Pamela Haines Essays
After all the starts and stops that I’ve come to expect as we prepare to set off on a journey, we are ready to leave the gas station, fortified with a full tank, money, air time for the cell phones, juice, the newspaper, a case of bottled water and a picnic...
Pamela Haines Essays
Our visit to Irene’s family home in Eastern Uganda brings to the fore issues of livelihood and education. They live in the shadow of Mt. Elgon, which divides the country from Kenya. We pass through the bustling city of Mbale, with its Islamic influence, elegant...
Pamela Haines Essays
We drive north to Fort Baker. Abitimo is anxious to show us the sights—and there aren’t that many to show in this war ravaged land. We bump over dirt roads for an hour then pull up in the little yard of one of the brick storefronts that are so common here: one...
Pamela Haines Essays
We went to Uganda to support Abitimo Odongkara in her work in education and peace-building in civil-war ravaged northern Uganda, where 20,000 children have been abducted by the rebels, and over a million people forced into Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. I...
Pamela Haines Essays
Facing the Impossible? Before coming to Gulu I spent time making developmentally appropriate materials—bright colored card-stock circles, squares and triangles with holed to thread shoelaces through—good for small motor development, color and shape identification and...
Pamela Haines Essays
Setting the Stage: Being Friends with Abitimo Odongkara This is the story of being faithful in following the threads of friendship. 25 years ago my husband Chuck made a new friend. Her name was Abitimo Odongkara, and they met at an early childhood workshop. She was...
