I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea from 2017-2020. I lived in Nieguere, a small village in the north of Guinea (West Africa). Nestled at the bottom of high cliffs, with no running water, no electricity, no road, and only a barely functioning school, and full of every sort of person you’d find anywhere. Loving, funny, selfish, annoying, surprising, and mundane.

I was shown more love during my time there than I could ever explain. When I left, I promised myself I would one day find a way to try and bring us all closer together, to reduce suffering, and to have fun while we do it.

This is the story of my attempt to do that - and my dream to do it over and over again, in villages and cities all over the world.