9th class Leland Fellow, Rachel Gilbert, authored this blog post on how the Compact2025 Forum progressed in their discussion on how to effectively accelerate Malawi from a food relief to a food secure and resilient nation. Compact2025 focused on discussing … Read more
Nutrition for Sale: Solutions that are Feeding Bellies, Brains and Businesses
6th class Leland Fellow Giselle Aris and 8th class Leland Fellow Jennie Lane collaborated on this article, which outlines Land O’Lakes’ work to create synergy between building livelihoods and nutrition through a focus on women’s participation in value-chains that bring nutritious … Read more
The Story of the Jyamumbere Women’s Cooperative in Ruheru, Rwanda
I wrote this piece on a women’s agricultural cooperative for a storybook that was distributed at a HungerFREE campaign event in Kigali in October 2011 that also launched ActionAid’s HungerFREE Scorecard. The purpose of the storybook was to highlight stories … Read more
Jacob Johnson
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Action Aid, Kigali, Rwanda Jacob Johnson worked with ActionAid in Rwanda, where his primary responsibility was to coordinate a public financing for agriculture project aimed at training and strengthening the capacity of women’s and farmers’ … Read more