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U.S. projects bringing water to drought-ridden land may end

Season 2025 Episode 196 | 8m 55s

As the Trump administration ends USAID's mission, a project to bring water to drought-ridden lands is now in peril. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, William Brangham and producer Molly Knight Raskin traveled to a community in central Kenya to look at the legacy of American foreign aid.

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