A while ago, a friend forwarded me the link to the One Village website. It piqued my interest and I wanted to know more about the background to this project.
So I've managed to get my hands on a copy of We are one village by Nikki Lovell about how taking a gap year in Uganda completely transformed her life, and started her on the journey towards setting up the One Village charity.
Nikki was eighteen years old when she left Adelaide in South Australia to become part of the Namwendwa community in Eastern Uganda in her gap year.
I'm enjoying the book so far, it gives me a keen insight into her feelings and her experiences in Uganda, what it is like to be so far from home, to be constantly outside her comfort zone, and show she learns to follow her heart in spite of what others around her are saying.
I'd recommend this book to anyone who has read & enjoyed titles such as The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do or Zen under Fire by Marianne Elliott.
