TCU studies colonias in the borderland

says in those 3-hu are about 5-thousand people. this week, a group of college students from texas christian university in fort worth are spending time with them … so others across the state might understand their daily struggles. abc-7’s evan folan… who graduated from t- c-u… was with them today: you’ll see this only on abc-seven… 3:30 ‘ i hope that everyone can see how people live in a colonias here in america,” thes students traveled more than 500 miles away to experience a different way of life. 1:51 “it doesn’t compare to anything you can learn in the classroom” graduating journalism students from texas christian university are reporting on the colonias for their senior project. 55: we are trying to focus the way they live and the reality of it and the lengths they go to make the most of it. 4:35 “it has been a ver different experience from living in the city and growing up here. colonia residents often lack basics you probably take for granted – things like potable water, electricity, paved streets and sidewalks 1:25 i think that this has really opened up my eyes and my group members eyes to life outiside of it and what we take for granted. 8″1 ” this is just one of the man stops for the tcu students. inside this half finished home lives a woman with her 5 grandchildren and they have no potable water. something these tcu students say they arent use to seeing 5″38 ” i go in and i was like my gosh you can really move and how do you live in conditions like this. when the students return to fort worth, they’ll publish and broadcast stories about the colonias, to raise awareness in a community that mostly be unaware. i hope and i think for the viewers in fort worth that this will be an eye opening story that i think most people dont realize that these kind of condidtions exist in their own country and own state edf abc7 if you live in dona ana county, listen to this. abc-seven spent