Tag Archive: Peace Corps

We, Americans and Cameroons, may live so far away and in a very different landscape. We may be living in a very different lifestyle and eat different food. But we all still share many commonalities. We are all humans who see the same sun and moon everyday. As I watched the fireworks explode in the […]

December is a time of the year when many people in the United States get into holiday festive mode. Christmas decorations go up everywhere, both outside, on the buildings and streets and inside the buildings. Towns and cities are lit up with beautiful lights at night as most homes adorn Christmas lights and many trees […]

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 […]