Andre's Journey

In March of 2010 I began to work with Shan migrants in Thailand with SalusWorld. A brief description of what my story and trauma work was in Thailand is in my 9/24/09 entry. Updates were posted periodically during my stay. Blog entries of my similar work with Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) Healing Centers in Liberia can be found at 10/07/07, 10/13/07, 10/24/07, & 11/05/07.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Sticker Shock

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Today I needed to buy supplies. A dollar seventy-nine for a can of tuna that in the USA would be 69 cents and yet last night I spent thirty ...

Friday, September 28, 2007

Monrovia Tour

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Writing today about my tour of Monrovia is really impossible and I have a sense that I should not even try. Monrovia is a city devastated by...

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Here I am...

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I landed in Liberia Wednesday evening. The airport was busy, small, crowded and a wonderful cacophony of the voices of people speaking many...

Friday, September 21, 2007

a weekend

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I am now ready to go and am really starting to believe that I am going. I will be in Liberia from the end of

Monday, September 17, 2007

One week to go...

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I am grateful for the support that I have received from people. I also have had pleasure in hearing the different responses to this trip of...

Monday, September 10, 2007

Liberia: A Short History Part I

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Liberia is in Western Africa and is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Cote d’Ivoire. The history of Liberia (Place of Freedom) is compli...

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Center for Victims of Torture Story Project

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I would like to share with you a little about the CVT Story Project. The purpose of the Story Project is to gather the stories of individual...

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About Me

Andre's Journeys: Minneapolis, MN, United States; As a storyteller, educator, friend, and father I find great joy in life. For the most part I enjoy doing activity that I call "nothing things" like sitting watching a sunset, a good conversation with a friend, riding my bike, playing with my grandchild, visiting my children, and even a nap. This appreciation of "nothing things" includes a love of beauty as found in nature and the arts. I believe this pleasure in beauty and doing "nothing things" is what makes me aware of the importance of making a difference in the world. When I travel I like going were I can participate in the life of the community and maybe in a little way make a difference. In my day-to-day life I am a crisis counselor and teach complementary health care skills such as meditation and the use of story to foster healing. I also am involved with the storytelling community though I do not do much performance work. Lastly, my volunteer work developing the Story Project for the Center of Victims of Torture (CVT) is one of my day-to-day activities that is close to my heart. Lastly, a new connection with Salusworld means a journey to Thailand to work with Burmese refugees.

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