Born into an affluent family, much of Patricia Brenninkmeyer's early childhood was one of dislocation and danger in war-time Europe. Yet for all the perils that her large family faced it was also a secure and loving home in which she grew up, a key to the adult she became. But even from her early years, Patricia Brenninkmeyer's rebelliousness, free spirit and adventurousness were apparent. She would never become the daughter that her parents had foreseen-one married with a family and a privileged existence. Emerging into her teenage years, she was determined to make a mark in an unconventional way, and, at first, she trained as a social worker, eventually finding her forte by working with the children of African parents living in England. But Africa had always been the place where she had imagined she could best exercise her talents and realise her vocation. This book charts how she achieved her ambitions and how she not only went to work in Uganda but founded three charities, two of which in the fields of disability and agricultural innovation exist today, and profoundly help Ugandans to help themselves after civil war and its terrible aftermath.