Interrupting his Peace Corps service, he left Malawi in 1968 and returned to West Africa. He intended to enter Biafra, but he was unable to do so. Instead, upon his arrival in Nigeria, he joined the relief effort on that side of the war. He first worked at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria's capital, then he was sent to the war zone. He joined a team consisting of a doctor, two nurses, and a group of Nigerian Red Cross members who distributed food. The team operated clinics and feeding stations in towns and villages north of Port Harcourt, in an area that had, briefly, been a part of Biafra. They provided aid to thousands of people every week.
Interrupting his Peace Corps service, he left Malawi in 1968 and returned to West Africa. He intended to enter Biafra, but he was unable to do so. Instead, upon his arrival in Nigeria, he joined the relief effort on that side of the war. He first worked at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria's capital, then he was sent to the war zone. He joined a team consisting of a doctor, two nurses, and a group of Nigerian Red Cross members who distributed food. The team operated clinics and feeding stations in towns and villages north of Port Harcourt, in an area that had, briefly, been a part of Biafra. They provided aid to thousands of people every week.