(by Linda Dillman, Columbus Messenger - December 29, 2007)

Barbara Peacock went to Africa to mingle with gorillas, but a visit to a Rwandan school changed the Canal Winchester resident into an international ambassador promoting cross-cultural exchange and education. Peacock and her daughter, Lori, discussed the work of Diane Fossey for many years before deciding to make the trek in February. Their journey took them across the plains of Africa to the mountains of Rwanda where they traveled on foot on the trail of a gorilla family group discovered by Fossey. Along the way, the pair of central Ohioans stayed in lodgings made famous by the film Hotel Rwanda and visited several schools in Rwanda and southern Uganda.            ...MORE