Christine Walela is a smallholder farmer in Kisiwa, a village in western Kenya. She has four children, and, as is the case for many women in western Kenya, her husband does not support the family. He lives with his second wife, and Christine hardly ever sees him. Christine depends on farming for food and income. […]
Author Archives: Stephanie Hanson
Stephanie Hanson is the director of policy and outreach at One Acre Fund. From 2006 to 2009, she covered economic and political development in Africa and Latin America for CFR.org, the website of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2008, she won a News and Documentary Emmy for Crisis Guide: Darfur, an interactive media guide that explores the history and context of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.