With Your Own Eyes

An excerpt from a piece originally featured on Travel Around the World.

We want to paint a new picture of Africa, one far different from the infomercials and images we’ve become accustom to. We are meeting with Africans on the ground, who are using their vast knowledge, and developing innovative ways of reducing hunger and improving food security in their communities. We want them to be the face of our project, putting their stories front and center, sharing their hopes and dreams to audiences they’ve never reached before.

If you haven’t already, we urge you to consider seeing Africa with your own eyes, so here are some innovative ways and tips to help you get your hands on African soil

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We want to paint a new picture of Africa, one far different from the infomercials and images we’ve become accustom to. We…

Original at borderjumpers1.blogspot.com

Bernard Pollack

Bernard Pollack, an expert on local labor movements and communications, is currently traveling across the continent of Africa with his partner Danielle Nierenberg BorderJumpers.org, meeting with farmers, community organizers, labor activists/leaders, non-governmental organization (NGOs), the funding and donor communities, and others.

His travel writing from Africa has recently been featured in the Montreal Gazette, the NC News Observer, the Omaha World-Herald, and the Des Moines Register.

He holds an M.A. in Political Management from The George Washington University School of Political Management and a B.A. from the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University.