Kelly Hauser

I’m no HIV/AIDS expert, but I know that it’s incredibly hard for people living with HIV and their families to rise out of poverty for many reasons: decreased productivity as a result of being sick, stigma and discrimination, or the death of family members who would have helped young people to learn a trade. Agriculture, which is a source of income and food for two-third of Africans, and nutrition, which is key to getting well, staying well and being productive, are intricately linked to poverty in Africa.

Once again, the Sahel’s lean season (the period after farmers invest in planting but before they reap the benefits of harvest) is in full swing, and has pushed more people into a dire situation than ever before. After almost a year of crisis in the Sahel, 18.7 million people in more than 9 countries have

Last week, I had the opportunity to meet USAID Nutrition Division Chief Anne Peniston at a meeting on global nutrition hosted by 1,000 Days, an organization focused on promoting nutrition during the critical period of life between conception and two years of age. Anne has worked in US and international public health for more than

This week, ONE agriculture policy manager Kelly Hauser tells the story of a Ghana cocoa farm through photos. Have you ever wondered where that stunningly delicious chunk of chocolate actually came from? Well, earlier this month, I got to find out. I traveled with a delegation of Yale Alumni ServiceCorps members who were already working

This blog is part of a series organized by The Huffington Post and the NGO alliance InterAction to call attention to the crisis in the Sahel, a region in sub-Saharan Africa where more than 18 million people face starvation and 1.1 million children under the age of 5 are at risk of dying from acute

Yesterday, I got to use Google+ Hangout, a new technology that allows people to video chat each other, for social good. It was pretty awesome. The World Food Programme organized the Hangout and broadcasted it live on YouTube to raise awareness about the emerging food crisis in the Sahel. The World Food Programme’s Niger country

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs brought some incredible speakers to Washington last Friday for their Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security — including President Obama, African heads of state, G8 leaders and Bono — and you can bet that many powerful words were said. As one of ONE’s resident agriculture policy wonks, I

What would you do if you had $75 billion and four years to improve the world’s well-being? Recently 65 world-renowned researchers, economists and Nobel laureates got together and answered that question. They released their findings yesterday after more than a year of reviewing proposals and evidence, thanks to the Copenhagen Consensus Center. Being economists, they

Government-funded global agriculture programs are making a world of difference for many small farmers in rural Africa. Don’t believe it? Read the living proof: The climate in Kenya’s Eastern Province is marked by extremes, alternating between floods and long periods of drought. When rains are scarce, wells and river beds dry up, forcing people to

A few days ago, our friends at ActionAid USA released the report, “Pledges, Principles and Progress: Aid to Agriculture since L’Aquila,” which presents a new angle on donor L’Aquila pledge progress. The report is a valuable addition to knowledge about the extent to which donor countries are keeping their L’Aquila food security promises, and in

Government-funded global agriculture programs are making a world of difference for many small farmers in rural Africa. Don’t believe it? Read the living proof: Despite drought and famine, Sakina Mati would walk 6 miles a day in search of firewood for her family in southern Niger. Today, thanks to the Evergreen Agriculture movement, she no