Hyper-Local Aid To Africa

Connecticut Public Radio

Published February 20, 2013 at 10:24 AM EST

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The idea ‘For what you pay to feed your cat, you can save lives in my country.’ That...set a fire under Quinnipiac Professor Dennis Richardson.

He works in remote villages in Cameroon to aid a community of about 1,000 people.

On the opposite side of Africa, student and faculty of the University of Hartford are helping remote farmers create sustainable agriculture businesses in rural Kenya.

Today, on Where We Live: Some of the challenges and research involved in providing aid to remote parts of Africa. And UConn Africana expert Fiona Vernal sheds light on the history in the region.

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