5 weeks into the relief response and still no days off. Stolen some mornings sleeping in on a random Sunday, but otherwise still cranking, like all the others. Coordination remains a challenge, but excellent work being done by the UN, donors, and aid agencies. Still trying to characterize week 5.
Week 1 - chaos
Week 2 - meetings (and chaos)
Week 3 - writing proposals (and meetings)
Week 4 - the shift
Week 5 - ask me in week 6
Still approximately 40,000 IDPs in Tbilisi, and no indication that number will decrease signficantly anytime soon. Few thounsand in a tent camp in Gori, with all wondering what they're going to do when winter comes. Navigating Russian checkpoints in the "buffer zone" seems to be getting more streamlined.
What on earth is going to happen to the 45,000 inGali? Burning question that remains unanswerable. Kudos to those raising it in coordination and donor meetings.
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