Stories

By now, the Red Cross office had officially upgraded from the middle-of-nowhere Astana to Gulbahar — a place that, unlike...

And so, the next stroke of genius from the higher-ups landed squarely in my lap. “We need you in Panjshir Valley to rehabilitate hospitals there.” Lovely. Picture...

They called it a “welcome tour.” I called it a sneak preview of my impending mental breakdown. My first one-week mission to Simeulue was supposedly to...

Back From Pakistan After returning from Pakistan in late 2001, fresh off the great donkey-powered escape across the mountains (yes, that story), I was...