GARDEN OF THE LOST & ABANDONED THE EXTRA JESSICA YUPaperback
GARDEN OF THE LOST & ABANDONED THE EXTRA JESSICA YUPaperback The problem by most lights is overwhelming: at least 5,000 children live on the streets of Uganda's capital city of Kampala. The youngest…
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GARDEN OF THE LOST & ABANDONED THE EXTRA JESSICA YUPaperback
The problem by most lights is overwhelming: at least 5,000 children live on the streets of Uganda's capital city of Kampala. The youngest may not know the names of their parents. Some forget the names of their villages.
Author of a newspaper column called "Lost and Abandoned," she is a resource that police and others turn to when they stumble across a stranded kid with a hidden history.Jessica Yu delivers an acutely observed story of this hard-nosed and warm-hearted woman, the children she helps, and her precarious dream of providing a home and livelihood for her vulnerable charges. But Gladys Kalibbala--part journalist, part detective, part Good Samaritan--does not hesitate to dive into difficult or even dangerous situations to aid a child. Garden of the Lost and Abandoned chronicles one woman's altruism, both ordinary and extraordinary, in a way that is impossible to