by josiahmwd | Mar 20, 2018 | News
We are excited to announce that we have just joined Impact Marketplace, an innovative new platform where generous impact donors can connect with inspiring entrepreneurs to unleash enterprises that bring jobs, dignity, and abundant life to those in need across our...
by josiahmwd | Mar 15, 2018 | News, World Food Bank Team
Meet George Meka Abessolo, our Director of Africa Business Development George Meka Abessolo knew from a young age that he was called to work with the land. Growing up as the grandson of a large cocoa and coffee farmer in South Cameroon, George spent holidays traipsing...
by josiahmwd | Mar 12, 2018 | Partners
For Jan Willem and Almut Van Casteren, it all began with chilies. In 2004, the founders of the company eProd Solutions, had recently moved to Kenya after meeting the year before in Bolivia to start a chili export business. While the business was based in Nairobi, the...
by josiahmwd | Feb 26, 2018 | Book Review
Read our CEO Richard Lackey’s Review of The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children – And the World For those who have followed the challenges in the developing world of sub-Saharan Africa, the author Roger Thurow is a recognized name, having...
by josiahmwd | Feb 2, 2018 | International, News
In January, the United Nations announced that its General Assembly recently passed a resolution declaring 2019-2028 the Decade of Family Farming. This resolution follows the success of the 2014 UN Year of Family Farming, which “raised the profile of the role of family...
