The American University of Cairo (AUC) Founded in 1919, is one of the region’s leading English-language universities and a center of intellectual, social and cultural life in the Arab world. With a community of students and faculty members representing more than 60 countries. AUC is a crossroads for world culture and a dynamic forum for […]
We had a 5.5 hour board meeting at AUC today. Although it was long (and we’ll do the same tomorrow,) it was a good chance to see what we’ve done and realize that a lot has been accomplished in the last 6 months! Given what we’ve heard about the weather in New England we also […]
We have just approved a budget to replace the roofs on three more houses in Platon. This will be the 14th, 15th and 16th houses. It’s hard to believe that families are actually living in these houses right now, but they are. Mustard Seed’s purpose is guided by the need for clean water up in […]
As I write this our medical team is at JFK waiting to take off. There was one scheduling mishap, but that got rectified and they’re all drinking coffee at the gate. Amoce is in PAP waiting to pick them up already. I’ve been in Haiti for two weeks, so the house will be already when […]
I arrived in Haiti two days ago to help prepare for AUC Graduation. Everyone at AUC has put a lot of work into preparing for our first graduation in over two years. It will be large – over 45 students have completed their degree requirements. The student graduation committee is busy putting up tents; the […]