Bucket Showers & Baby Goats: Volunteering in West Africa
Christine Brown
(Author)
Description
What is it like to volunteer in a rural farming village in West Africa? Aside from chasing chickens from the outhouse and braving over-crowded vans held together by string, Bucket Showers & Baby Goats is a moving non-fiction narrative based on the author's experience volunteering in the Volta Region of Ghana. While living with members of the community on a daily basis, Brown paints a vivid picture immersed in village life and the challenges that accompany it. We are introduced to the children and families of Saviefe as the narrative unfolds, and the reader is taken day by day as the intended tasks transform from sorting donated books for an unfinished library, into conducting much needed sex education workshops for the students. In describing community efforts to improve their lives through education and collaboration, Bucket Showers & Baby Goats is uplifting, honest, funny, and poignant as it reveals the reality of those projects when the author returns to the village eighteen months later. An eye-opening account, Brown depicts the community of Saviefe and her volunteer experience by giving readers a unique view into the common challenges and solutions associated with community development initiatives.
Product Details
Price
$11.99
Publisher
Independently Published
Publish Date
November 22, 2019
Pages
276
Dimensions
5.24 X 0.62 X 7.99 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781710242997
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I don't remember learning how to read. It seems as though I picked up a book and the contents simply came to life for me. I was the child in the corner with her head in a book and her imagination running wild. I am now the adult doing the same.I was raised in Darwin, Australia in a funny and loving family - one which allowed us to be individuals and think for ourselves. By the time I was 12 I had started a school newspaper, opened a school restaurant and directed my first play. Curiosity has been my guiding light and has led me down many paths, sparking my imagination and creativity and gifting me with the exploration of what the world has to offer. Through this I have been a business owner, chef, teacher, actor, singer, festival director, theatre producer, magazine editor, publisher and writer.I know how to cook a mean paella, love graphic design and most of all, I love words. Words are wonderful and stringing them together, can make for incredible magic. They transport us to other places, scare us, entice us, excite us, play with our emotions. This is why I write - to create stories and share ideas, to bring words to life and hopefully make people happy with what I do.Things I like to write about - fiction, children's stories, non-fiction, short stories, food and cookbooks.