Hilda Poulson is a senior analyst with One Acre Fund, an agriculture NGO that provides smallholder farmers in East Africa with the financing and training they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.
Jake and Jennie Calhoun recently moved their young family from New York to Rwanda. The two share how they got where they are today — CFO and director of global recruitment for One Acre Fund, respectively —and why midcareer professionals with kids at home can still build long and happy careers in international development.
Asking poor African farmers to pay for their own training may sound strange, but the One Acre Fund believes the formula helps make its business sustainable. An exclusive opinion.
