I spent nine years in the back of dusty Land Cruisers across South Sudan and the DRC, watching millions of dollars in aid vanish into …
Choosing Where to Give


I spent nine years in the back of dusty Land Cruisers across South Sudan and the DRC, watching millions of dollars in aid vanish into …

I spent nine years in the back of dusty Land Cruisers across East Africa, watching millions of dollars in aid move through corridors of broken …

I spent most of my nine years in East Africa staring at cargo manifests and listening to the diesel engines of aging Mercedes trucks, not …

I remember sitting in a humid, windowless office in Goma, staring at a stack of “emergency relief” brochures that promised everything but delivered nothing. The …

I remember sitting in a humid, windowless office in Goma, staring at a spreadsheet that claimed we had “secured significant multi-year commitments” for regional resilience. …

I spent a decade watching NGOs scramble to move tons of grain or medical supplies only after the drought had already turned the soil to …

I spent most of my nine years in East Africa watching people argue over high-resolution satellite imagery and complex meteorological modeling while the actual supply …

I once spent three days in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a stack of high-level strategy papers that detailed exactly how the triple …

I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a spreadsheet that claimed we had secured millions for the region. The numbers looked …

I remember sitting in a humid transit office outside Goma, staring at a radio dispatch that had gone silent for three hours. The headquarters in …