Chapter 10: The Well in Cheku Village

We drove up the long road dirt road to Cheku village and finally saw the well that had taken so many years.
Chapter 9: Small Villages Big Dreams

Before making our way to Cheku, we visited many of the surrounding Irangi villages first.
Chapter: 8 Kondoa Town

Our destination was Kondoa, but to get there, we had to board a cramped bus like a bunch of sardines.
Chapter 7: Tanzania with Zoe

Fast-forward six years, and once again, Tanzania stood before my daughter and me.
Chapter 6: The Cheku Water Project

Life returned to normal—for just a little while. We returned home, and Zoe went back to School.
Chapter 5: Secrets of Marrekesh

We left Zanzibar for Marrakesh, where the sound of Muslim prayers echoed from the speakers.
Chapter 4: Sleepy Zanzibar

From Tanzania, we made our way to the island of Zanzibar, a place to pause and reflect, and to write.
Chapter 3: Rugged and Wild Tanzania

The three of us headed for Tanzania where I met Moshi Changai, a pivotal piece to this story.
Chapter 2: The Safari

Our time to leave Kalagala eventually came, and my family embarked upon a classic Kenyan safari.
Chapter 1: Kalagala High School

Many years ago, in the wake of my mother’s death, I traveled to Africa for the first time. Uganda.