Tag Archive: Disability

Peace Corps recently sent out a newsletter to all volunteers explaining the importance of diversifying the volunteers and being inclusive of different ethnicities, races, sexual orientation, religions and ages. I would like to take an opportunity to share why people with disability should be part of Peace Corps. People with disability offer unique strengths that […]

Almost two months ago, when I was in Adamawa for a site visit, a few Peace Corps Volunteers and I were at a health center in a remote village about an hour and half outside of the capital. We were standing on the side of the road trying to catch a bus or taxi. A […]

In order to identify which issue needs the most attention and understand how to solve problems in a community, all Peace Corps Volunteers are typically required to do an assignment called Community Needs Assessment during the first three months at their post. There are various ways to do Community Needs Assessment. One could go door-to-door […]

If one asked my parents 25 years ago yesterday where I would be today as a young adult, they would have not been able to answer. December 21st, 1989 was the day when I first received a cochlear implant as part of a clinical trial at New York University as it was not yet approved […]

Cameroon is a country where modernization can seem so out of sync. Cell phone signal is far more accessible than water. Most people who do not have direct access to water in the home own a cell phone and can talk freely in the rural areas. Many cell phones sold in Cameroon can hold two […]