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Indonesian Rescue Mission Complicated By Weather (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Aid workers, faced with extreme weather conditions, are having difficulty reaching the shores of the remote Mentawai Islands region of Indonesia. A C...

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The Sanitation Problem in Mentawai: Watch What You Eat

Dave Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Jenkins

I first went to the remote Mentawai islands, off Indonesia's West Sumatran coast, in 1999 in pursuit of waves; I soon realized the sanitation situation was disastrous, and decided to take action.

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