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Barcott, Rye.
Carolina for Kibera.
United States. Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography.
Social service -- Kenya -- Kibera.
Community development -- Kenya -- Kibera.
Slums -- Kenya -- Kibera.
Poor -- Kenya -- Kibera.
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It happened on the w...
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It happened on the way to war : a marine's path to peace / Rye Barcott.
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Barcott, Rye.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2012, c2011.
ISBN:
1608194310
9781608194315
Summary:
"This is a book about two forms of service that appear contradictory: war-fighting and peacemaking, military service and social entrepreneurship. In 2001, Marine officer-in-training Bye Barcott cofounded a nongovernmental organization with two Kenyans in the Kibera slums of Nairobi.Their organization - Carolina for Kibera - grew to become a model of a global movement called participatory development..." -- Back cover
Accelerated Reader:
Book Level:6.9
Points:20.0
Interest Level:UG
Description:
x, 355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Edition:
Pbk. ed.
Contents:
Pt. 1. The grenade ; Big Gota (fist bump) ; The present and future leaders ; "Because I can" ; What's the key? -- pt. 2. Doers ; The sword ; Things fall apart ; Messiahs ; Harambee ; War on trash -- pt. 3. From peacetime to wartime ; Change and continuity ; Spyderco ; Compartments ; Grass, flower, and wind ; The manuscript ; The elephant and the velvet glove ; Eleven years old and his life is already behind him ; Impact.
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Independence Regional Library
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362.5 Barcott
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