Local Student

http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_186011450

Valparaiso University student Elizabeth Thompson has spent a 10 day trip to Tanzania. The organization Engineers Without Borders is currently planning 5 years of trips there to improve the water quality, canal flows and irrigation, among other initiatives. They hope to begin improving local hydrological concerns in the coming years.

This is one of the only local stories I found to write about that wasn't related to criminal action, or people drowning in a lake. I appreciate the plight this student has chosen to assist in, and I think the nobility of even a 10 day preliminary trip is a great thing to spread the word about.

I believe that Africa has the potential to be an emerging continent in global affairs. The impoverished nations of today, can be the thriving nations of tomorrow. I remember a TED conference talk, or two, that I found particularly interesting, which pertain opportunity that Africa has.

I think with more initiatives that this young lady was involved in, and a continued resurgence of peace and evolving economies, Africa will indeed become regarded as something other than mostly 3rd world.