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APC member wins $1 million award for work in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

By Gates Foundation

SEATTLE, USA, 17 August 2011

APC member in Kenya, the Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN), which provides knowledge and information through a variety of innovative channels in remote communities throughout Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania has received the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2011 Access to Learning Award.

Full article at http://www.gatesfoundation.org/atla/Pages/2011-atla-winner-alin-eastern-africa.aspx

The communities use ALIN’s knowledge centres to gain information to improve their health, increase their incomes and better their lives.

Photo by ALIN

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