“I divide my available time between helping uplift approximately 50,000 rural women in impoverished areas of KwaZulu-Natal and attending overseas conferences to speak on issues aimed at action to improve the lot of women,” states Ngubane. “We are so blessed to have Ms. Baldwin join our cause as our Ambassador for the RWM to shed more light on this desperate matter.”

“When RWM asked for my help, I was honored. Hopefully, I can make a difference by bringing more attention to the RMW and therefore more support,” Baldwin states. “My role is to create awareness of their cause here in the US, to be their US media liaison, to assist with fund raising efforts, and to compile and edit an anthology of stories from the rural women.”

“I was searching for purpose after surviving a heart attack and breast cancer,” says 57-year-old Karen Baldwin. “I was invited to be the first white teacher in a rural Zulu elementary school. Naïve, I set off from San Francisco alone for South Africa,” Baldwin explains. “At first I was welcomed in my efforts, but then threatened with my life because, in part, I stood against the cruelty that Ngubane is working to end. Since returning home from South Africa, I have been searching for a non-profit to give my support.”

“I divide my available time between helping uplift approximately 50,000 rural women in impoverished areas of KwaZulu-Natal and attending overseas conferences to speak on issues aimed at action to improve the lot of women,” states Ngubane. “We are so blessed to have Ms. Baldwin join our cause as our Ambassador for the RWM to shed more light on this desperate matter.”

“I didn’t choose Africa. Africa chose me,” says Karen Baldwin, author of Ruby’s World, My Journey with the Zulu. “It was an experience that changed my life.”

• “Ruby’s World is … an extraordinary story, beautifully told … honest, moving, frequently funny, sometimes startling, and always compelling. It carries the reader along every twist and turn with remarkable clarity and grace.”

“Baldwin’s masterful memoir reads like a suspense thriller.”