The Kindness of Strangers
HWGo! Digital Storytelling Adventures
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6m 40s
High school sophomore Cole Kawana learned how neighbors helped his grandparents when they were interned in WWII Japanese-American internment camps. So when he traveled to Rwanda to learn about the 1994 genocide, he wanted to find out how he could help his neighbors halfway around the world. He discovered that in addition to recovering from a devastating genocide, the country faced a common problem of many developing nations around the world - a lack of clean water. Cole brought water filters and taught people how to use them, creating clean water for an entire village. This documentary tells his story.
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