Author Profile

Brendan McDonald
Brendan McDonald is a former humanitarian aid worker who’s lived and worked in Kosovo, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Libya, Jordan and Iraq. He’s experienced in information management and crisis communications, often in war-torn countries.
Brendan has chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and peripheral neuropathy, amongst other medical conditions. Due to his medical conditions Brendan has been unable to work full time since 2017, although he does occasionally help edit the magazine and provide mentoring advice to other humanitarian workers!