Tag Archive: Peace Corps

On Sunday, April 26, I held the very first malaria workshop for persons with disability. I collaborated with Richard, the president of Helping Each Other, a disability related association based in Bamenda. Eleven people attended the workshop, which is a very good number considering how many persons with disability are unable to attend due to […]

When Cameroon does a massive mosquito net distribution, they give children under 5 years old and pregnant women the priority to have mosquito nets. This is because children under 5 years old have not yet built their immunity against malaria and pregnant women face the risk of miscarriage when being ill with malaria. Moreover, the […]

Prior to joining the Peace Corps, I worked for a non-profit organization full-time for two years. I made a policy not to friend any of my colleagues on Facebook while I was working at the organization. I had nothing to hide on Facebook. I just wanted to set clear boundaries between my professional and personal […]

Ruth’s shop. It’s where magic happens. On many days, you may not find me in the office of my host organization. You will instead find me on most days in the shop of my counterpart, Ruth, where I work with her to tackle many challenges in the disability community. While Ruth is a treasurer for […]

In the past three days, I attended a local workshop for persons with disability on advocacy.  Almost all people who were present at the workshop were persons with disability from all over the Northwest region.  Many of the information at the workshop were not new for me personally due to my already having so many […]