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HQ: David Rhody, Program Manager for Africa

M.A., French Language and Literature

Mr. Rhody is an international development professional with 30 years of experience in managing complex development and relief programs, mostly in Africa but also in Indonesia and East Timor. Now based at CHF headquarters in Ottawa, he has close to 20 years of field experience -- the most recent assignment being CHF’s Country Director in Ethiopia. There, he was also Project Director for the Partnership for Food Security Program, a major CHF undertaking that promotes long-term livelihoods in drought-affected communities. Before this field assignment, Mr. Rhody managed CHF’s South Sudan program on post-conflict reconciliation and livelihoods and projects in Northern Ghana. Previous work experiences include Country Director for CARE Canada in Burundi and Zambia, Emergency Operations Coordinator for the World Food Programme in Zambia and CARE Assistant Country Director in Niger and Mali.  He also served as an Advisor to CIDA on the multi-donor, World Bank-managed Demobilization and Reintegration Program for ex-combatants of the Great Lakes Region of Africa. In addition to project and program management, Mr. Rhody’s areas of technical experience include food and livelihood security, community-based natural resources management, refugee camp management, micro-finance, water and sanitation, institutional capacity-building, HIV/AIDS, health and education.