Hunger Blog

The Hunger Blog is an open dialogue that highlights how microfinance, when combined with lifeskills and health services, empowers women to improve their incomes, safeguard their childrens’ health and achieve lasting food security.

Christopher Hest's Bio and Posts

Christopher Hest, Vice President for External Affairs, is charged with growing Freedom from Hunger’s revenue base and communications activities to meet the exciting expansion goals for Freedom from Hunger’s programs. Christopher has more than 20 years’ experience in major gift development and fundraising leadership, and has led the external affairs functions at leading institutions across the U.S. Christopher is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel. He holds a degree in Political Science from Duke University.

In the field in India

Village of Bandali Bigha,
27 miles and 2½ hours from Patna, Bihar, India
February 12, 2008

My name is Christopher Hest, and I head up the external affairs team at Freedom from Hunger. I am traveling in India with colleagues to step into one of our new programs, Reach, in deeply poor rural areas of West Bengal and Bihar. Our interactions with villagers have been profound, and I find myself feeling sad, frustrated, and angry that life for so many is so staggeringly difficult. The most enduring emotion, however, has been hopefulness, because in addition to the warmth and pure grace of these impoverished women I have been moved by Reach’s Service Center Trainers. (more…)

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