Love this Reuters obituary for Pierre Mambele, a taxi driver in Kinshasa who worked for foreign journalists for decades. One of the many...

Third Time's a Charm? Thank you dear Kickstarter Family for your patience and understanding. Things have calmed enough in the DRC, allowing me to get our third round of visas and tickets. This is our third attempt and I hesitate to even give this update because in the past it has served as some sort of a cosmic jinx. But plans are now to leave on Sept. 5 for Kinshasa and then head to Kananga (the city north of Kamponde) as soon as we can get our documents to travel inland. On

Wishing all of you and your loved ones a Happy New Year! It's hard to believe that this is my 23rd update since I launched this project in April 2016. I'm truly hopeful that this is the year I fulfill my commitment to all of you, and my promise to the people of Kamponde, to complete my journey. The incredible news, as most of you know, is that DR Congo held presidential elections last weekend, nearly two years late yet without the predicted wave of violence. If and when the d

Dear Kickstarter Family, It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that that UN aides, Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan, along with their Congolese interpreter Betu Tshintela, have been  found dead . They were kidnapped just outside of Kananga on the same road that leads to Kamponde — on the same day Caitlin, Nick and I were scheduled to head to Kinshasa and make our way inland. The New York Times has this beautiful story about Michael and Zaida and their devotion to pea