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, Hard Place, Local Visionary, SE Asia, Youth
I woke early, rolled over, glanced at my phone. Coup d’état! My eyes popped wide open. Dignitaries arrested. Internet cut. Airport closed. Banks shuttered. Roads blocked. It was this country’s last straw. After a generation of armed sectarian clashes. And...
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...
A Dream, Accompany, Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East, Youth
One Becomes a Thousand The impact of your generosity is multiplying, from life to life to life across Egypt. So what kind of return on investment do you reap when you build into the lives of Egyptian child laborers? I was just in Cairo and saw the results myself....
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...
