Category Archives: Sudan
Our Fuel-Efficient Stove Project Success
To add even more excitement to this week’s whirlwind, I just read “Stove designed by US national lab improves lives in Darfur” about how the fuel-efficient stove project my husband … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – Curious Kids in Gusa Village
Just as the long shadows of the day’s end ushered in a welcoming coolness to the desert, our days in Kass were beginning to wind down, too, bringing a welcomed … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – Livestock and Agriculture
How do I sum up some aspects of our work without oversimplifying the issues that Darfurians suffer year in and year out? And how can I describe the feeling of … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – Picnic on the Wadi
Water is life and we had a sufficient amount of it while we were in Kass, but it was hard for me to imagine where it came from in this … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – New Shelters
As an IDP you are a refugee in your own country living in a camp with other people who have faced similar atrocities. Some of those people are probably the … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – Women’s Center
A lot of people ask me what it felt like to work in IDP camps and how I handled the emotions that came with working in such harsh conditions and … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – Latrine Rehabilitation
When our program staff arrived in Kass, they were eager to get started. Their enthusiasm was a good thing, too, because our mandate was to set up these programs as … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – Setting Up and Settling In
Kass really was the middle of no where. Viewed from a distance, the town just looked like part of the dry savannah landscape we had traveled over, a few straw-roofed … Continue reading
Honeymoon in Darfur – Our Humble Abode
As I mentioned in a previous post, the major changes I made in my life ten years ago eventually led me to the things I had always dreamed of doing, … Continue reading
The Common Thread of Laughter – Sudan
My husband and I are currently learning the Lao language and we spend 2-3 hours everyday having conversations with our teacher (who is from Laos) speaking only in Lao, five … Continue reading
