Dylan Dugas

MARCH 2020 This is the "activation" that started my journey with WCK. It was at the very beginning of COVID in March of 2020. I received...

AUGUST 2021 Following the 2021 earthquake, WCK set up two kitchens on the island—one in Les Cayes and another in Jeremie. We also...

JANUARY 6 2021 It quickly became apparent that I would be wherever the news was. This was solidified on January 6, 2021. I happen to be...

2022 The day after the start of the Ukraine war, we started serving meals to the refugees coming across the border into Poland. We...

2023 When I woke up on February 6, 2023 and reached over to grab my phone and saw the New York Times breaking news notification outlining...

JULY 2023 Occasionally, we will deploy to a disaster, and then the disaster will be managed within a couple of days. This is the cost of...

AUGUST 2023 One day after I got home from Greece I left for Hawaii. The wildfire in Maui ripped through a small coastal town called...

OCTOBER 2023 The earthquake in Morocco happened while we were in Hawaii, so another team went to Morocco initially, and then after we...

2023 - 2024 And it was while we were in Morocco that Hamas attacked Israel. We were unsure at first how we were going to respond. At this...

MARCH 2024 Moving trucks into Gaza was not allowing us to get as much aid in as was needed, so we sought alternate routes. This led me to...

MARCH/APRIL 2024 But now it was onto Phase Two. It was only about two weeks after that the Jennifer set sail. But that also included...

JUNE-AUGUST 2024 I returned to Cyprus. The goal was to move the pallets to Gaza that we had put in storage in Larnaca and Limassol after...

OCTOBER 2024 After the intensity of Cyprus, the work stateside felt manageable by comparison. When a hurricane struck Florida, setting up...

DECEMBER 2024 - MARCH 2025 In December I learned of two French territories off Madagascar—Réunion to the east, Mayotte to the west. A...