Bibliography: BIB39714

Key	BIB39714
Reference type	Book
Title	Ripples from the Rupununi : Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey
Author	Cameron, Brian H.
Year	2025
Publisher	FriesenPress
Place published	Altona, MB
ISBN	103833487X 9781038334879
Abstract	Somewhere over the rainforest in Guyana there's a land called the Rupununi, a creek-crossed savannah inhabited for millenia by Indigenous people of great capacity. This is where Dr. Jamshid Aidun, a Persian Canadian surgeon and a humble man of faith, went to lead the Bahá'í Community Health Partnership, and to heal his own broken heart. Moving to Guyana from his surgical practice in Manitoba, Aidun was the only doctor for 17,000 people scattered across a region the size of Nova Scotia. For five years, he performed life-saving surgeries and travelled by Land Rover, canoe, bicycle, bullock cart, and on foot, accompanying Macushi and Wapishana villagers to take charge of their own health care. Sourced from detailed interviews with Aidun and many key players, and from his own journals, Ripples from the Rupununi traces the transformation of an Indigenous community that was historically underestimated. Finding spiritual strength in service, Aidun rediscovered love and healed himself while he healed others.
Language	English
Keywords	AIDUN, JAMSHID; BIOGRAPHY; GUYANA; MEDICINE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Number of pages	XX, 265
Call number	BP395 .A376 C35 2025 (BWC - COLLINS)
Accession number	ocn1520206083