It can be difficult to know where to begin when you are working in poor, remote areas. That's why the Canadian Hunger Foundation maps out the communities where we work, and tracks their successes over the course of a project. This way we can target our support to where it will have the biggest impact and make adjustments as we go, depending on need and new opportunities.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." -John Quincy Adams

What's available for free everywhere and can forever change you, your community and even your country? The answer: volunteering.

The chaotically busy New Fruit and Vegetable Market on the outskirts of Manserah, Pakistan is a thriving, frenetic place of commerce. Farmers come from miles around to sell their fruits and vegetables to wholesale buyers who noisily auction them to restaurants, hotels and supermarkets. 

What do farmers grow in rural Cambodia?

Cassava is a starchy crop that is a lot like a potato (also called a manioc) and is consumed in many parts of Africa.

The term ‘project’ comes from the latin word ‘projectum’, “something thrown forth”. I have always been fascinated with this definition; very likely because I really feel this is what we do when designing a new project. It is not a simple task.

Jasmine Hamilton was a Global Education Lead Volunteer in Vancouver with CHF. She will be reporting on her visit to a CHF project in rural Cambodia and documenting her experiences as part of an ongoing series called 'Going Global'.

When I first read about CHF’s Global Education program, I was at the beginning of my graduate degree in blood research. I had very little experience, and even less knowledge in the field of International Development. Although my South American and Caribbean heritage allow me to appreciate some of the challenges faced by the rural poor in developing countries, it was still a fairly new world for me. Yet, there was something so intriguing about learning about the challenges faced by people from all over the world and using that knowledge to engage Canadian students, and people in general, on the idea of Global citizenship. I couldn’t resist what seemed like one of the richest experiences that I could have outside of my academic life as a scientist.