Fellows & Editors
Tom Murphy
- Trip:
- Tanzania 2013
- Affiliation:
- Humanosphere
- Country:
- Tanzania
- Year:
- 2013
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Tom Murphy is the founder of the aid and development blog A View From the Cave. His use and abuse of Twitter for development news has garnered recognition from Foreign Policy and quite a few unfollows. He works as the east coast correspondent for the development news site Humanosphere and co-founded the Development and World News Service, a humanitarian news and grantmaking enterprise. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy, Global Post and other outlets. Tom has a BA from the College of the Holy Cross in English and Political Science. A Yankees fan infiltrating Red Sox Nation, he lives in Boston, MA.
Murphy was awarded a prior fellowship with IRP, reporting from Ghana in 2015.
Stories
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These Women Bring Light and Clean Water to Their Community in Ghana
{image-1} A water dugout the size of a few football fields stands just outside the village of Kuruguvuhuyayili, in northern Ghana. People use the muddy water for cooking, cleaning, bathing and drinking--as...
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This Program Actually Graduates People Out of Extreme Poverty
Livestock, cash support and training help the ultra-poor escape extreme poverty. A new research paper combining findings from studies on what is called the graduation model conducted in six countries...
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Tourists Abandon Ghana Despite Its Successes Against Ebola
Each evening the fishermen set out in their hand-carved wooden boats. By nightfall, the horizon is dotted by a long row of small lights, their own constellation. Fish are caught, the...
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To Get People to Build Toilets, Turn to Subsidies
The one public bathroom in Ponkrum collapsed a few years ago. An effort to build a new one yielded a large pit that is used for trash, not defecation. For the people...
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Tanzania Cracks Down on Journalists While Pursuing Development Reforms
Press freedom isn’t usually ranked too high on the aid and development agenda. In fact, it’s usually ignored. Even as many laud efforts by the Tanzanian government to...
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Changing Climate Threatens Tanzanian Farmers
The stretch of road from Morogoro to Iringa cuts through Mikumi National Park before traversing the Udzungwa mountains. Dead baobab trees stand gray and fat against the seemingly endless stretches of dirt. ...
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The Maasai in Pictures: Uwiro Village, Tanzania
{image-1} {image-3} {image-4} {image-5} {image-6} {image-7} {image-8} {image-9} {image-10} {image-11} {image-12} {image-13} Tom Murphy reported this story in Tanzania as a fellow with the International Reporting Project (IRP).
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Women Deprived of Land Ownership Suffer Poor Health
Alfred Mufuga, 63, a farmer living outside of the town of Iringa, a few hour drive from Morogoro, does not think it is good for women to own land. {image-1} “The man...
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The Trouble With Maasai Boys
A drought in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northwest Tanzania claimed the lives of more than 200 children in 2011. The dry season and unsure rains mean that the Maasai children that live in...
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Farming Eden in Tanzania
If there is an Eden for international charities in Tanzania, it might be a small plot in the Malala sub-district of Nambala. {image-1} Goats feed from green grass while standing on elevated...
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Finding a Business Solution to Tanzania’s Agriculture Problem
In center of this East African nation, two organizations are working with poor farmers to prove that business, rather than traditional aid, is the key to making sustainable gains out of poverty. ...
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Rats! The Best Noses for FInding Landmines
Rain makes for hard conditions when sniffing out explosives. Abraham’s nose is strong enough and he smells the landmine buried below. A giant pouched rat, he furiously digs at the...
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Powering Business in Tanzania: How Solar Power Is Lighting Up Business in Rural East Africa
It takes only an hour’s drive from the major Tanzanian city of Arusha to arrive in Oldonyo-Sambu. While the distance connecting the small village famous for its giant market and...
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A Visit to One Acre Fund in Mlanda, Tanzania
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Bringing Better Nutrition to Tanzania’s Farmers
Abdullah Yahya’s farm sits above the dirt road that is unfriendly to cars after it rains. {image-1} Corn stalks remain in the ground, withered by a lack of recent rains....
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Tanzania Makes Agriculture a Top Development Priority
Tanzania may be newly rich in natural gas reserves, but government officials say improving agriculture is the number one priority to reach middle income status by 2025. The East African country’s...
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American Seeks to Become Warrior and Help Maasai Stop Being Sexist
A new book by and about the supposed first female Maasai warrior is stirring up controversy. Mindy Budgor is a Gucci-wearing, MBA-toting Californian who is promoting this book that tells of her...
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