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From Nothing to Something by Suzan Nabujja
The children are seeing light through Seedlings of Change. It is with Seedlings of Change help they have clothes to wear, food to put a meal on the table which before they seldom had one meal a day...
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My Introduction by Joan Douma
Let me introduce myself to you--my name is Joan Douma and I am Secretary of the Board for Seedlings of Change, since its inception in 2009. Eveline Marie Smith has suggested to me that I write an...
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"What In The World Have I Done On Purpose?!" by Joan Douma
After a year of waiting to learn if I had been accepted into the ranks of the State Department Foreign Service as an Office Management Specialist, I did make the "list" around Easter of 1984, and...
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EXPLORING: Geneva and Environs
with Joan Douma Geneva was a wonderful location for exploring other parts of Europe, easily, and on three-day weekends with a holiday as I had no “leave time” having just joined the...
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My Foreign Service Post in Izmir, Turkey by Joan Douma
I am back, this Halloween day, with a few special moments of sharing about my experience at my second posting in the Foreign Service, Izmir, Turkey, where I worked for two years from January...
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My 3rd Foreign Service Post in Pretoria, South Africa by Joan Douma
I return with memories of my 16 month tour of duty in Pretoria, South Africa and, coincidentally, one evening while watching TV between 9:30 and 11 p.m., I felt like I crossed the bridge of time and...
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Joan Karen Douma 1935 - 2019 (age 83)
Joan Karen Douma 1935 - 2019 (age 83) Joan was born in Oakland and lived in Berkeley until 1946 when she moved to Napa with her family. Joan attended Napa High School where she made lifelong...
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"The Small Still Voice" by Joan Douma
"The Small Still Voice" by Joan DoumaWritten (March 17, 2014) I have been asked to describe the “small still voice” within me. It is basically “insight” which leads me to the truth, an expression of...
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