Sustenance, the CHC newsletter, features articles that highlight the work of Emerson and Leland Hunger Fellows’ experiences in the field and during the policy portion of their fellowships. In addition, Sustenance covers CHC staff and partner organizations advocacy efforts and special projects.
Summary of the CocoaLink Program
The CocoaLink program brings together industry actors and national governments working in cocoa to use digital outreach to disseminate information about cocoa-farming and social issues such as health and the worst forms of child labor. As a Fellow, I worked … Read more
Fact Sheet on Household Economics and Resilience for Food Security
There is an emerging commitment on the part of donors, governments and other non-governmental organizations to build resilience as a means to achieving real and lasting change for those most vulnerable in chronic crisis areas, such as the Sahel and … Read more
Fact Sheet on Local and Regional Purchase of Food Aid in Niger
Among the best tools available to the US Government to provide urgently needed food assistance to respond to crisis is Local and Regional Procurement (LRP). The 2008 Farm Bill created an LRP Pilot Program and mandated assessments as to whether LRP … Read more
Fact Sheet on Haiti’s Securite Energetique Securite Alimentaire
CHIBAS Bioenergy, my policy year host organization, is a non-profit institution dedicated to research, breeding and dissemination of locally adapted triple function crops for use as food, feed and fuel for Haiti. CHIBAS has been incubating the social business Sécurité … Read more
Policy Brief on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Kenya
This policy brief communicates the results from field research about carbon-reducing projects to policy-makers and organizations considering funding future projects. The brief aims to show that gender was an important concept in the design of these projects, and that for these … Read more
WFP Guatemala’s Monthly Food Price Bulletin
The monthly price bulletin is a document produced by each World Food Program (WFP) Country Office. It analyzes current trends on the prices of basic commodities, inflation rates, and fuel prices. The bulletin is used both within WFP and externally … Read more
Fact Sheet on the Innovations in Gender Equality Project in Tanzania
I designed the concept for the USAID-funded Innovations in Gender Equality to Promote Household Food Security Program. Our proposal was awarded, and since project implementation began in October 2012 I have been serving as technical backstop for this project. This … Read more
A Rapid Assessment Report on Cash Vouchers for Basic Foods in Yemen
In February 2013, a rapid assessment was conducted in Al Mukha, Mawza, and Dhubab Districts in Taiz Governorate in Yemen to measure the impact of Mercy Corps’ Taiz Emergency Food Security Program (TEFP) at the beneficiary household level and to deepen agency … Read more
World Vision’s Citizen Voice Action Methodology_Spanish
This presentation highlights the Latin America and the Caribbean Region’s (LACR) work with Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), a local-level social accountability methodology, which I gave in Nairobi, Kenya at a Global CVA Conference. It showcases how LACR has been … Read more
World Vision’s Citizen Voice Action Methodology_English
This presentation highlights the Latin America and the Caribbean Region’s (LACR) work with Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), a local-level social accountability methodology, which I gave in Nairobi, Kenya at a Global CVA Conference. It showcases how LACR has been … Read more
Case Study of Community-Based Legal Aid in Uganda
This case study tells the story of one Ugandan woman’s work as a legal aid volunteer with the Uganda Land Alliance.