<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/partnership-for-safe-water-in-the-mara.html" dsn="news"><title>Kenya Service Learning and Immersion Program Advances “The Partnership for Safe Water in the Mara,” Other Community Health Initiatives</title><item_date>08/05/2019 12:00:00 PM</item_date><author>Staff Report</author><image><img src="/news/images/partnership-for-safe-water-in-the-mara2.jpg" alt="Partnership for Safe Water in the Mara"/></image><image_caption>Partnership for Safe Water in the Mara</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/partnership-for-safe-water-in-the-mara2.jpg" alt="Partnership for Safe Water in the Mara"/></thumbnail><summary>In Kenya, 41 percent of the country’s 46 million people rely on unfiltered water sources, including the Mara River which is the single most important source of drinking water in the region. Water quality in the Mara, which traverses some 245 miles, is impacted by several factors, including animal activities, tourism, pollution, agriculture, and mining and industrial uses, and locals struggle to gain access to fresh drinking water because of the unsanitary conditions.</summary><category>In the Community</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the Community</tag></tags></item>