The Last Hunger Season Film Series: Part 5 - Gideon
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Channel: Chicago Council on Global Affairs · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
During the hunger season, Leonida Wanyama not only struggled to feed her children. She also struggled to educate them. For Leonida, putting her children through school was as important as putting food on the table. At the beginning of the year, she sold her entire maize harvest—which could have fed her family throughout the year—to raise money to pay the high school tuition for her son, Gideon. Gideon was in his third year of high school. Leonida desperately wanted him—her fourth child—to be the first in the family to complete secondary school. Executive Producer, Writer, Narrator: Roger Thurow Producer, Photographer, Videographer: Giulia Longo Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Joshua Courter
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