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Links to take direct action and support Sudanese aid workers are below. Check out a summary of the life saving work you can help Dr. Musa support at 1:05:19

The world is not talking about Sudan enough. At Saint Martin’s Cloak we are committed to changing that while informing listeners of how you can help save lives in Sudan - right now. In today’s episode we spoke with Dr. Suad Musa, an author, academic and humanitarian from the Darfur region of Sudan, specifically the city of El-Fasher. We about how food is used as a weapon of war in Sudan, the impact of the war on Sudanese women and girls, the impact of the war in Sudan on global stability, how Sudanese artists practice resistance, the strength of Sudanese communities and culture, and much more. If you don’t mind, take a moment to leave a review for the show on your app and share the episode. It really helps! Give us a follow @saintmartinscloak_pod

Directly support Dr. Musa’s fundraiser - here

About the fundraiser - “Please consider donating to the  Gender Centre for Peacebuilding & Justice. This justice includes protecting women from death at the hands of deadly war machines, from violence, sexual trafficking, and violations of their human rights and the rights of their children. It also includes protecting them from deprivation of healthcare, hunger, thirst, poverty, displacement, psychological trauma, and social isolation.”

Buy Dr. Musa’s book Hawks and Doves in Sudan’s Armed Conflict - here

Donate to Mutual Aid Sudan - here

Donate to Khartoum Aid Kitchen - here

Check out our documentary Voices from Lebanon - here

For content related to peace building, conflict mediation and Kuchipudi classical dance, follow @qadamkp here

What is happening in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid? What can we do to help?

In this emergency episode, we give a quick overview of the rapidly deteriorating situation in el-Obeid and the dangers of what may happen next. As the UN and NGOs warn of a repeat of the El-Fasher massacre last year, it is imperative that we continue to spread the word as much as we can.

Are you currently working in Sudan and/or in assistance of Sudanese people impacted by the situation we discussed? Reach out to us at [email protected] or send us a DM on instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod. We’d love to have you on the show and share your stories directly.

Read the Lemkin institute’s report on genocide in Sudan here 

Further reading on the situation in el-Obeid here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/7/why-el-obeid-matters-as-sudans-war-enters-a-new-phase

Support the Mutual Aid Sudan coalition: https://www.mutualaidsudan.org/

Support Khartoum Aid Kitchen:  https://www.khartoumaidkitchen.org/

… and consider checking out our previous episodes on Sudan!

Stay strong, stay safe, and stay brave,

Miloš and Andrew

This is an emergency response episode to support grassroots humanitarian aid efforts in Venezuela after devasting 7.2 and 7.5 back to back earthquakes.
Landis Rojas is originally from Caracas, and is currently based in the United States. supporting the efforts of the Venezuelan NGO Fundacoven. Landis is helping Fundacoven with logistics, fundraising, and English language communication efforts. He has recorded a message in both English and Spanish that Lan provides updates in both English and Spanish about the situation on the ground in Venezuela.

To directly support earthquake response efforts in Venezuela, click here
https://gofund.me/2ff949df0

Follow the Venezuelan NGO on Instagram @fundacoven

To reach out to the Saint Martin’s Cloak Podcast, follow and DM us on Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod or email us at [email protected]

To read recent Reuters and New York Times articles citing the figures referenced in this episode, click here and here

This is the human story behind the headlines in Lebanon. We are honored to speak once again with our friend Imane Assaf, co-founder and president of the Lebanese NGO Ahla Fawda. This is a special episode, as this interview takes place following our recent trip to Beirut, where we met a number of the Ahla Fawda volunteers and saw their work up close. We hear from Imane about what the last four months of war have been like in Lebanon, the current situation on the ground, the spirit and culture of southern Lebanon, and much more.

To support Ahla Fawda’s grassroots humanitarian aid efforts in Lebanon, click here or visit - 

https://gogetfunding.com/ahla-fawdas-lebanon-war-relief-mission-2026/

To reach out to Ahla Fawda directly, click here or visit - 

https://ahlafawda.org/

To reach out to the Saint Martin’s Cloak Podcast, follow and DM us on Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod or email us at [email protected]

In this episode we discuss Andrew's recent trip to Beirut. We get a close up look at the humanitarian aid response to the ongoing war, being led by Imane Assaf and the volunteers with the NGO Ahla Fawda. We also provide an update on some projects that we are working on as a result of that trip, to continue supporting our friends in Lebanon.

Stay strong, stay safe, and stay brave, 

Andrew and Miloš

To support Ahla Fawda’s grassroots humanitarian aid efforts in Lebanon, click here or visit - 

https://gogetfunding.com/ahla-fawdas-lebanon-war-relief-mission-2026/

To reach out to Ahla Fawda directly, click here or visit - 

https://ahlafawda.org/

Drop us an email at [email protected] or give us a follow on Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod

This is a conversation about the Armenian people, justice, and the preservation of the truth. We are honored to speak with Gevorg Vardanyan and Maggie Arutyunyan, two lawyers with the Center for Truth and Justice, or CFTJ. Their mission? To document and collect witness testimony for evidence of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan in Artsakh, more commonly known as Nagorno-Karabakh. Set up in 2020 in response to the 44 Day War between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the team at CFTJ have made it their goal to hold the perpetrators of these atrocities to account. Maggie and Gevorg share powerful stories about their personal experiences from the war, their motivations on working with CFTJ, the atrocities they've documented as part of their work, and the strength of the Armenian people. We also discuss the process of documenting war crimes and presenting them to international tribunals and governments in order to ensure that the world does not forget what has happened in Armenia, and much more.

Stay strong, stay safe, and stay brave, 

Andrew and Miloš

To learn more about the work of the CFTJ in Armenia, check out their website here

To directly support the CFTJ in their pursuit of justice, check out their donation page here

Drop us an email at [email protected] or give us a follow on Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod

The world is not talking about Sudan enough. At Saint Martin’s Cloak we are committed to changing that. We spoke with Mohanad El-Balal, the co-founder of Khartoum Aid Kitchen about the realities that the Sudanese people are enduring amid the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, how the Sudanese led efforts and volunteers of Khartoum Aid Kitchen are saving lives on the ground on a daily basis, the history of UAE support to the RSF militia in Sudan, Colombian mercenaries, the impact of foreign aid cuts, misconceptions of Sudan in the media, how the international community has failed Sudan, the human stories behind the headlines, and much more. If you are involved with humanitarian aid that the world needs to know about, we want to hear from you. Drop us an email at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at saintmartinscloak_pod

Stay strong, stay safe, and stay brave, 

Andrew and Miloš

To donate to Khartoum Aid Kitchen’s life saving efforts, click here
To follow and get in touch with Khartoum Aid Kitchen - 

1. Khartoum Aid Kitchen website
2. Khartoum Aid Kitchen Twitter 
3. Mohanad ElBalal personal Twitter

Reports on genocide, war crimes, and foreign involvement in Sudan -

1. Limkin Institute Active Genocide Alert in Sudan 
2. Refugees International report on UAE enabling of RSF genocide in Sudan  
3. Antony Blinken declaration of RSF genocide in Sudan 

1. UN report on RSF genocide in al-Fasher 
2. Conflict Insights Group (CGI) report on Colombian mercenaries presence in al-Fasher 
3. BBC article on UAE recruitment of Colombian mercenaries

America is a nation of immigrants and so we’re proud to be kicking off our American immigration series - to provide actionable ways you can help immigrants in America right now. In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Jessie Ebersole, who is the Director of Programs at the Washington English Center. The mission of the Washington English Center is “To provide affordable English-language instruction and workforce programs to adult immigrants using volunteers.” We hear from Jessie about her personal motivations to teach English language classes to immigrants and refugees, how language instruction can change someone's life, the importance of community, the personal stories of some of the students she’s worked with, how the Washington English Center is making a real impact in people's lives, and much more. 

To reach out to the Washington English Center and register to volunteer, sign up for classes, and support their mission, click here
www.washingtonenglish.org

To reach out to Jessie directly to learn how you can support the Washington English Center, email her at - [email protected] 

Drop us an email at [email protected] or give us a follow on Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod

Stay strong, stay safe, and stay brave,

Andrew and Miloš

How can you help save lives in Sudan? In today’s episode, the first of what will be our long running coverage on Sudan, we speak with Andrea Tracy, the Director of the Mutual Aid Program at Proximity 2 Humanity. Andrea has over 25 years of international aid experience and with her teammates at Proximity 2 Humanity and the Mutual Aid Sudan Coalition, she is leading international support efforts to Sudanese grassroots aid. This is truly life saving work. We hear from Andrea about the devastating impact of USAID cuts both in Sudan and around the world, Sudan’s grassroots Emergency Response Rooms and the local volunteers who operate them, the critical Women’s Response Rooms lead by Sudanese women on the ground, how Proximity 2 Humanity gets 95 cents of every dollar to aid efforts on the ground, and much more. 

To donate to the life saving work of the Mutual Aid Sudan Coalition, click here

Follow them on Instagram @mutual.aid.sudan 

Click here to support Proximity 2 Humanity 

For a New York Times article on the Ebola outbreak Andrea discusses in the interview, click here

Further reading on Sudan:

1. Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis Explained - by Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy for the Council on Foreign Relations

1. The Specter of Genocide Returns to Darfur - by David J Scheffer for the Council on Foreign Relations
   
2. Nicholas Kristof New York Times articles on Sudan -
   

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opinion/holiday-gift-guide.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/opinion/famine-darfur-civil-war.html

1. The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth by Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic

Drop us an email at [email protected] or give us a follow on Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod

Stay strong, stay safe, and stay brave, 

Andrew and Miloš

Can the shackles of trauma be beaten by laughter?

On today’s episode, we sat down with Sabine Choucair, co-founder of Clown Me In. With qualifications in performing arts from London and social therapy from New York, she has dedicated her life to using her performance and clowning background to spread joy and laughter among disadvantaged communities around the world. We hear about Sabine’s experiences transitioning to the humanitarian field, what goes into the preparations for performances in Lebanon, Gaza, and Türkiye, and how storytelling connects us all as humans regardless of our backgrounds.

You can support Sabine and Clown Me In here or visit -

https://clownmein.com/support-us/

Give them a follow on Instagram @clownmein

Be sure to check out our previous episodes about Lebanon to learn about additional ways you can support efforts on the ground directly.

Have a question or suggestion for a topic/participant? Drop us an email at [email protected] or check out our Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod

Stay strong, stay safe, and stay brave,

Andrew and Miloš