Friday, November 7th, 2008
For John McKendy
John McKendy, a regular reader of this blog and friend of mine, was killed on October 31, allegedly by his daughter’s estranged ex-husband. John had come to Burundi the last two summers as a workcamper with the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI), and in particular helped to build the clinic for the Friends Women’s Association. [...]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Peeling tomatoes
Well it’s been almost a month since I last wrote, which is perhaps a sort of unplanned summer vacation from blogville. But I haven’t been just sitting around watching the Jacaranda trees bloom. I’ve been working on grants of course, and also did some writing and interviews for AGLI’s newsletter Peaceways, which this quarter focuses on Burundi [...]
