Título:
The price of stones : building a school for my village
Autor Pessoal:
Data de Publicação:
2010
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2010.
Descrição Física:
xiv, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780670021840
Resumo:
A founder of the Nyaka and Kutamba AIDS Orphans Schools describes how he returned to his native Uganda after college and was compelled by the dire circumstances of his village's AIDS orphans to make tuition-free education available.
Nota Geral:
"This work was previously published by Mr. Kaguri in a different form under the title Nyaka: saving one child at a time"--T.p. verso.
Conteúdos:
The line at our door -- The devil's hand -- The chicken is full of bones -- My brother's keeper -- Through the valley of the shadow -- The prospect of marriage -- The great escape -- Only one acre -- Plans -- The price of stones -- An article of faith -- Constructive solutions -- Being the man -- It is not enough to be sorry -- Two girls -- There are no streetlights -- My meeting with Mondo -- A song of hope and despair -- One never knows -- Cows in America -- If you do not reach, you cannot grasp -- Nothing worthwhile is easy -- Scovia -- Who is my neighbor? -- Big trucks and soda pop -- Ideas and ideals -- In that rich darkness -- More than a composition -- The brigadier -- One more grave -- A gathering of grannies -- Graduation day -- Help make a difference.
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Linguagem:
Inglês
