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In you lived in sub-Saharan Africa your chances of getting a prescription for a pair of eyeglasses would be almost impossible. There’s only one op...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 4
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More than six million cars, trucks, and other vehicles clog the streets of New Delhi, India every day. And there’s not nearly enough police to enf...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 3
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Back when the Nepali village of Kaskikot didn’t have any technology except the radio, a young farm boy started wondering about how machines work. ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
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Kibera is a vast slum in the Kenyan capitol of Nairobi. People who live there struggle with the high price of cooking fuel and the lack of garbage...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
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One piece of technology you’ll find in Mexico has fire in its belly and a shrieking whistle to blow off steam. Reporter Shannon Young examines a M...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
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It’s been more than 30-years since the first Barefoot College was established in Tilonia in northern India. Since then smaller Barefoot Colleges h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1