Bibliograph

The price of stones, building a school for my village, Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with Susan Urbanek Linville

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The price of stones, building a school for my village, Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with Susan Urbanek Linville

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The price of stones

Oclc number

580120311

Responsibility statement

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with Susan Urbanek Linville

Sub title

building a school for my village

Summary

Can one person really make a difference in the world? Growing up in Uganda, Kaguri overcame poverty to earn a degree from the national university and worked as a human rights advocate, eventually making his way to pursue studies at Columbia University. When he returned to his village with his American bride, they were overwhelmed by the plight of his village's many AIDS orphans and vowed to open the first tuition-free school for these children. Despite daunting obstacles, lack of funds, skepticism from almost everyone, a lack of supplies, and corrupt school inspectors, the couple doggedly built one classroom after another

Target audience

adult

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