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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program develops emerging leaders committed to improving the food and nutrition security of people worldwide. It is a unique two-year program that combines field and policy work experience with cohort learning and professional development. The 9th class … Read more
CHC is now accepting applications to host a 9th class Leland Fellow, who will serve Oct. 1, 2017-August 31, 2019. Find out more and apply!
