Category: JWW On-the-Ground

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-GroundMarch 23, 2010

I returned home less than 40 hours ago. Images of Congo are still fresh in my mind: the children slaving…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-GroundMarch 23, 2010

It is ironic that one week ago I was standing at a gold mine in the very dangerous, remote Orientale…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-GroundNovember 19, 2009

In the capacity of translator, I happened to be invited by the Jewish World Watch team on mission trip to…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-Ground, News & FeaturesNovember 16, 2009

Greetings JWW blog readers. My name is Mike Ramsdell. I have had the privilege of capturing this “Congo journey” in…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-GroundNovember 13, 2009

How strange to be out of Congo. As Isaiah, our incredible translator, and I walked across the border he showed…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-Ground, News & FeaturesNovember 12, 2009

Ten days ago we arrived in Kigali with trepidation and expectation. It seems like a day or two ago in…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-Ground, News & FeaturesNovember 11, 2009

Suddenly we are surrounded by a sea of children. As we stand there they begin to form a circle around…

Archive, Blog, DRC, JWW On-the-Ground, News & FeaturesNovember 9, 2009

I don’t sleep here, even with sleeping pills. I wake up after a few hours, images of the day racing…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-Ground, News & FeaturesNovember 9, 2009

We are taken by convoy on an impossible 3 hour drive, high up in the mountains where the Congolese Tutsis…

Archive, Blog, JWW On-the-GroundNovember 9, 2009

Yesterday I felt completely engulfed by sadness. I wrote a blog entry that I will not post with you now,…