In Iraq, good coffee was on one of the few pleasures that was not banned by order of somebody. Green Beans Coffee was the place I would meet friends, enjoy good coffee and talk to the men who made the coffee. Green Beans was mostly staffed by men from Nepal, but Fred Lameki was one of the baristas at Camp Adder, Iraq.
Fred is from Kenya where he currently runs a video and photo business. He is on Facebook where we have been friends since Camp Adder. Fred is the kind of person who can sense when someone is down. He would make a point of saying something to cheer me up when I looked down. We also talked about public relations and photography.
He acted on what we spoke about, starting a communications company in Kenya.
It is one of the amazing things about Facebook and other social media that I can continue to follow Fred as his career goes forward and his life goes on. And if I ever get the chance to travel to Africa, the trip will definitely include a visit to Kenya and Fred Lameki.
