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Table of Contents
Poverty and Promise:
One Volunteer's Experience of Kenya
Foreword by Dr. Dan Keseje, Director, TICH ................................
Prologue .........................................................................................
Introduction ...................................................................................
Chapter One: Nairobi ...................................................................
Training in Nairobi; Diverse VSO volunteers
Chapter Two: Nuances .................................................................
Arriving in Kisumu; TICH retreat; Lay of the land
Chapter Three: Wailing .................................................................
My first Kenyan funeral; Brand new bicycle; Mud hut pharmacy; Paul, the gate boy; Police Officer’s Mess; Meeting Walter and Priscah
Chapter Four: Bravo! ....................................................................
Paul’s new uniform; Bad boys of Kisumu; Victor’s request; Health worker’s theatre
Chapter Five: Holiday....................................................................
Lake Naivasha hippos; Cycling through Hell’s Gate; Kenyan beauty; Christmas at Olduvai Gorge; Eric is dead; Cranky banking; Roadside funeral
Chapter Six: Peace ........................................................................
Calling all scholars; Seeking housing; Eric’s final resting place
Chapter Seven: Kiboko .................................................................
Easy marks; wedding disco Sikh style; International visitors for the Annual Scientific Conference; Jack Bryant’s “Africa’s Orphans” poem; Congratulations graduates
Chapter Eight: Spirit ....................................................................
Guardian Angel Samuel; Kakamega Forest foray; Girl’s night out; Regional hospital hoopla
Chapter Nine: Coast .....................................................................
Mombasa; Malindi; Watamu; Kisumu
Chapter Ten: Russia ......................................................................
Doctor’s rounds at the provincial hospital; Chiga widows
Chapter Eleven: Celebration .........................................................
Collecting kids in Nyalenda; The fishing business; College professor once more; Round three at Russia
Chapter Twelve: Renovation .........................................................
TICH enters the Annual Agricultural Show; Dr. Stephen Okeyo: hero; Showground shenanigans; Priya’s surprise party; On the road again: not; Judgment day
Chapter Thirteen: Congo ..............................................................
Uganda; Rwanda; Goma and home again; Pomp and circumstance
Chapter Fourteen: Ethiopia ..........................................................
Addis Ababa; Ethiopian New Year; Nazareth; Help for landmine victims; Zanzibar: Spice Island; Hideaki Suzuki: slave trade scholar
Chapter Fifteen: Indecision ..........................................................
When bad things happen; Stay or go?; Sick day with Mom; Safety check; Runaway guilt
Conclusion.....................................................................................
Lessons learned; The players: Where are they now?
Recollections .................................................................................
Of an eclipse
Acknowledgments .........................................................................
© 2008 Cindi G. Brown
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