Charity Times Magazine - KAISER FOUNDATION AWARDS REPORTER

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KAISER FOUNDATION AWARDS REPORTER

OTTAWA - Ottawa Citizen writer Chris Cobb has been awarded a prestigious Kaiser Foundation fellowship to research and report on efforts to provide clean water and cheap sanitation facilities for communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Cobb's research will focus on the work of the Ottawa-based charity WaterCan.