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Episode 24: Averting Catastrophe in Mozambique (Part 2)
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16 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2017
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Description
When a historic drought struck Mozambique last year, the nation’s farmers found themselves plunged into hunger. So how did the U.N. World Food Programme help pull the country back from the brink? On the last of a two-part series, M.J. shares five voices in Mozambique—a farmer, an aid worker, a teacher, a student and a father—who found themselves on the front lines of this slow-motion natural disaster and a massive and artfully timed humanitarian operation that saved millions of lives, including theirs.
Released:
Dec 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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