Author Archives: Rachel

I’d like to jot down a list of amusing things that have happened in my life recently in Cameroon. • One day, as I was walking to the training center on a muddy road, a motorcycle zoomed right by me and drove in a puddle, causing muddy water to splash on my pants that were […]

I did say a few weeks ago that getting water had been a challenging experience. But has getting water from a pump that is right outside of my family’s home made my life miserable? No. I have been taking bucket baths since arriving in Mengong. I pour water into a bucket that can hold approximately […]

I have been assigned to Bamenda, the capital city of Northwest!!! When shortly after I received my invitation to Cameroon and passed the final medical clearance, I contacted Mobility International USA to update them on my application process and thank them for their support. They responded to my message by telling me that they were […]

“The real voyage of discover consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust In the past decade, when I traveled around the world, I always tried to stay in someone’s home instead of a hotel so that I could learn about the culture and people of the country. I always […]

Imagine meeting an educated woman who lost her husband and was looking for ways to make money to maintain her family and then also noticing that many people in the village were facing malnutrition. Can these two problems be solved at the same time? On Saturday afternoon, two Peace Corps Trainees, a Peace Corps Volunteer […]