Prepping for CAR: on storytelling, a personal manifesto of sorts
The next step in my life is to head to the Central African Republic to do aid work there. What is happening in CAR? Your best bet to follow the CAR crisis is through the #CARCrisis twitter hashtag, and...
View ArticlePrepping for CAR 2: Studying up
With this post I want to share some of the stuff I've been learning about Central African Republic (CAR), but I also want to use the space to present my strategies for learning about a new country or...
View Article[Centrafrique] The day they trucked the last Muslims out of Bossangoa
The scariest day of my life was nine years ago when I was a 19 year old camp counselor outside New York City. I was standing on the floating dock at the far end of the roped-off swimming area on a...
View ArticleHow to pack a go-bag
p>A go-bag is the backpack you keep ready so that if you have to evacuate someplace as quickly as possible, you don’t have to waste any time packing or worrying about what to bring. After a few...
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Book review: Trauma Stewardship
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky My rating: 4 of 5 stars I brought this book with me to the Central African Republic, and...
View Article[Centrafrique] On walking
I could see the Bossangoa cathedral in the distance, and the Ouham river was at my back, so I was firmly oriented here. like Boston with the Pru and the Charles, or New York in midtown with the Empire...
View Article[Centrafrique] On December 5th #BlackLivesMatter
Today is the one year anniversary of the day the Anti-Balaka marched into Bangui. They chased out the armed Seleka rebels, who, wanting only material gain and not to really control a state, mostly left...
View Article[Centrafrique] My favorite writing on CAR
It's been awhile since I learned I was moving to the Central African Republic and tried to cram as much learning about the country, peoples, language, politics, and all aspects of crisis as possible,...
View ArticleTransition, Borderlands
The present. How do you leave CAR? How do you come home? I signed for six months and I left on a forced evacuation flight over a year and half later, though long ready to go I guess: death, hospitals,...
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[Borderlands] Drops in a sea of sand
The US/Mexico border falls on deserts. For the past few months, I have been walking along it in the Sonoran. My footsteps along National Park trails, rough wilderness roads, and through dry washes and...
View ArticlePost-PTSD: A counter-offer
I have post-trauma symptoms from humanitarian aid work in CAR. I had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from sexual assaults a decade ago. They never tell you this, but.... Well, what they tell you...
View ArticleL’ aide humanitaire: ressources, manuels, guides, cours, et certificats gratuits
J'étudie le sujet de l'aide humanitaire pendant mon travail et dans mon temps libre, donc je voudrais partager des ressources sans coûts que j' ai trouvé outil avec les autres qui s' intéressent dans...
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