From Tent to Five-Star

From Tent to Five-Star

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...
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (but keep your fingers crossed!)

Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (but keep your fingers crossed!)

“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...

Gateway to Chad

We’ve landed in N’Djamena, Chad. We met with UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Head of the Country, Aminata to discuss Darfur United and it’s future in the refugee camps. Surprisingly, in one day we were able to get our travel and video permits. Soon...