Home to Chunya

Home to ChunyaJFK's Camelot extended around the world with his Peace Corps. An army of idealistic Volunteers answered his challenge "Ask not what what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country." This memoir takes you to the heart of Africa in the mid 60s, just a few years after Tanyanika independence from Great Britian. Chunya, a gold boom town during the '30s, was considered " one of the most undesirable spots in the country" but there the

JFK's Camelot extended around the world with his Peace Corps. An army of idealistic Volunteers answered his challenge "Ask not what what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." This memoir takes you to the heart of Africa in the mid-60s, just a few years after Tanyanika independence from Great Britian.

Chunya, a gold boom town during the '30s, was considered "...one of the most undesirable spots in the country" but there the author found his own little paradise. Against the odds, he and his fellow Volunteer found a new family with Samson, the yard boy; Aaron, their cook; the White Father missionaries; and a small army of students sincerely wanting to learn and to know more about the world. No electricity, no telephone, no TV, limited running water, snakes in the outhouse,no luxuries except the tranquility and beauty of Africa. There was fear, hope, loneliness and unbounded joy.