to U.N. peacekeeping budget

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley declared victory after member nations agreed to a $600 million cut from the annual peacekeeping…

3 min readJun 30, 2017

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Revealed: Corporations secretly lobbying UN to allow them to keep avoiding taxes

Multinational corporations are lobbying the U.N. behind closed doors to keep tax avoidance off the list of targets in the Sustainable…

4 min readJun 23, 2017

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Revealed: Corporations secretly lobbying UN to allow them to keep avoiding taxes

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Tom Murphy

Polio eradication gets shot in the arm and kick to the knees in same week

It is not quite time to declare it the ‘best of times and worst of times’ for the global effort to eradicate polio, but two new outbreaks…

4 min readJun 19, 2017

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Polio eradication gets shot in the arm and kick to the knees in same week

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Leaving the Paris climate accords is not as simple as a presidential decree

As the international community awaits President Donald Trump’s decision on whether or not he will seek to withdraw from the Paris climate…

4 min readJun 1, 2017

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Leaving the Paris climate accords is not as simple as a presidential decree

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Does $40 billion leave Africa each year? It’s complicated

A new headline-grabbing report shows that despite all of the aid money, remittances sent home from expats and loans sent to Africa, $40…

3 min readMay 26, 2017

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Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy

Reporting Officer @ The Water Project. Former aid/development journalist w/ bylines in Humanosphere, NPR & Foreign Policy. Lover of craft beer, coffee & Yankees

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