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The Last Helicopter Ride
Kokar was to be my last destination as it was determined last night but this morning when the Chief came with his councilor the fourth...

kwankew
Nov 30, 2011


Back to Hamey
We are now down to two people and two possible places to go for medical relief with the third possible place being Kokar. Because at the...

kwankew
Nov 29, 2011


Liboi
Previous volunteers used to stay in Liboi where World Concern has a compound right in the center of town. From there it is about twenty...

kwankew
Nov 28, 2011


The Illusive Dhobley of Somalia and the Old Man who walked with his Camels
Dhobley is one of the communities that World Concern is involved in the distribution of food vouchers for about 1800 families twice a...

kwankew
Nov 26, 2011


The Human GPS
Yesterday we were supposed to go to Hamey but ended up in Damajale, apparently the coordinates given to the pilot by logistics were...

kwankew
Nov 25, 2011


The Blessed Helicopter on Thanksgiving Day in Dadaab
Happy Thanksgiving from Dadaab. Today we were to board the helicopter to go to Hamey, a village that took us about three and half hours...

kwankew
Nov 24, 2011


A Visit to the Dadaab District Hospital
The helicopter did come but we were not the chosen ones to fly to Liboi to do a clinic instead the helicopter took some of World Concerns...

kwankew
Nov 23, 2011


Kokar
As it has been always the case we have never followed our schedule. Today we were supposed to go to Damajale but instead we drove the...

kwankew
Nov 22, 2011


The Tent under the Acacia Tree- The Clinic in Hamey
Hamey is a community about 45 minutes from Damajale. We were supposed to head to Liboi but because there is no sanitation project there...

kwankew
Nov 21, 2011


Damajale
This morning we heard from security that we would not be going to Dhobley because of some administrative issues instead we would visit...

kwankew
Nov 19, 2011
The Downpour, the Village Chief and Friday
Last evening I could see the stars though not very plentiful because of the lighting. The generator went off around half past ten and...

kwankew
Nov 18, 2011


Dadaab
This morning we were picked up at 5:45 am at the ACK Guesthouse to Wilson Airport. It rained last night and the sky still carried ominous...

kwankew
Nov 17, 2011


Nairobi, Kenya
I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday from Morocco having spent two weeks there traveling and visiting Medinas in Casablanca, Rabat,...

kwankew
Nov 16, 2011


Salaam to Libya
The people of Libya are very friendly and welcome foreigners with open arms. Theirs had been a closed society and under the long...

kwankew
Oct 11, 2011


Kararim and Bloody Friday
A few days ago a group of military police moved into the same building that we held clinic in Twarga. All morning the police carrying...

kwankew
Oct 6, 2011


Sirte Gate 30 the Polyclinic
Desiring to explore another area of Misurata, I decided to run east of where we live. Destruction was much less here but there were...

kwankew
Oct 5, 2011


Sirte-The Field Hospital and Clinic at Gaddafi’s Beach Resort
This morning we drove for about two hours through flat, monotonous, arid landscape to the Field Hospital and Clinic in the beach resort...

kwankew
Oct 3, 2011


The Twarga Clinic for the IDPs
Despite the fact that we were told medications were ready for us to start the mobile clinic for the IDPs in Twarga, we did not find them....

kwankew
Sep 30, 2011


From Al Zintan to Misurata
In Al Zintan the new part of the hospital is still under construction. Most of the hospitals had their names taken off from the front...

kwankew
Sep 29, 2011


Nafusa Mountains
This morning I saw the crescent moon through the window hanging just above the minaret of a mosque, a gentle cool breeze blew softly. A...

kwankew
Sep 23, 2011
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