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Texting Across the Desert

Learn how Peace Corps Volunteer Rashid Khan used a mostly-broken cell phone, a mostly-broken computer, and his IT expertise to create a virtual health education hotline in Namibia, fielding thousands of sexual health and HIV/AIDS questions sent anonymously via text message.

Listen to the podcast to hear the story in his own words.

Listen to Rashid | Read transcript

Click through the photos below to experience Rashid's community. Roll over the images to view the captions.

Photographed, written, and recorded by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Rashid Khan, Namibia, 2007–2009.

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