Stop Genocide NowAt the end of writing this I realized I had started a short diatribe, and so if you don’t get to the end, I thought I would add the punch line here: Even though i-ACT5 did not make it into the camps, PLEASE, for all the innocent civilians caught in this crisis, CONTINUE EACH DAY […]
Another slow day in N’Djamena today. We’re all incredibly excited to be on the UNHCR flight tomorrow morning with our permits ready to go. With any luck, we’ll even make it out to Goz Beida in the afternoon instead of staying the night in Abeche. From Goz Beida we’ll be able to access the refugee […]
Small arms continue to fill the air with sounds of battle. Every so often we can hear a helicopter and then their guns firing upon the rebels who have now taken almost the entire city. The electrician here in the hotel has rigged up a TV in the kitchen for us to watch. A local […]
We have often characterized our friends in the camps as resilient. I see now, that this is a characteristic of many Chadians as well. I am in the kitchen using the light since the dining room/sleeping quarters for those who have not been evacuated is too dark for my senses. From this, I can already […]
It is past 1am in the capital of Chad. There has only been sporadic fighting, since the sun went down. I assume and hope that fighters need the rest and will take it easy for the night. Another better hope is that the fighting is over, and the people of Chad will begin a peaceful […]
Hello Friends & Familia: A year ago, I spent New Year’s in Eastern Chad, where hundreds of thousands of Darfuri refugees have been living for years. I did not really get to celebrate New Year’s. This year, on my fourth trip to the camps, I am also close to departing but do get to celebrate […]
Today was a traveling day. Gabriel and I worked late, then around sunrise everyone switched to packing mode, and soon we were off to N’djamena airport. The streets of N’djamena were quiet and calm, and there were no soldiers in sight. Quite a change from the day before. The airport was also quiet when we […]