{"id":10027,"date":"2012-08-24T13:47:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T18:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/blog\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2012-08-24T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T18:47:51","slug":"charity-water-september-campaign-for-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/24\/charity-water-september-campaign-for-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"charity: water September Campaign for Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This September, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">charity: water<\/a> is celebrating its birthday by bringing water to everyone in one country&#8211;Rwanda. The Rwandan people overcame the darkest time in their history, and together, rebuilt their nation. Now, they&#8217;re working to give clean water to everyone. Help charity: water <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/september\/\" target=\"_blank\">raise $1.7 million<\/a> to give clean water to every community in the Shyorongi and Ngoma sectors of Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/47532705?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The people of Rwanda are rewriting their story. And it starts with clean water for everyone. Learn more and donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/september\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.charitywater.org\/september\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube-global.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/5-questions-with-scott-harrison-founder.html\" target=\"_blank\">5 Questions with Scott Harrison, Founder of charity: water<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube-global.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official YouTube Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Smile at the Man Who Did This To You<\/h1>\n<p>Jonathon Torgovnik and Jules Shell co-founded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundationrwanda.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation Rwanda<\/a>, an organization that brings support to woman who bore children as a result of rape during the 1994 genocide and their children. <\/p>\n<p>Watch Jules Shell at TEDxScottAFB tell the remarkable stories of Annet and Agathe in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SahTTuKqfTI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundationrwanda.org\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation Rwanda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Intended Consequences<\/h1>\n<p>In 2008 MediaStorm produced <a href=\"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/publication\/intended-consequences\" target=\"_blank\">Intended Consequences<\/a> with photojournalist <a href=\"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/contributor\/jonathan-torgovnik\/122\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Torgovnik<\/a> on the plight and strength of women who bore children as a result of rape during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width:460px;\">\n<div style=\"height:373px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/player\/embed.php?id=e5037b3708b473254914&#038;w=460&#038;h=373&amp;lang=none\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:10px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:12px; line-height:16px; color:#999999; background-color:#000000;\">In Rwanda, in 1994, Hutu militia committed a bloody genocide, murdering one million Tutsis. Many of the Tutsi women were spared, only to be held captive and repeatedly raped. Many became pregnant. <i>Intended Consequences<\/i> tells their stories. See the project at <a href=\"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/publication\/intended-consequences\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#0083c5;\">http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/publication\/intended-consequences<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundationrwanda.org\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation Rwanda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/september\/\" target=\"_blank\">charity: water&#8217;s September Campaign on Rwanda<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This September, charity: water is celebrating its birthday by bringing water to everyone in one country&#8211;Rwanda. The Rwandan people overcame the darkest time in their history, and together, rebuilt their nation. Now, they&#8217;re working to give clean water to everyone. 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