Christine Welter
Christine Welter is a writer and a teacher.
Born and raised in the Pfalz (Germany) she moved to the United States when she was 25 years old.
She is Suite101's Topic Editor for Poverty and World Development.
She worked at the Library of Congress and the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C.
Her articles have been published in Die Rheinpfalz (German regional daily) and Die Tageszeitung (German nationwide daily).
She is a Board member of the Midpeninsula United Nation's Association and contributes to its newsletter.
Editor's Choice Awards:
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder, Book Review
Congo "Conflict Minerals" Fuel Brutal Civil War
2000 lbs., Poem by Iraq War Veteran Brian Turner
Brian Turner: A War Poet's Testimony
Top Wellness Center in Dahn, Germany
Latest Articles
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A Global Celebration in 10 Cities in Honor of KIVA's 6th Birthday
KIVA enthusiasts celebrate a global movement of connecting microfinance lenders and borrowers around the world as the San Francisco nonprofit turns 6.
Oct 13, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Feeding School Lunches to Malnourished Children in India
Children have a right to food and can't study if they are hungry. India's Supreme Court ordered the largest school lunch program in the world. It works.
Oct 9, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Famine in the Horn of Africa: 750,000 People Starving in Somalia
According to UNICEF a child is dying every six minutes in Somalia. The crisis in the Horn of Africa is killing, starving and displacing 13 million people.
Sep 28, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Prostitute Becomes Role Model: Microsavings Help Women Survive
After she joined a microfinance organization, Jane Ngoiri escaped the slums of Nairobi, started a business and could keep her children in school.
Sep 24, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Cholera Cases Increase in Haiti During Rainy Season
A comprehensive effort to end Haiti's cholera epidemic must include prevention, treatment, vaccination and rebuilding health, water and sanitation systems.
Jul 24, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Edna Adan Maternity Hospital Saves Women's Lives, Trains Midwives
Edna Adan was the first Somalian woman with a driver's license, the first who trained in the West to become a nurse-midwife and she built her own hospital.
May 31, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Kay Ryan Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2011
Kay Ryan's poems are succinct, full of surprising images and often funny. Her new anthology is an excellent introduction to her work spanning three decades.
Apr 20, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Haiti Relief Charities Recommended by Author Edwidge Danticat
Haitian-American author and activist Edwidge Danticat supports nonprofits that empower Haitian women to acquire skills to provide for their families.
Apr 13, 2011
- Christine Welter
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Rising Food Prices Push Millions into Extreme Poverty
One billion people in the world don't have enough food to eat. Rising prices make the poor even more vulnerable. What are the reasons for soaring prices?
Apr 4, 2011
- Christine Welter
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April is Poetry Month: Celebrate Poetry with Knopf's Poem-A-Day
Poetry offers a different perspective on power and politics in a complex world. In honor of Poetry Month KnopfPoetry.com offers free poems starting April 1.
Mar 30, 2011
- Christine Welter
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