Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World

From the Sunshine Coast of South Africa to a remote ashram in India, Colvin and her husband...
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Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World by Colvin, Ruth

Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World

$50.25

Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World

$50.25
Author: Ruth Colvin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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.

Author: Ruth Colvin
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 01/10/2012
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780815609933


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 121
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 43

About the Author
The recipient of nine honorary doctorates, Ruth J. Colvin was given the highest award for volunteerism in the United States, the President's Volunteer Action Award, in 1987. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006 and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1991. She lives in Syracuse, New York.

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