Bridging Cultures

In Episode 2 you'll hear from Amanda, a local leader in Ciudad España, Honduras that spends hours helping vulnerable families. Amanda leads a sponsorship program at the Juan Wesley School in an economically poor area of Honduras. Many single parent families that can barely make ends meet can't afford school for their children. Sponsors help close the gap between what the families can pay and what it actually costs to run a school giving children in the community an opportunity for a strong future. The families volunteer some of their time to give back and the children must work hard in school to remain in the program.

Welcome to Season 3! We will be talking with our global partners on innovative ways of caring for orphans and vulnerable children in ways that help children to grow and thrive. Episode 1 will take you through a very quick tour on the history of orphan care as we prepare to launch into this new season.

Why is hunger still a global problem in 2022? This week you'll hear from Jake Seager, a senior at Kansas State University majoring in global food systems. He'll share why solving food insecurity is a wicked problem and how different organizations are starting to turn the tide. BUT, it's going to take all of us doing our part to come close to helping the most vulnerable become food secure.

Being fed is more than just ensuring there is food on the table. It's connecting with others in a shared meal or even connecting with others across some dirt. In this episode, you'll hear from Alicia Ellingsworth from the KC Farm School in the creative ways they've found to address multiple types of hunger, not just the hunger that food can conquer.

COVID affected food insecurity globally, and in informal settlements like Mooiplaas, it hit hard. By starting with food baskets, a "relief" response to a disaster, over time, they bridged towards long-term solutions. Hear from our partners in South Africa as they share the challenge and their solution!

In Honduras, children often need to choose between joining a gang or going hungry. Take a listen to Celeste, one of the local leaders in Honduras, and her solution to addressing hunger in her community.

Hear from our local leaders in Haiti as they describe their community efforts to combat chronic food insecurity & deforestation in one fell swoop.

Permaculture creates a holistic sustainable food system based upon the needs of the people, the land where the food is grown, and weather in that location. You'll get to hear from Biswick again as he digs deeper into the impact of solving food insecurity for thousands of families in Malawi - forever!

This season we will be diving into the complexity of food insecurity around the world and in our communities. In today's episode, you will hear from Rachel Ibok, a Community Engagement Coordinator at Harvesters (a Community Food Network in Kansas City) as she introduces the challenges that hunger and food insecurity present in the Kansas City community and around the globe.

Bloopers, nuggets of wisdom, and deep connections make up the final episode of Season 1. You'll hear from our partners in South Africa, Puerto Rico, Malawi, Honduras, Haiti, and Costa Rica. It's a conglomeration of snippets of conversations that didn't make the other episodes, but needed to be heard. Join us in our final bonus episode which we wanted to call "Nuggets from the Cutting Room Floor", but Courtney wouldn't let us....