I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside Goma, listening to the radio chatter while staring at a stack of signed manifests that didn’t match …
Reporting a Ceasefire Both Sides Dispute
Externalising Asylum Processing
I spent nine years watching supply chains crumble in the DRC, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that people love to argue …
Localisation and the Funding That Did Not Move
I remember sitting in a humid, corrugated-metal office in Goma, staring at a glossy, twenty-page strategy document from a donor in Geneva. It was filled …
What Declaring a Famine Means
I remember sitting in a dusty office in Goma, staring at a glossy brochure that used the word “catastrophe” fourteen times but didn’t mention a …
The Refugee Convention’s Core Obligation
I’ve spent enough years sitting in humid, makeshift offices in Goma to know that people love to talk about the “sanctity” of international treaties. They …
Sharing Data Without Exposing People
I remember sitting in a humid, corrugated iron warehouse outside Goma, staring at two different spreadsheets that claimed to describe the exact same shipment of …
A Rapid Needs Assessment
I once spent three days in a dusty compound outside Goma, watching a consultant in a crisp polo shirt try to explain how needs assessments …
Why Two Agencies Dug the Same Well
I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside Goma in 2012, staring at a stack of signed manifests that meant absolutely nothing because the trucks …
Who Wins the Contracts
I spent nine years in the dust of East Africa, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that nobody actually cares about …
Incentive Workers and Their Status
I once sat in a humid office in Goma, staring at a spreadsheet that claimed we had “successfully disbursed” local stipends to a community health …