Notebook
The stories in our Notebook feature people and places where someone in the Night Traveler network has been trusted and embedded.
If one of these stories aligns with your organization's mission or philanthropic goals — whether it's telling a story, leaving something behind, or building a partnership — we can tell you more.
BENKALA, BALI
In one village in the northern Bali jungle, deafness isn't a disability — it's a shared language. For seven generations, a naturally high deaf population has made Bengkala a place where nearly everyone signs: farmers, children, the mayor. They call it the "oneness." We've told this story before, for VICE.
INCLUSION • LANGUAGE • COMMUNITY • BELONGINGPUBLISHED (VICE) · ACCESS ESTABLISHED · DEEPER STORY WAITING
THE GAMBIA
For most rural Gambian communities, water means walking — and seven times out of ten, that walk belongs to a woman or girl. A network of locally elected women, led by Banjul's Lord Mayor, is changing that: 26 solar boreholes built, 100,000 people reached, and a plan for 100 more.
WATER · WOMEN'S RIGHTS · CLIMATE · ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTURGENT · ACTIVE PROJECT · IMPACT CAMPAIGN · FILM-READY