Monthly Archives: May 2009
May 18, 2009: Baghdad – By Zainab Salbi
I lay down at the end of my first day in Baghdad in the deep darkness of a night with a beautiful summer breeze, the sound of crickets, and the smell of the Tigers River. There is no electricity in … Continue reading
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Sister to Sister in Rwanda – by Linda Bauer
Sister to Sister in Rwanda April, 2009 The trip from Kigali to Rwamagana is a little more than an hour’s drive along a surprisingly well‑paved two-lane highway. From my open window in the van I see lush green rolling hills … Continue reading
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Diary from Bosnia – By Brita Schmidt
Day 1 – 3 May 2009 I arrived this afternoon in Sarajevo to see – for the first time- the actual work of Women for Women International on the ground with my own eyes. On the way from the airport, … Continue reading
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Rwanda/DRC Trip – by Sara Sykes
In the Women for Women International headquarters office in Washington DC, I sit in a small office everyday. I type on my computer. I answer the phone. I rush down the hall, eager to finish a task, brief someone, put … Continue reading
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Rwanda – GAKO Farm – by Sara Sykes
April 3, 2009 GAKO Farm I have never before felt such a strong connection to the Earth as I did visiting our CIFI program at GAKO farm in Kabunga, about a 30 minute drive from Kigali. Everything about GAKO vibrates—the … Continue reading
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Congo – Day 4 – By Sara Sykes
If I could do it, I’d do no writing at all here. It would be photographs; the rest would be fragments of cloth, bits of cotton, lumps of earth, records of speech, pieces of wood and iron, phils of odors…A … Continue reading
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Congo – IDP Camps – by Sara Sykes
IDP Camp After experiencing the Women’s Rights Training and listening to their stories and shared learning, our DRC Country Director, Christine Karumba, took us to the one of the five IDP camps where these women are all living, some for … Continue reading
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