David Darg
David Darg works for the U.S.-based humanitarian organisation Operation Blessing International (OBI). David is a member of an internationally itinerant family; he was born in the US, grew up in the Middle East and subsequently moved to England. It was there that he read Theology at Oxford University. David now resides in Senegal, West Africa. His role with OBI sees him working on the front-lines of many of the world's most serious humanitarian crises. Recently David coordinated projects in Liberia, Sudan, Lebanon and Somalia. Through his writing and photography David strives to bring awareness of human suffering to those with the power to make a difference.
Roof tiles like flying razors on the night Felix hit
"Independence day has been cancelled", a Nicaraguan aid worker sighed in a thick Caribbean accent. The September 15 celebrations had been called off in Puerto Cabezas as a sign of respect to the victims of Hurricane Felix and to avoid disturbing the clean-up operation. ...
Hurricane Dean misses tourists but hits villagers hard
I flicked though the pages of the in-flight magazine to take my mind off the violent turbulence. A glossy image of turquoise water lapping a white sand beach had me transfixed. I have been on the road for weeks responding to a trail of disasters around the world. After sleepless nights and intense heat during the floods in India to the freezing cold and chaos of Peru's quake zone, nothing looked more inviting than the beaches of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. But the flight to Cancun that was usually packed with holidaymakers now only contained a handful of aid workers and journalists and we were not heading for "fun in the sun". ...
Peru quake survivors camp out on cold streets
First came the sound of thunder. Then the ground beneath us began to shift. We were rocked from side to side in our chairs, glasses toppled over, the wooden roof groaned and the sky lit up as power lines fused. We jumped up and made for open ground when the shaking stopped. Our adrenaline surged, but we were expecting this to happen. It had been an aftershock to the massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Peru's Ica province just two days earlier. ...
VIDEO BLOG: Flooded Indians choose disease risk over snakebites
"Look out for landmines," shouted my Indian colleague as we stepped out of the boat at the village of Malitola. I had not heard of landmines being used in this part of India and quickly moved into the middle of the muddy path. As I did I heard laughter from my team members behind me. "That's a landmine," one of them chortled, pointing to a pile of excrement on the path's edge. ...
VIDEO BLOG: Pakistan's devastating floods
Aid worker David Darg reports from Pakistan's troubled Baluchistan province, where floods have affected hundreds of thousands of people.
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