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Water for Life: Bringing Clean Drinking Water to Children in Tanzania - Msgr. Frank Bognanno - 10/14/2026
Msgr. Frank Bognanno, retired priest of the Diocese of Des Moines and longtime friend of Iowa Catholic Radio, joins Deacon Mark Campbell from his new home in Georgia to talk about his decade-long mission to bring clean water to Tanzania.
Msgr. Bognanno recalls his first visits about ten years ago, when the water was so unsafe he couldn't use the tap to brush his teeth, and when the local bishop told him the region's number one problem was "water, water, water." He describes schools collecting rainwater off rooftops into tanks, children falling ill and missing class, and the moment students…
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