title: A Notebook for Nekesa
author: Hannah and Sarah Emigh-Doyle
description: Hannah and Sarah Emigh-Doyle were 17 when they completed A Notebook for Nekesa. They are twin sisters who live in Bar Harbor on Mt. Desert Island, Maine. They met Dorothy Selebwa, the director of the Kakamega AIDS Orphans Care Centre when she visited Acadia Friends Meeting on MDI in 2007, and they felt inspired to tell Nekesas story to raise money for the Centre. They sponsor Beverline Matsitsa, a student at the Care Centre. Sarah and her teacher Judith visited the Care Centre in the summer of 2011 as a members of the Friends of Kakamega service trip and shared A Notebook for Nekesa with the children there, who loved it.
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  Four
  
  
  
  
  
  Everyone gathers in the conference room after the break. The Manicotti opens a
  cabinet mounted on the wall to reveal a whiteboard. He grabs a marker and
  slashes out “The Rules” in black letters, then underlines it three times.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Number one,” he says, writing quickly. “No cheating.” He glances over his
  shoulder. “That means no stealing other people’s ideas, no copying ideas that
  are already out there. Got it?”
  
  
  
  
  
  Everyone nods. Ashley opens a grown-up portfolio and takes notes. I figure I
  should do the same, so I grab my Hello Kitty notebook from my messenger bag
  and start scribbling.
  
  
  
  
  
  Note to self: buy a fancy leather notebook so I don’t look like a dork.
  
  
  
  
  
  Mr. Mantoni resumes his hyperactive scribbling.
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. Be on time! 8:30-5:00, Monday - Friday. One hour for lunch.
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. Professional attire. Jeans okay on Friday, no torn ones.
  
  
  
  
  
  He glances over his shoulder at Trish, who folds her arms. She isn’t taking
  notes. Neither is Jason—or at least he is