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Team BARKA Races NYC Marathon
Comments Off Oct 13, 2010When three Québécois long-distance runners run in the annual New York City Marathon in November, they will not only fulfill a life-long dream of participating in this challenging major marathon, they will also run for water. One of the largest events with almost 44,000 finishers in 2009, the marathon winds 42.195 km (26.219 mi) through [...]
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Peace Day TV interviews BARKA Foundation Co-Founders
Comments Off Jul 1, 2010Click here to hear the interview.
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Great Barrington schools unite for Peace, Water, Wisdom Walk
Comments Off Jun 30, 2010As part of the Giving Campaign, Monument Valley Regional Middle School’s year-long focus of giving and generosity, the school’s students, staff and administrators came together on May 20 to learn about The Barka Foundation’s work of bringing clean water and a healthier life to Burkina Faso, an impoverished nation in the northwest corner of Africa. [...]
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‘Peace, Water & Wisdom’ Walk set for Sunday in Marblehead
Comments Off Jun 6, 2010When Marblehead’s water crisis occurred several weeks back, which threw some residents for a loop due to the scarcity of drinking water, visitors Ina and Esu Anahata were not necessarily fazed. http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/education/x289828600/-Peace-Water-Wisdom-walk-set-for-Sunday-in-Marblehead
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Berkshire Kids Walk for Clean Water
0 comments May 21, 2010GREAT BARRINGTON, MA (WAMC) – Over 400 students from Southern Berkshire County participated in the Peace, Water and Wisdom Walk Thursday afternoon. WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Charlie Deitz reports that the students were helping to raise awareness and money for clean drinking water in the land-locked African nation of Burkina Faso. Read the full article [...]
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BARKA Co-Founders Give Presentation to Marblehead Rotary
Comments Off May 2, 2010During the month of April, the Marblehead Rotary Club inspired its membership with an amazing lineup of speakers and stories of courage and conviction. http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/business/x826102744/Marblehead-Rotary-Club-hosts-variety-of-inspirational-speakers-in-April
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BARKA Foundation Founders visit Charter School, Marblehead Reporter
1 comments Mar 29, 2010Marblehead — On Thursday, March 18, Ina and Esu Anahata, co-founders of the Barka Foundation, visited the Marblehead Community Charter Public School and spoke to students and faculty about their work in Africa and, in particular, about the Clean Water Initiative.
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Reversing the Flow, E magazine
Comments Off Mar 28, 2010Reversing the Flow Connecting the U.S. to Global Water Causes By Brita Belli Earth Day Network’s lesser-known side project is called the Global Water Network. Unlike the much more visible Earth Day—celebrating its April 22 40th anniversary this year with projects that include “A Billion Acts of Green,” 40 school green building upgrades and a [...]
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World Water Day
Comments Off Mar 22, 2010It’s raining. Blessing. Ina said today, let’s start a movement to switch the holidays, so instead of celebrating Columbus Day we celebrate the International Day of Peace. Let’s all take the day off on World Water Day and think about the billion people in the world who drink filthy water to stay alive, whose children [...]
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Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk 2010 Press Release
0 comments Mar 22, 2010The BARKA Foundation announces its 2010 Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk campaign, an international initiative involving schools K-College to organize “Peace, Water & Wisdom Walks”.
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