Poverty and Promise: One Volunteer's Experience of Kenya
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0019QZEKA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 107 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Though ultimately unnerved and overwhelmed, Brown conveys her story honestly and effectively, upfront about her fear and frustration, as well as the rare occasion for hope. She describes her work for the TICH (Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development), the programs they try hard to implement, and the hours she and her colleagues spend in training. Book proceeds go to support programs in western Kenya. Impressed with her natural surrou
At the age of 40, Cindi Brown had a desire to make her life meaningful for others. . Brown found Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in Canada and was given three marketing position choices: a biodiversity sphere in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; a farmer's cooperative along the Zambezi River in Zambia; and the Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH) in Kenya. Her combined academic, journalistic and corpo
Does what its title page says it would do - provide the author's recollection of her experience as a volunteer in East Africa! I enjoyed having the opportunity to read what was in this book. I won't say it was particularly well organized or well written. But I certainly got a feel for the author's stay in Kenya between 200Does what its title page says it would do - provide the author's recollection of her experience as a volunteer in East Africa! Marci Twain I enjoyed having the opportunity to read what was in this book. I won't say it was particularly well organized or well written. But I certainly got a feel for the author's stay in Kenya between 2004 and 2005 at age 41 when she worked as a volunteer for the nonprofit organization called Voluntary Service. and 2005 at age Does what its title page says it would do - provide the author's recollection of her experience as a volunteer in East Africa! Marci Twain I enjoyed having the opportunity to read what was in this book. I won't say it was particularly well organized or well written. But I certainly got a feel for the author's stay in Kenya between 2004 and 2005 at age 41 when she worked as a volunteer for the nonprofit organization called Voluntary Service. 1 when she worked as a volunteer for the nonprofit organization called Voluntary Service. Sharing the dream of global equity Poverty and Promise is a vivid presentation of a dream within reality. Cindi Brown provides us with an account of a personal journey along the path of global equity, bringing us into contact with the stark realities of less developed countries. The turbulence, political instability and beauty of Kenya p. M. Vaughn said Through the eyes of a humanitarian. Most Europeans and Americans rarely get to see the real Kenya. We stay at comfortable and secure hotels, ride in cars with drivers that are trained to keep foreigners away from trouble, eat in restaurants where the food is plentiful, shop in tourist-friendly areas and never walk anywhere unescorted. Cin
Connect the pieces; people in extreme need, a college dedicated to lifting Kenya out of poverty, a government disconnected from the true needs of its citizenry, and the hope and promise found in Kenyans of all ages.. Cindi Brown dropped out of corporate America, sold her possessions and began a heartbreaking and exhilarating adventure of volunteering at a college in Kisumu, Kenya, on Lake Victoria’s shore. Brown, new to international development, allows the reader to learn along with her as she goes about attempting to assimilate into a culture where she can never truly blend in. Learn about poverty’s effects, see how illness is often a death sentence for those living in poverty, and explore the effectiveness of aid in making a real difference in the lives of Africans. Experience daily life in Kisumu, and travel to Mombasa on a railroad built by British colonizers, to Ethiopia, and to the Congo on a road trip through Rwanda