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Chasing Chaos - Jessica Alexander's new memoir - offers an insider's look at the contradictions of relief work.

A novice humanitarian aid worker confronts mayhem in the field

Development & Education

Imagine you’re 27 years old, and assigned to one of your first humanitarian aid missions. You land in Darfur and find yourself in charge of a camp of some 24,000 desperate Sudanese, many fleeing violence and literally knocking down the doors of your home base. That’s just the opener in Jessica Alexander’s new memoir: Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid.

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