Category: JWW On-the-Ground

Bearing Witness What does it really mean to bear witness? Having been here in the Iridimi refugee camp now for…

My thoughts today are focused on Janice and Rachel. Today was our second day visiting the Iridimi refugee camp in…

My friend Monica wrote me a sweet note before I left. In it, she said to think of her “when…

Today we continued with the evaluations of the Solar Cooker Project inside the Iridimi camp. At the end of each…

Today we visited the Iridimi refugee camp, where our Solar Cooker Project was launched 18 months ago. The sense of…

Today we arrived in Iriba. Having “slept” last night in Abeche, we woke early to catch the UN flight to…

It’s hard to believe it, but today, 4 days after leaving Los Angeles, we finally arrived at our destination –…

Waiting…waiting…waiting. It seems like 90% of the time we have spent since arriving in Chad has been spent waiting. In…

The most common comment I heard before we left LA was, “You’ll never be the same. This experience will change…