When I wrote the story of my young friend Fatuma a few months back I called it the “Audacity of Hope’ It was almost cliché, but it spoke to the life story of a young girl who was living through the pandemic and who against all the odds was making the best of the pandemic, undaunted and unafraid of the challenge ahead of her in her quest of education. I follow up her story with the title of a serendipitous encounter.
Read MoreSo, I ask about her school. She confidently states that she is in P3, at least she had been promoted to P3 when schools were first closed in 2020. She stabs three fingers in the air and beamed with pride and she attempted to say P3 which sounded like ‘sree’. I quickly discover that she has not read a book in a long time.
Read MoreWelcome to my first mountaineering blog. You may be excused for thinking that I am an experienced mountaineer and therefore, this blog is about my top tips for other enthusiasts, and you will be excused for nearly being right! Having completed my fourth mountain, yes FOUR, I feel justified to associate with mountaineers even if the thought of even attempting the likes of Everest often ends in coughing fits of laughter! The movie Everest was painful enough to watch, I did my part and watched to the end.
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