TRIP NOTESCamp DjabalCamp Djabal has become so familiar to followers of i-ACT. Here we see improvements made in education–uniforms, cement buildings with...
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TRIP NOTESSketches of LifeWe were given these beautiful color pencil drawings yesterday during our tour of the only secondary school in camp Djabal. The artist...
TRIP NOTESFaces, Voices, Not Just NumbersI was about to write, “It seems so long ago that I was planning for the first i-ACT Expedition,” but, it WAS so long ago! It was 2005!...
TRIP NOTESReally DreamingAll of our sleeping has been so off. We’re awake in the middle of the night, and we just crash in the afternoon, when we get back from...
TRIP NOTESPermanencyThe people of Djabal are so beautiful and welcoming. Each time we return I feel more and more at home in this community. People remember...
TRIP NOTESStreets of N’DjamenaMost of our first full day in the capital was spent at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) doing the paperwork...
TRIP NOTESLIVES: KhadijaKhadija’s mother, Dajhima, tells the story of the destruction of their village and escape from Darfur as if it happened yesterday. Their...