Photo by @johnstanmeyer | In Jordan, I walked through this windswept valley, Wadi Hafeer, with Salmeh. We chatted, Salmeh in broken English, me in ruinous Arabic, mostly listening to the silence and the bleats of his goats. Petroglyphs were carved here 8,000 years earlier. Our ancestors began to walk through this valley (wadi) some 60,000 years ago. In many ways, we are hardly different from when we started that human migration from lands further south, in what today we call the Horn of Africa. Our primary distinction is the borders we've created since, dividing us. As we neared his encampment of his Bedouin family, Salmeh's wife called out. He stopped briefly to listen, but the moving herd was too loud. At that moment in this natural cathedral, as the sun spread near-shadowless light inside the ravine and worn hills, I felt timeless along the highway of our human existence. From the @outofedenwalk article series. To see more of my work, please follow @johnstanmeyer. #jordan#WadiHafeer#wadi#ravine#valley#goats
On the second day of our response:
We finished the distribution that we started yesterday. 231 #families received coupons for #heating fuel in 6 different camps in Al Marej and Bar Elias areas in the #Bekaa#Valley.
Each family received 60 Litre of "Mazoot" for 48 USD, which will help them stay #warm for a week, thanks to everyone donating and sharing our #campaign.
We will continue to reach more families in the upcoming day. Donate link in bio.