Ndikumana Gervais is a fisherman in Bugesera, Rwanda. He supports his wife and three children with his income is of about 1500 Rwandan francs per day (about USD $1.73). While his life is hard, Gervais is working to improve his family’s future. He is raising a herd of goats, farms a plot of land, and belongs to a village savings club which allows him to take out small loans.
Awoke Mose is a smallholder farmer in Work Amba, Ethiopia who grows teff, wheat, chickpeas and maize. He, his wife, five children, and his mother all live the same one-hectare plot. He saves whatever money he can for his children’s education. His oldest daughter recently graduated from college.
On May 30, Dr. Unni Karunakara, Shinhan Distinguished Professor of Yonsei University, served as the guest speaker for IEU’s lunch talk. He outlined the effects of climate change and how they are affecting human health and society.
