In this episode, we highlight a team of Canadian geophysicists that traveled to the second largest refugee camp in the world to find water. The Kakuma Camp in Kenya is home to 185,000 refugees and growing. This is the story of passionate geophysicists working with driven refugees and locals to bring water to 140,000 people in East Africa. In this episode of Seismic Soundoff, what happened when geophysics went to Kakuma.

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• Transcript of this show
• Kakuma project details
• Paul Bauman Geophysics - for more photos, blog posts, and up to date news on his work
• 20 June - World Refugee Day
• Red Van Studio - creators of Finding Water, the documentary on the Kakuma project
• Other GWB episodes
  • Episode 28: Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Episode 15: The Story of Geoscientists Without Borders®

Geoscientists Without Borders®

2018 marks the ten-year anniversary of the SEG Foundation’s Geoscientists Without Borders® program. The program uses the specialized knowledge and technical skills of geoscientists to mitigate natural hazards by connecting universities and industries with local communities. 

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Interviews: Paul Bauman, Landon Woods, Erin Ernst, Doug MacLean, Franklin Koch, Brendan O’Brien, Alastair McClymont

Music in the episode courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Additional sound was provided by Brendan O’Brien.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Thank you to the SEG podcast team - Jennifer Crockett, Beth Donica, Ally McGinnis, Mick Swiney, and Adrienne White as well as SEG staff Katie Burk and Linda Ford.

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