About fifteen minutes before it’s time to start our drive from Kou Kou to Goz Beida, by pure luck I happen to see a tweet in French: #Tchad – Situation militaire confuse à Goz-béida : vers la reprise des combats au pays – Selon nos correspondants,… makaila.over-blog.com/article-situat… — Ndjamena-matin (@Ndoune) January 17, 2013 Part of [...]

Yep, she’s cute, in her little pink outfit, with the cornrow-braids and her miniature flip-flops. Those eyes are what gets you, though, serious and deep. Oh, and the cheeks! What’s more squeezable than that. Notwithstanding all that overwhelming cuteness, I don’t want to take her home with me. I want her home to be better [...]

Working as an in-home therapist for abused children and their families, I would walk into a home that was often in chaos and experiencing deep pain. My job was then to look for the positives, the protective factors within a dysfunctional environment that could offer safety and love to the child and his or her [...]

I called my friend Umda as soon as I could, after arriving in N’Djamena, Chad. It’s my 15th trip, and it is always bittersweet to come here. Umda (a refugee leader) sounded so happy on the phone, thanking me for coming back to see him and everyone in his refugee camp. He asked about my [...]

Learn How i-ACT Works I’m big on creating goals, but I’ve never been big on creating New Year’s resolutions. I guess I feel like if you really want to accomplish something you should start right now, don’t wait for a new year. However, this year our team has really made an effort to create timelines, [...]