Nyumbani and the Star Thrower
Goldscheider, Eric
Nyumbani is the Swahili word for "home." It is also the name of an orphanage outside of Nairobi, founded in 1992 as a hospice for HIV infected babies. Its mission has evolved, but not its ideal to serve society's most vulnerable.
Eric Goldscheider is a freelance writer whose credits include The Boston Globe, The New York Times, the Hartford Courant, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post and over a dozen college alumni magazines. He...