by Gabriel | May 30, 2012
Exhausting. Up at 3:30am and out at the camp by 5. The players were all already up and getting ready for the trip to N’Djamena, for sure the farthest any of them have been from home. Two players, Mohamed and Mohamed, had to leave earlier than the others because...
by Gabriel | May 28, 2012
Sixteen young men, all refugees from Darfur now living in camps close to the Chad-Sudan border, will be traveling with us to Iraqi Kurdistan to compete in an international soccer tournament, the Viva World Cup. There’s nobody around to pinch me. Those sixteen...
by Gabriel | May 27, 2012
Playing sports and exercising can provide a powerful feeling of freedom and strength. How many of you have not felt that special rush, after miles of running or during an intense competitive game of ball? Today I went for a run here at the UNHCR compound. I ran around...
by Gabriel | May 26, 2012
“We can write a book!” my UNHCR logistics friend, Amos, told me, as I was about to board the plane. A little earlier, we were in a sticky situation, but it got worked out, and I’ll leave it at that, but Amos thinks it would make for a good chapter...
by Gabriel | May 24, 2012
A constant in Chad throughout my now 13 trips is the “hurry up and wait” reality encountered at every step of the way. If you’re coming here to get things done, you need to come prepared with vast amounts of ever flowing patience—that and a good...
