VIDEO BLOG: Israel’s Northern Border
Posted By: Marla B.
CIVIC’S Executive Director Sarah Holewinski reports from Israel’s Northern Border with Lebanon.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/ML0zXSo0bw4]VIDEO BLOG: War and beauty together
Posted By: Marla B. Check out this quick video. As we travel to document the lives of war victims, it’s…
Lingering Woes of War
Posted By: Sarah If you know CIVIC, you know we stay above the fray of politics. It’s not often easy,…
VIDEO BLOG: Israel… working out the details
Posted By: Marla B. Hey there… as you saw from the previous video, Sarah and I are now in Jerusalem…
VIDEO BLOG: We’ve arrived in Israel
Posted By: Marla B.
CIVIC arrives in Israel.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTDKYUWarxw]VIDEO BLOG: South Lebanon
Posted By: Marla B. CIVIC’s executive director, Sarah Holewinski, discusses our recent trip to South Lebanon. NOTE: There are fewer…
Lebanon to Israel… via Jordan
Posted By: Sarah We’re in Israel now, but only just. Having grown fond of the many wonderful people we met…
Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Pt. 3
Posted By: Erica
As I mentioned in the last two posts, PRTs (the military outposts across Afghanistan) often have discretionary funds to help them do projects in their surrounding communities. This is particularly true for American PRTs, who tend to be better funded than other NATO countries. Sometimes money isn’t enough though, particularly when it comes to doing sensitive humanitarian work.
I was sitting at home a few nights ago when one of the U.S. Army Sergeants I met briefly on a PRT visit called my mobile. I had briefed him on the US-funded program to help war victims (ACAP), but I quickly realized that he was calling about a very different problem.
Greetings from Bint J’Bail…
Posted By: Sarah and Marla B. We are traveling throughout southern Lebanon right now. This photo was taken by our…