Impatient Optimists
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Karen Homer

Title Communications Manager
Organization African Women in Agricultural Research and Development

Karen Homer is the communications manager for African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). She spoke with Anastasia Mootian, a farmer from Narok, Kenya.

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What This Maasai Woman Wants Bill Gates to Know About Kenyan Farmers

May 27, 2011 / Karen Homer

Anastasia Mootian’s confident smile first struck me when I met her recently at a conference for women in agriculture at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI). The only woman farmer in the room, she stood out among the crowd of academics and government officials.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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