Jo's African story, coming soon

When Jo Wardhaugh went to war-torn Uganda as a 22-year-old nurse, she little thought that she would spend most of the next two decades working with some of the most deprived and most traumatised people in the world.

She ended up suffering from post-traumatic stress herself. Her book about her experiences, 'Labyrinth through the Elephant Grass', will be launched next week in Kilcullen's Heritage Centre.

In the meantime, her story as told to your Editor can be read in this week's edition of The Kildare Nationalist, published next Wednesday.

Brian Byrne.