Los Angeles — Laurie Tragen-Boykoff rocks on her feet, holding on to a large sign, her hands trembling. the international arrivals ramp at LAX is empty, but that only fuels her anticipation. She’s waited 25 years for this. On the sign is a blown-up black-and-white photograph of a somber-faced boy. His name is Nicky Mutoka. [...]

I had a number of children at the last Child Hope Zambia distribution. I made a slideshow of them with their gifts but there are a couple of children that need to be added. this was the March distribution. My Sponsored Children and Writing Friends: Child Hope Zambian Children at the March Distribution

Cold and stiff, I wake up to my first morning in Botswana. Repeatedly. First, with the crowing of the cocks; then with the barking of the dogs; and then, finally, with the braying of the backpackers. How quickly I’ve forgotten, in the relative comfort of my Joburg digs – themselves the South African equivalent of [...]