Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories

by Bergman, Carol

• ISBN13: 9781606085585
• ISBN10: 1606085581
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-30
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, Afghanistan, Bosnia, the Gaza Strip . . . Places that evoke scenes of unimaginable suffering and hardship, the human condition at its worst. But they are also places that highlight humanity at its best--the capacity for generosity, self-sacrifice, and compassion. Among those who live at the intersection of these realities are thousands of international humanitarian workers--dedicated men and women from many countries who leave behind their own comfort and security to face dangers, sorrows, and brutality that most of us cannot imagine. Carol Bergman sough them out and encouraged them to tell their stories-not to add to the chronicles of horror, but as a witness and a challenge. Some of them are heroes; others, ordinary men and women who could not sit idly by while others were suffering.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Natural Disasters
Introduction	p. 19
Another Day in Paradise	p. 21
Awakening	p. 30
Grandmother	p. 38
Invincible	p. 51
War
Introduction	p. 64
Surviving Genocide	p. 66
My Bodyguard	p. 81
My Testimony	p. 101
The Tremor Within	p. 113
Behind the Lines	p. 133
What Is Beautiful	p. 143
The House of Prayer and Peace	p. 164
Fragile Peace
Introduction	p. 173
Camp-bo-dia	p. 175
Letters Home	p. 191
Out of Time	p. 211
Appointed Rounds	p. 232
Afterword	p. 242
Acknowledgments	p. 245
Contributors	p. 247
Aid Agencies	p. 253
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