The BAD
With over 100,000 refugees spilling over borders into Kyaka 2, a remote refugee settlement in western Uganda, it’s inevitable to have some bad. And there is bad. And the bad is a very different bad than what you know.
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The GOOD
No matter where, there’s always good things. Even in a refugee settlement.
Such as the Ugandan people, the host community of millions of refugees and for us, who are so kind and welcoming. They’re as pleasant as the rural countryside, and as hospitable as the weather, which was perfect.
Oily Doors
A gift that opens doors.
As Western countries become more nationalistic, insular, and stop helping their neighbours who are truly in need, it’s good to remember this. The foreign aid our Western countries give is such a small small portion of our national budget that we don’t even notice it.
Full full moon
Hi, We hope you’re well. Suzanne and I are in western Uganda volunteering in Kayka 2, Africa’s fastest growing refugee settlement. Daily, the Congolese have been arriving from the border, fleeing conflict and Ebola, to be greeted here with peace but with the scare of cholera and little safe water and even scarier latrines.
Suzanne has been working in a small hospital, trying to help with as she said, “malaria, malaria, malaria.”
Emigrant – Immigrant
Hi, We’re on a flight. The Mediterranean Sea is down below. I wonder if that little dot I see is a raft full of refugees? Like it’s been said, “some cross it for pleasure, some for pain.” As we say goodbye to Lebanon and two months of trying to help refugees, and now start thinking of home, a song comes to mind.
Salam
Its Holliday time here in Lebanon, and in the Muslim world in general. Eid al-Adha as it’s called, is in remembrance of the story of when Abraham was about to sacrifice his son but God spared “us” and provided a ram instead. In modern times, a ram is sacrificed and divided into thirds. One part for the poor, another for relatives, and the remaining part for the family.
Mango Juice
Our time in Bangladesh has come to a close. Not because we want to move on but because our visa’s are maxed out, with one day to spare.
It was a little sad to leave all the people we’ve gotten to know and worked along side. New friends from France, Belgium, USA, and of course the many Bengali’s at the Hope Foundation. They’ll continue to do their best to help the almost one million Rohingya refugees.
Rain
As Salamm Alaikum, Guess what? Its raining. Don’t remember the last time it was dry. Suzanne and I are still here in Cox’s Bazar trying to assist the almost one million Rohingya refugees. We’ve partnered with a local NGO called The Hope Foundation and they’ve been wonderful to us, supporting us and letting us do whatever we want.
“1 in 10”
Hello, Nathan Atteberry here. I hope all is well.
Suzanne and I are planning on volunteering for a couple of months in what we see as two of the most dire locations on earth. We were wondering if you wanted to help too?
This fact always blows my mind. 1 in 10 people in the world is a refugee.
Gracias a todos
Thanks for the warm welcome, Peru.
Thanks to all that helped us help others...from family and friends contributing funds and sharing this story with others, to the hardworking Peruvian guides and contacts that we've gotten to know. Thanks to our teammate Paula. Thanks for contributing to our cars very heavy load of preventive healthcare, and she's now very thankful that all of that weight is gone and being used.