Fellows & Editors

Tom Murphy

Trip:: Fellows 2015
Affiliation:: Humanosphere
Country:: Ghana
Year:: 2015

Find me on:: Twitter

Tom Murphy is a correspondent for the development news site Humanosphere. He also founded the aid and development blog "A View From the Cave" and co-founded the Development and World News Service, a humanitarian news and grantmaking enterprise. His use and abuse of Twitter for development news has garnered recognition from Foreign Policy and quite a few unfollows. 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 also an IRP Fellow to Tanzania in 2013.

Stories

These Women Bring Light and Clean Water to Their Community in Ghana

by Murphy, Tom | June 02, 2015

{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...
This Program Actually Graduates People Out of Extreme Poverty

by Murphy, Tom | May 26, 2015

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...
Tourists Abandon Ghana Despite Its Successes Against Ebola

by Murphy, Tom | May 01, 2015

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...
To Get People to Build Toilets, Turn to Subsidies

by Murphy, Tom | April 21, 2015

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...