KBI in the News
The Denton-Record Chronicle
November 15, 2009
Group hosts fundraiser to aid African children
Lindsey Bengfort says she still remembers the smell of floating trash and human waste surrounding Kroo Bay, a slum for migrant workers in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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The North Texas Daily
November 12, 2009
Organization raises money for African children
Two members of the UNT community are using their initiative to raise money for underprivileged children in Africa who may not have the chance to go to school.
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The North Texas Daily
April 23, 2009
Nonprofit needs volunteers
With CNN reporting that President Barack Obama sees "glimmers of hope" in the economy, it would begin to appear that the United States will break out of a dismal period some two or three years from now.
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UNT Insider
April 2009
Clinton Global Initiative honors UNT, students for commitment to global issues
The Clinton Global Initiative honored UNT and two student organizations for UNT programs designed to address some of the world's most pressing challenges, including poverty, education and the environment.
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University of North Texas News Service
Oct. 21, 2008
Clinton Global Initiative awards grant to UNT student nonprofit
The grant will be used to purchase and deliver desks, chairs and uniforms for children in Kroo Bay, as requested by the community.
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The North Texas Daily
July 24, 2008
UNT students aspire to educate Africa's children
Three UNT students are traveling to one of Africa's poorest slums to improve the lives of underprivileged children and their community.
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The Denton Record-Chronicle
July 13, 2008
Students take initiative to assist poor in Africa
The inspiration of one student had a domino effect among her university classmates that has grown into a budding nonprofit and a summer relief trip.
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University of North Texas News Service
July 10, 2008
Student forms organization to benefit Sierra Leone slum dwellers
When University of North Texas senior Lindsey Bengfort visited Sierra Leone in January, she was appalled at the living conditions she saw in Kroo Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown and home to 6,000 people displaced by the African nation's nine-year civil war.
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