Short notice travel to dangerous places is not compatible with parenting,says one former humanitarian, who felt torn with each deployment
James Foley had just been beheaded and I was not in the best mental state to be planning a trip to Iraq. How finish you divulge your wife that your NGO’s emergency response work in Kurdistan requires you to be based just 60km absent from ISIS strongholds? It doesn’t make for a much conversation starter at dinner. Related: Secret aid worker: My child has a life-limiting illness, and was I right to go back to work? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com