First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria is a new book (available starting today) by Eve Brown-Waite, an East Coast girl who did what many of us said we would and never did: she joined the Peace Corps after college -- just the beginning of an extraordinary and adventurous life. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Travel Read: 'First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria'
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria is a new book (available starting today) by Eve Brown-Waite, an East Coast girl who did what many of us said we would and never did: she joined the Peace Corps after college -- just the beginning of an extraordinary and adventurous life. ...Chasing Gorillas in Rwanda
There are many great destinations around the globe in which travelers can get up close and personal with animals in their natural habitat. You can travel to the Serengeti and take in the Great Migration or head to Northern Canada for an encounter with a polar bear. Make the ...Update: new Canadian weighs 6 lbs and is Ugandan and (maybe) American
The Canadian born on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 yesterday is the daughter of a Ugandan ... who is also a permanent resident of the United States. So, at least we know that the newly-minted citizen of our northern neighbor is not Dutch. Sasha, the newest NWA passenger, was ...Ugandan "booby traps" are a growing problem
Police in Uganda are warning men about the dangers of breasts. Gangs of women have been tricking men into sniffing their chloroform laced breasts, knocking them out. When the men awake, they are usually naked, and without any of the stuff they had when they thought they ...Ugandan pastor arrested for possibly molesting girl on flight
41-year old pastor and head of Ugandan church, Jackson Senyonga, was arrested at Oakland International Airport under the suspicion that he might have fondled the 13-year old girl seated next to him. The religious community worker who is known to have dedicated his life to ...Oscar nominated shorts: A world tour
Every year as a member of the Columbus Academy Motion Picture Pickers (CAMPP) I embark on a movie going frenzy to see all the movies nominated in every major category. Not on the list of my obligatory must-sees were the films nominated for Short Features and Short Animation, ...Mega, as in the Biggest Ever, African Adventure Trip
Suppose you have time-lots of it. Let's say you have 44 weeks. Perhaps you'd like to go overland from Morocco to South Africa by way of Egypt. Here's a travel adventure that will take you through 10 game parks, various cultural and historical landmarks, and enough thrills ...Nine Million Refugee Children
I've been experiencing the worst case of "heal the world" syndrome lately and it seems there is always more I can do, but never enough; money, time, hands, etc. Habitat for Humanity has always been an organization I've reached down into my pockets blindly and given what I ...
