Author: timfrakes
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An East African Journey
It was one of those mornings when you wake up and aren’t quite sure where you are. “…guest house… Addis Ababa, Ethiopia… Africa… Oh, yea, I remember…” The house was quiet when I emerged from my room. Soon Yonas’s youngest daughter Zima, popped her head around the corner. Zima is 5 years old and full…
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Reporting from Haiti 2011
Church World Service and Odyssey Networks in New York asked me to record a greeting while in Haiti, January 3-9, 2011 to mark the one year anniversary of the earthquake. This report was recorded in a tiny village called Mayombe in Northern Haiti.
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An East African Journey
This morning CNN says Lufthansa pilots have called a general strike. It seems the 15 percent salary increase the company was offering was insufficient. The pilots want 30 percent. Since my flight was delayed four hours by the strike, I tracked down a bicycle to rent at the train station and spent the morning by…