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    <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-14T16:33:27&#43;03:00">Wed Sep 14, 2016</time> by Alan Orth</p>
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  <p>Alan lived and worked in Kenya for eight years, first as a volunteer teaching computer science at a rural college, and later as a Linux systems administrator at a <a href="https://www.ilri.org">livestock research institute in Nairobi</a>. During his time in Kenya he traveled extensively around East Africa and <a href="https://alaninkenya.org">blogged about his experiences</a>. He is passionate about open-source software, information security, and the freedom of information — naturally, he <a href="https://mjanja.ch">blogs about that too</a>.</p>

<p>After spending some time living in (and <a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">blogging about</a>) Bulgaria, he finds himself living in Jordan. These are his stories.</p>

<p>You can <a href="/contact/">contact me</a>.</p>


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