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Our Man By Maj Mamaz Analysis

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Maja Sajler Garmaz was born in Osijek on 19 May 1978. She finished elementary, high school and college in Osijek, worked as a photojournalist in Vjesnik. Nothing unusual or significant had happened in her life until 29 September 2006 when she married journalist Željko Garmaz with whom she began her African story. Maja and Željko went to Africa in 2007 to their honeymoon in Rwanda, there they met and became friends with Father Ivica Perić, whose great desire was to build a high school, which would be completely free. High school in Rwanda costs 300 dollars per year, what is unachievable for the majority of people of that impoverished and war-ravaged country. Parents often work for a dollar a day and can not afford education for children so children stay in the street. …show more content…

This awareness changed Maja and forced her to action. After returning from Africa she actively began to seek donors for the construction of the school, but she didn't stop on that. She suggested to her husband to help with what they do best - writing. Maja and Željko wrote and published the book ''Our Man in Africa'' with their own funds. It is travelogue biography that describes missionary work, and everything you want to know about East Africa. The book starts with a story of the girl whose parents died, brother went with relatives, and she and her sister remained on the street. Father Ivica helped her unselfishly. She was coming to the monastery to study, he was feeding her and buying her clothes. She finished elementary and high school, and the college as well. In that story you can see the best reasons to help: ''These kids are not looking for charity, but a right to

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