Victoria McKenzie

Victoria McKenzie is awarded a grant to pursue an investigative reporting project on water access in rural Colombia. Decades of failed water projects in Colombia’s northernmost department of La Guajira suggest the need for closer evaluation of aid and development effectiveness. McKenzie is a human rights and global health reporter based in New York City, focused on international aid and development. She has covered political corruption in Colombia for Vice News and Colombia Reports.

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Death and Displacement: A USAID Export

USAID has funded the Cerrejón Foundation, the charitable arm of the Cerrejón mine in Caribbean Colombia, to the tune of millions. A months-long investigation reveals its community development projects are a front tied to a…