Reckoning with the reality of an unprecedented hunger crisis

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Rwandan mother Marie Muhawenimana shows visitors around her home, including her recent sorghum harvest. It is essential that future programming funded by Canada includes better integration between humanitarian aid and development, writes Chinelo Agom-Eze. Photograph courtesy of Chinelo Agom-Eze

Opinion

BY CHINELO AGOM-EZE

August 7, 2024

“I no longer have to go to the market to buy food; I can grow everything on my farm.” These are the words of Marie Muhawenimana, a mother and wife, who I met on a recent visit to central Africa to learn about Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s work in Rwanda and the Democratic...

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