Accompany, Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East, Network, Values, Youth
David kicked off the University of Oxford presentation with this photo. The doctoral researchers responded: Rural poverty. A crumbling village. A young boy. We once looked through that lens, too. But we see with new eyes now. We see through the eyes of two friends,...
A Dream, Accompany, Hard Place, Middle East, Network
Dear Friends, We’ve got some great news to share from the Haskells! However, before we jump into that, allow us to introduce ourselves as the chairs of the US and Swiss boards of directors for Dreams InDeed. I am Rick Williamson, US board chair. As a clinical...
Invest, Middle East, Network, SE Asia
It Takes a Worldwide Team Recent headlines scream of injustice and chaos; you demonstrated a different way with sacrifice and unity. In our #GivingTuesdayNow campaign, we said that dreamers and their volunteers “are digging deep” to respond during this pandemic...
Accompany, Middle East, Network
The deeper our Egyptian driver drove into this desolate district, the grumpier he got. Then he snapped, “I will go no further!” At first, he’d cheerfully chatted about driving for big name charities, enjoying helping the poor. So, quizzically, I glanced at Tala, my...
Buffer, Equip, Middle East, Network, Youth
“So, David, what are you looking for?” the convener asked. All eyes swiveled to David. The Cambridge Symposium for Enterprise, Ethics, and Development was winding up. David responded, “We turn insider dreams into deeds, in conflict zones. So if you want to put...
Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East, Network, Youth
Refusing Despair with Tangible Hope Imagine. Your salary drops to half its value while you sleep. Reality. On November 3, 2016, the Egyptian pound lost half its value overnight against the US dollar, doubling the annual inflation rate to over 20 percent. Imagine. Your...