This March 22 is World Water Day, reminding us of the 1 billion people on Earth who lack easy access to the water most of us take for granted. This week, our first ever piece to broadcast on TV, CLP’s “Water Wars,” will air on PBS’ Foreign Exchange. It was a really profound experience [...]
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World Water Day and Documentary to Air this Week!
Posted in Africa, tagged Africa, CLP, Ethiopia, Foreign Exchange, multimedia, Pastoralism, story, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Video, World Water Day on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ethiopian Retrospective
Posted in Africa, Behind The Scenes, Photo, Video, tagged coffee, dance, Ethiopia, injera, Kaldi, Lucy, Photo, travel on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After five long days of traveling throughout southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya, the CLP group and I arrived in Nairobi. It was a bitter-sweet transition. On the one hand, it’s such a relief to arrive in such a vibrant city and country. Nairobi is lined with green trees and flowers juxtaposed to its glass skyscrapers, [...]
Surfing in the Desert
Posted in Africa, tagged Africa, Ethiopia, internet, journalism, Water on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“I will never, never take water for granted again.”
I repeat this mantra to myself as I stand in the shower, somewhat awkwardly. Shampoo is still lathered in my hair and is slowly dripping into my eyes. The water has stopped pouring from the spout again. It just ran out. It does that here. The irony [...]
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Posted in Africa, Photo, tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Kechene, photography on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My apologies for disappearing for a while. Trying to upload photographs to the web in Ethiopia is not an easy task. I am beginning to work on an in-depth photo essay on the city of Addis Ababa that will explore such themes as the incredible Rastafarian culture, coffee ceremonies, traditional dance, orthodox rituals and the [...]
Heading South Part 3: A Night at the Yabello Motel
Posted in Africa, Behind The Scenes, Photo, tagged Africa, Cattle, Ethiopia, Julia Marino, Photo, Water on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Julia Marino
The white Toyota Hilux glowed as it pulled up in the middle of the unrecognizable night to what was the small, destined village of Arero. In my comatose daze, I was astounded by the reality of our arrival, our minds and bodies unscathed, curious, and ready for a warm bed and an [...]
Heading South Part 2: A Night in the Bush
Posted in Africa, Behind The Scenes, Photo, life, tagged Africa, CLP, Ernest Waititu, Ethiopia on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Ernest Waititu
When our four-wheel-drive Toyota Hilux vroomed off the town of Negele I knew I was in for a giant adventure. Well, I must quickly clarify that I was not here for adventure; Negele is of course not one of those places you go site-seeing. I was here to work, following stories on water [...]
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