RECENT NEWS RELEASES

Founder of Just One Voice and award-winning author Cindi Brown

Nov. 17, 2009:

Cindi Brown’s Poverty and Promise Garners Seven Book Awards with Recent “Best Books 2009″ Win.

Release Summary: Author Cindi Brown celebrates seven book awards for “Poverty and Promise: One Volunteer’s Experience of Kenya,” the first book produced by Brown’s non-profit publishing house, Just One Voice. As author and publisher, Brown is stunned by the success of her first book, and credits the book awards with drawing an invitation from the Treasury Executive Institute in Washington, D.C., for Brown to speak to senior executives of government agencies.

July 29, 2009:

Cindi Brown’s “Poverty and Promise” Wins Two Gold Medal Book Awards

Release Summary: “Poverty and Promise: One Volunteer’s Experience of Kenya” (Just One Voice Press) by Cindi Brown has won the Indie Gold Medal Award from the 2009 Indie Next Generation Book Awards program and the IPPY Gold Medal Award from the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards program, both in the Multicultural category. Just One Voice, a non-profit, publishes books on international development topics and supports rural Kenyan communities through The Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK), where Brown served as a Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) volunteer in 2005. All proceeds from the sale of “Poverty and Promise” go to assist rural Kenyans with agribusiness set-up and animal husbandry training, including instruction in raising cows, goats, and poultry.