Praying for rain: Sustainable strategies deliver water, hope to East Africa

Coming Sunday: Helping Amina

Not far from Somalia, on a barren, windswept plain, Amina gathers firewood in the fading light of late afternoon. The wood is for home, and home for Amina is a sprawling refugee camp that sits at the base of a mountain in the Horn of Africa. From where she stands she can see the rows of white tents stretching to the horizon, a small, teeming city of some 40,000 souls. It is here that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has brought its philosophy of self-reliance to build partnerships in humanitarian aid.

Read Part 2: Building hope: How the LDS Church is helping thousands fleeing war and drought

Report on KSL: Famined Africans build water tanks, aided by LDS Church

Editorial: Water of life

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