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On 28 April 1990, a letter bomb mailed to Michael Lapsley's Harare home destroyed both of his hands and one of his eyes. His life, and 'Healing of Memories' program, proves that it is possible to overcome the trauma of political persecution.
Using anecdotal evidence to back up government policy is dangerous. There are as many positive anecdotes about Africans as Minister Andrews has negative. Teaching refugees, you build relationships, offer students the opportunity to express themselves, and know that their life stories are respected.
Michele Gierck is a freelance writer. Her book, 700 Days in El Salvador, was published by Coretext in 2006.
Climate change disrupts the symbiotic relationship that sustains coral. Short-term stress allows recovery. But if it is sustained, coral dies.
Michele Gierck meets the people on the other end of the line
Michael Lapsley and the Institute for Healing of Memories
Reviews of Bamboo Palace; The Suicidal Church; The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty and Flesh and Glory: Symbol, gender and theology in the Gospel of John.
Michele M. Gierck speaks to Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
Ten years after the genocide Rwanda still mourns its dead.
Michele Gierck observes how education programs in Kenya are restoring hope for AIDS victims.
An extract from the book by Michele Gierck, 700 days in El Salvador.
For Michele Gierck, the publication of her first book is the culmination of a journey that began seven years ago.
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