Working in an Orphanage in rural Kenya was a humbling experience. It gave me time for personal reflection. The orphanage is home to 14 Girls and 16 Boys from the age of 5 months up to 18 years: many with truly horrendous life stories. Many were abandoned in the street; one boy was so ill it was thought he had only hours to live. All have mental scars and some have physical ones. Younger ones smile and want contact , the adolescence boys and girls are somewhat less communicative > much the same as normal teenagers all over the world. On a school day they all get up at 5.30am…

1          Sierra Leone > A security guard approached me waving a very big gun; he pointedly asked me for money. Quote “What you got for me?” 2          Orlando Airport > I was a 58 year old, white, middle class, grey haired Dad and accompanied by my 14year old teenage blonde daughter; we were pulled randomly out of the line to be questioned and searched as suspect terrorists, pre 911 and pre Donald T. 3          On arriving at Lagos Airport, Nigeria; the staff openly asked for ‘dollars’ at each stage of entry; passport control, customs and more. Later it became obvious I had not greased enough palms or not the…