Off the Beaten Path : Stories of People Around the World / Ruth Johnson Colvin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colvin, Ruth J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations, photographs, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2011.

Summary:

From the Sunshine Coast of South Africa to a remote ashram in India, Colvin and her husband have traveled around the world, visiting sixty-two countries and providing literacy training in twenty-six developing countries. The founder of Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc., which later merged with other organizations to become ProLiteracy, Colvin was invited by universities, religious organizations, and the International Executive Service Corporation to share her skills in native language literacy and English as a second language training. Along the way, Colvin met people from all walks of life-a holy man in India, a banned leader and a revolutionary in the apartheid system of South Africa, lepers in India and Madagascar, Chinese Communists who truly "serve the people, " and survivors of Pol Pot's Cambodia. In a richly varied and exciting career, Colvin's most rewarding adventures were connecting with individuals from vastly different backgrounds and experiences, learning about their cultures and traditions, and discovering the many similarities all people share. Believing education is the key to facilitating communication and understanding among people around the world, Colvin, a lifelong learner herself, has dedicated her life to teaching others.

Contents:

India, 1980 and 1982-83

South Africa, 1978, 1983-84, and 1988

Nigeria, 1991

Zambia, 1978 and 1995

Swaziland, 1988 and 1991-92

China, 1979, 1990, and 1994

Ecuador and Peru, 1987 and 1988

Madagascar, 2000 and 2001

Cambodia, 1999.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815650867

0815650868

OCLC:

966854896