Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid

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Jessica Alexander arrived in Rwanda within the aftermath of the 1994 genocide as an idealistic intern, eager to give a contribution to the work of the international humanitarian aid community. However the world that she encountered within the field was once dramatically different than anything she could have imagined. It was once messy, chaotic, and difficult—but she was once hooked.
    On this honest and irreverent memoir, she introduces readers to the realities of life as an aid worker. We watch as she manages a 24,000-person camp in Darfur, collects evidence for the Charles Taylor trial in Sierra Leone, and contributes to the massive aid effort to clean up a shattered Haiti. But we also see the alcohol-fueled parties and fleeting romances, the burnouts and self-doubt, and the struggle to do good in places that have long endured suffering.
    Tracing her personal journey from wide-eyed and naïve newcomer to hardened cynic and, in the end, to hopeful but crucial realist, Alexander transports readers to one of the vital most troubled locations around the globe and shows us not only the seemingly inconceivable challenges, but also the moments of resilience and recovery.

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