Chasing Chaos : My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid (Paperback)

from Litgirl7

Reading this book was like taking a course in Humanitarian Aid. I mean that in a good way. There were so many interesting observations. For instance: that we-as Americans-(I include most, but not all of us) have no idea how bad things can really be, how low standards can go. To have no shelter, f...

from skinglist

Wow. I haven't come across such a compellingly readable non-fiction book in a while. The author really brought the crises of Rwanda, Darfur, Banda Aceh and Haiti to life with the locations almost as intriguing as the people she met while there. Naive do gooders, cyncial burned out career NGO work...

from WaltNoise

Alexander has a written a very timely book on the humanitarian aid industry. She chronicles her experiences in the field and at home offices from Darfur to the Boxing Day Tsunami. As I write this, five days after Typhoon Yolanda ( or Haiyan) hit the Philippines, I'm reading about the processes sh...

from Lilac_Lily01

"Chasing Chaos" is a fascinating new book about the realities of humanitarian aid work. The author Jessica Alexander details her journey from inexperienced aid worker to experienced professional. She traveled the globe on her mission to help people in crisis, and I found the stories she shares fr...

from LivelyLady

Reflections of a humanitarian worker from a newbie idealist to an office based realist. Interesting information about what we try to do that does not help anyone: donate clothes not worn, send food no one eats, take a week for a "mission trip" that ends up as a "photo op" for the person who does it.