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DURHAM, N.H.-- Five University of New Hampshire students are planning to spend a week of their Christmas vacation helping to build a camel-powered irrigation system in the African desert.
The students will build a pump system to irrigate gardens in a remote school in Niger for the nomadic Tuareg who often leave their children at schools to be educated.
John Ahlgren, president of Rain for the Sahel and Sahara, says the Tuareg's lifestyle hasn't changed in 2,000 years but drought and encroachment by development and refugees have put their way of life in danger.
The students are members of Students Without Borders. They are affiliated with Engineers Without Borders and have begun designing a pump to replace a gasoline-powered pump that is hard to maintain and inefficient.
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