I spent most of my decade in East Africa staring at dusty manifests and listening to the static on my shortwave radio, not watching the …
Where a Casualty Figure Comes From


I spent most of my decade in East Africa staring at dusty manifests and listening to the static on my shortwave radio, not watching the …

I remember sitting in a humid office in Goma, staring at a glossy document that claimed a multi-million dollar emergency response was “underway.” The paper …

I spent a decade watching NGOs pour millions into high-resolution data suites, convinced that seeing a pixelated village from space was the same as helping …

I spent nine years watching people in the NGO sector pour millions into “awareness campaigns” that looked beautiful on a screen but never actually moved …

I remember sitting in a humid, makeshift office in Goma, staring at a printed photo of a collapsed bridge that was supposed to be our …

I once spent three days in a humid transit hub outside Goma, staring at a stack of signed waybills that looked perfect on paper while …

I spent nine years watching NGOs pour millions into “capacity building” workshops that did nothing but burn through donor funds while the actual people on …

I remember sitting in a dusty office in Goma, staring at a stack of “compliance frameworks” that were thicker than the actual manifest for the …

I spent nine years watching NGOs pour millions into “community engagement” workshops that produced nothing but glossy brochures and empty sentiment. They’ll tell you that …

I remember sitting in a humid, dust-choked warehouse outside Goma, staring at a manifest for three tons of antibiotics that were technically “on site” according …