Hear from our Members

“Looking back on my time in South Asia and Africa, we did not struggle with the situations; the struggle was within us: blurred lines in emergency response, ambiguous morality of fellow agencies, constantly questioned motives within agencies and ultimately lives lost, and sometimes saved. These struggles, however separated us from those who struggled with these questions from the plush offices of HQ, whilst we were forced to deal with them every day. Sometimes simple things: just to get anything moving, just to get stuff to people who need it. Every single day brought a new struggle, against multiplying people with multiplying reasons as to why something cannot or should not be done. But it still needed to be done.

These assignments have been long over for me now, but they will always be there for the rest of my days. For those of us who do make it out of such situations, we have an obligation to teach to others what we know and to try with what's left of our lives to find a meaning to this kind of work.”

- Pradeep Bharwad

RedR Member