On the Scene: To Russia with Love

Pskov, Russia

CHRIS CHIAIA, a 25-year-old regular guy from the idyllic suburb of Darien, Connecticut, is in charge of about $2 million worth of medicines and medical supplies in the heart of a country which is notoriously descending into chaos. It’s not unusual, in the world of international aid, for young men to be out on the sharp end of things; the unusual thing is that Chris is quite on top of the job—though it undoubtedly helps that our hosts have their act very much together. These facts are not a coincidence, but rather a consequence of the way AmeriCares, the charity that employs Chris, does business.

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Pskov, Russia

CHRIS CHIAIA, a 25-year-old regular guy from the idyllic suburb of Darien, Connecticut, is in charge of about $2 million worth of medicines and medical supplies in the heart of a country which is notoriously descending into chaos. It’s not unusual, in the world of international aid, for young men to be out on the sharp end of things; the unusual thing is that Chris is quite on top of the job—though it undoubtedly helps that our hosts have their act very much together. These facts are not a coincidence, but rather a consequence of the way AmeriCares, the charity that employs Chris, does business.