After saying goodbye to our partnering staff and the incredible refugee families we met along the Syrian border, we set off for Turkey—a neighbor of Syria that is absorbing millions of people who have been uprooted from their homes because of persecution and conflict....
Our second day on the ground in Jordan was even more sobering than the first. The needs here are absolutely overwhelming! Being here is like stumbling on the scene of a mass tragedy. There is chaos, confusion, utter despair—the full scope/range of human misery on...
Today, I’m in Amman, Jordan, working alongside our humanitarian partners amidst one of the most desperate and widespread disasters I have ever witnessed. Our lead field strategist in Jordan is my long-time friend, Isam Ghattas. His cultural awareness has proven...
After an incredible time in Myanmar, our team headed to the Thai capital of Bangkok . . . Southeast Asia’s gateway city for human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Thailand is a major hub for trafficking victims from other nations with impoverished backgrounds....
Today, I am with the World Help team in one of the most isolated and forgotten countries on the planet—Myanmar. Also known as Burma, Myanmar is a Southeast Asian country of nearly 50 million people situated between India and China and bordered by Bangladesh, Thailand,...
I came to Africa with a group of storytellers . . . and I saw Africa through their eyes. The power of a story is undeniable. They give meaning to the forgotten. They shed light on what no one has seen. They breathe life into people that have been silenced by injustice...