It Happened on the Way to War : A Marine's Path to Peace (Paperback)

from co_coyote

I returned from a month spent in Ethiopia to find this book on my desk. Barcott, as an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina, formed an organization to support youth in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, a neighbor of Ethiopia. It was fascinating to read this book and compare ...

from bibliophileofalls

This is a book about what one person can accomplish based on his experiences in Africa when he was a young man. He used these experiences to found a non-profit organization to help people of Kenya especially in the slums of Kibera, where living conditions were unimaginably atrocious. During a tim...

from wbc3

I am fascinated by books about how a single person can have a major impact on the work (Three Cups of Tea and Mountains beyond Mountains are favorites of mine). This books tells the story of the author and his work in Kibera, Kenya-one of the worst slums in the world. As an ROTC marine in college...

from dele2451

Being a 20-year military member as well as a seasoned veteran of volunteer work for nonprofit organizations, I felt a special attraction to Mr Barcott's story. His subject matter could not be more important or timely and he covers it in an accessible fashion. I applaud young Rye not only for his ...

from cee2

Rye Barcott is a young man who wants to make a difference in the world and he does it with a rare balancing act. As he follows in his father's martial footsteps by becoming a Marine Corps officer, he also manages to start and enlist support for CFK, an NGO in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, ...