Carl+Wilkens

//"Take a moment to try and put yourself in the shoes of the family members and friends who had loved ones taken from them. **Surviving is more than just staying alive; surviving is learning how to live again.**"//


 * Carl Wilkens** - As a humanitarian aid worker, Carl Wilkens moved his young family to Rwanda in the spring of 1990. When the genocide was launched in April 1994, Carl refused to leave, even when urged to do so by close friends, his church and the United States government. Thousands of expatriates evacuated and the United Nations pulled out most of its troops. Carl was the only American to remain in the country. Venturing out each day into streets crackling with mortars and gunfire, he worked his way through roadblocks of angry, bloodstained soldiers and civilians armed with machetes and assault rifles in order to bring food, water and medicine to groups of orphans trapped around the city. His actions saved the lives of hundreds.


 * A few of Carl's resources:**
 * World Outside My Shoes - official website for Carl
 * I'm Not Leaving - Carl's book
 * Some video clips of Carl:


 * Some video clips on Carl:**

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