Author Archives: Rachel

I’m currently in Mbakaou, a village in southern Adamawa, visiting Alex’s post for the very first time (finally!!!) to collaborate a project with him. Alex and I both have been stargazing for the past two nights.  It’s been a few years since I have been in a countryside where I could see stars. Even though […]

About two months ago when I learned that I would be returning to Mengong where I lived for the first two months in Cameroon for training to give a presentation to a group of new volunteers who arrived in Cameroon last September, I immediately informed the host family with whom I stayed in Mengong that […]

For many years, I ran a successful blog on cochlear implants and hearing loss.  About eight years ago, a mom who was born deaf contacted me by e-mail through my blog.  She recently gave birth to a son who was also born deaf.  The mother never received a cochlear implant and she primarily communicated in […]

About a year ago when I visited a Peace Corps Volunteer’s post, two Peace Corps Volunteers who were about to finish their service proudly showed me the new water pump that they just built at a local primary school in their village with the funds that they raised by themselves.  They also built a hand […]

Ruth, my counterpart, who participated in Mobility International USA’s leadership program, Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability in 2010, had the opportunity to apply last year for a grant provided by Mobility International USA (MIUSA) and USAID.  She was awarded the grant which gave her the opportunity to return to the US this past June. […]