Kubuitsile writes for Haiti earthquake recovery efforts
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
The project was initiated by British author Greg McQueen who asked hundreds of writers worldwide to contribute a collection of stories for Haiti and the end product is going to be an e-book and a paperback that will be published tomorrow (March, 4) and all the proceeds from the book will go to earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti.
My story, Birds of a Feather, is a humorous story about a woman who joins a bird watching club in Gaborone though she hates birding just get closer to a University of Botswana professor she has fallen in love with," said Kubuitsile in an interview with Showbiz. According to a press release from the 100 Stories for Haiti, on the morning of January 19, McQueen posted a video on his blog saying:
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...