During the last seven months of my Peace Corps service, I am featuring photographs and stories of several persons with disabilities living in Cameroon. All the photos are part of a series called “Persons with Disabilities of Cameroon.” The goal of presenting photographs and their stories is to create better awareness about the plights that persons with disabilities face in a developing country. When I return to the US, I hope to exhibit this series in a gallery and publish a book to educate others about persons with disabilities living in developing countries as this topic is so rarely discussed in the media.

“My disability came from an accident.  I fell from a height and hurt my leg.  I jumped from a wall.  Police was chasing me and people because of a political unrest.  I climbed over a wall to escape the violence.  My right hip was fractured since 2008.

I went for an x-ray.  X-ray showed that I have a fracture on my right hip.  I started treatment in the hospital.  They gave me pain killers.  Then I went to a native practitioner.  Since then I have been disabled.  I had to stop working.  I was a radio technician.  I fixed electronic equipment.  I can’t sit for long time.  I also have eye problems.  I can’t see the equipment now.

I cannot move like a normal person.  I cannot carry out activities like a normal person.  I cannot move far distance.

I am in a need of support.  I want to start a poultry and pig farm to support my five children and eight grandchildren.  I need assistance to sustain my life and my family.  Life would be better for me if I can set up a poultry farm.  Farming would be easier for my body.”

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