Summary

Chapter 4 opens with Nyamayaro traveling to the United Nations in London to apply for the job that she has been dreaming of since she was a small girl rescued by a United Nations aid worker. Unfortunately, she encounters almost immediate obstacles to her plan. The woman at the front desk tells her repeatedly that they are not hiring--especially not without a university degree. Then, Nyamayaro realizes that she is not even at the home of the United Nations but rather the offices of the United Nations Association, a related offshoot agency working to promote the United Nations. She is crushed to learn that the United Nations headquarters are actually in Geneva and New York City. She feels defeated.

In the next part of Chapter 4, Nyamayaro learns that her beloved Gogo cannot take care of her anymore because a second drought is now upon...