When the story goes global…
Lauren Henry has experience reporting from Cambodia, Rwanda, Guatemala, Chile, and the United Kingdom. Through a variety of volunteer and professional experience, she has taken her passion for travel and merged it with her skills as a storyteller and documentarian.
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USAID Farmer to Farmer Volunteer, 2023
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Smith Center for International Sustainable Agriculture media, 2017
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Carson-Newman University media of SPOTS trip, 2013
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Communications Intern, 2011
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News Intern, Retail Jeweller Magazine, 2010
CAMBODIA
Rwanda: Tworore Inkoko, Twunguke
Feed the Future Tworore Inkoko, Twunguke (or Let’s Raise Chickens, and Make a Profit in Kinyarwanda) is a partnership between The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) and Zamura Feeds, Ltd. (Rwanda), with support from USAID/Rwanda and the African Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) Foundation, to provide expertise, training, and resources for smallholder broiler chicken production. With the ultimate outcome being improvements in both household income and nutrition for participants, the activity seeks to improve the livelihood of farmers living in Musanze District, Rwanda. Through Tworore Inkoko, 750 men and women will have the training and a support package to successfully produce broiler chickens.
Guatemala
Carson-Newman University students travel to Guatemala to help Gospel Rooted Ministries during their spring break in 2013.