You Don’t Make Friends with Factoids

“We didn’t want just another disaster post. We wanted a story that lived in its own rhythm — honest, emotional, and co-created with the person who lived it. That meant slowing down, listening harder, and building trust. The result was What Famine Feels Like, a rare first-person narrative by Dalmar Ainashe, a hunger expert at CARE who lived through famine as a child. It wasn’t just a story about crisis — it was a story about voice, agency, and how storytelling done right can change lives.”