Volunteer

I stood beside her hospital bed, scarcely recognizing the emaciated woman lying against the white sheets. She was a shadow of the woman I’d met just one year earlier. But…

I held up the scissors. “We need to cut this off,” I said. Kendi’s* hands went protectively to the red thread tied around her leg. We made eye contact. It…

There’s a quick knock, and Kandoro pops his head into my office. I grab my jacket, not even glancing at the clock. It wasn’t always like this. I remember our…

With my heart racing, I grip the lectern. They’d been waiting for this—this group of beaming entrepreneurs in their Sunday best. As my eyes take in the familiar faces, my…