The message gladdened my heart. “Can you help us?” it began. “We received an email regarding San Benito, and would like to know more...”The sender was the press officer at Israel’s Embassy in Manila, a Filipina named Rose, who I’d worked with before and consider a friend. And San Benito? Well, let’s just call it a tiny municipality on the northwestern coast of Siargao Island, a place I hold dear. “We received an email from their mayor asking for a humanitarian partnership for food security,” Rose continued. “Do you know anyone there?”Boy, did I! Get the latest news delivered to...