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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

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Ultramarathons are extreme running events: 250-kilometer (155-mile) foot races over five or six days in the harshest environments on Earth. David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst").

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June. The first opportunity that I had to go back was to work in a refugee camp in Botswana. We found that the only way to really be constantly improving and growing is to be open and clear. Completely random. Things go wrong all the time.