Malawi is a small, landlocked country in Africa south of the Sahara, known both as the “Warm Heart of Africa” and as one of the poorest countries in the world. Malawi’s economy is dominated by agriculture, much of which is … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: Dan Robinson
Tanzania is a nation of farmers—agriculture employs 75 percent of the labor force and makes up 31 percent of the gross domestic product. Despite its abundance of farmers, many of Tanzania’s 50 million inhabitants struggle to find enough to eat: … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: Grace Heymsfield
Photo: Steve Evans South Sudan is the world’s newest nation, and one whose short official history has been marked with violence and hunger. Two years after declaring its independence from Sudan in 2011, the nation entered a period of civil … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: April Dodd
Leland International Hunger Fellows usually serve their field year in nations experiencing high rates of food insecurity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America—so what is one member of the 9th Class of Leland Fellows doing in Boston, Massachusetts? In this … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: Portland, Oregon
Welcome back to Field Site Spotlight, our ongoing series where current Emerson National and Leland International Hunger Fellows share what they are working on at their field placements. Fellows Erica McCoy and Jamila Cervantes have been working at Oregon Food … Read more
People are going to create real solutions: an interview with Leland alum Laura Ostenso
We’re continuing our series of interviews with alums of the Leland and Emerson Hunger Fellows programs, catching up with what they’re doing now and how their fellowship service has shaped their career. Today we’re talking with Laura Ostenso, a member … Read more
Announcing the 9th Class of Leland International Hunger Fellows!
Placements for the 9th Class of Leland Fellows (click to enlarge) The Congressional Hunger Center is pleased to announce the members of the incoming 9th Class of Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows! These fourteen fellows will be working in twelve … Read more
Policy Update: Carlo Abuyuan
For the next installment in our series on the Leland International Hunger Fellows and their policy placements, we turn to Carlo Abuyuan, placed with FHI360 in Zambia and Washington, D.C. Policy Placement For my policy year I am based in … Read more
Policy Update: Jennie Lane
Continuing our series on the Leland International Hunger Fellows and their policy placements, we turn our focus to Jennie Lane, placed with Land O’Lakes International Development in Malawi and Washington, D.C. Jennie Lane Jennie Lane (front, right) with other L4R … Read more
Policy Update: Meghan Anson
Continuing our series on the work of Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows at their policy placements, here’s Meghan Anson with an update from Concern Worldwide: Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international humanitarian aid organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering … Read more
When we can reach out and share we’ll go farther: an interview with Leland alum Julie Savane
The skills and training Hunger Fellows receive during their service provide a strong foundation for their future work as effective leaders against hunger and poverty. In this first installment of a new blog series highlighting the endeavors of Hunger Fellow … Read more
Policy Update: Michelle DeFreese
During the course of their service, Mickey Leland Hunger Fellows explore both field and policy components of development work, and the link between the two. In this series of updates the Fellows, now in the second year of their fellowships, … Read more