My dear friend Touseef’s brother Burhan contacted me as I was leaving Ladakh. Away from his family, seeking opportunities to support himself, this young man decided to call me his sister even before he knew me properly in person. Do people from conflict zones really have such a deep sense of connection with the outside world? …
Read MoreThis newsletter includes highlights from our Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, India, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Redding chapters. We also share news from the Euphrates team. Additionally, a reminder that International Day of Peace is right around the corner!
Read MoreRivers can be turbulent and intense, placid and calm, or chaotic and swirling. The River of Hope Summit was perhaps all of those things. But there is an underlying current and flow to rivers that was so evident in the time together—a higher order that seemed to be governing what transpired in the room and in our hearts.
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