Tag Archive: Peace Corps

“The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things, people say we cannot do.” Walter Bagehot What if I had not refused to accept the word “no” when I asked if I could take French during my freshman year of high school? Where would my life have been today? I really don’t know. You see, […]

My host brother, Riki, has become like a best friend. Every men and boys should look up to this 11 year old boy who know how to treat women with such a tremendous respect. While in most traditional families in Cameroon, boys and men sit and not do any household work when at home, Riki […]

Training is very exhausting and intensive. It starts at 7 AM or 8 AM and runs until about 4:30 PM. We do have training on Saturdays too except that it ends at 12:30 PM. Sunday is the only day of the week when we are free. I have gotten more headaches than I normally would […]

There’s no cheese in Cameroon and I’m already sorely missing this food. I told my host family that I think it’s bizarre that cheese is not part of the Cameroonian cuisine as the French colonized the country and cheese is so big in France that the French eat it every single day. When I watch […]

Two nights ago, I saw a black plastic bag moving and shaking on the floor of the kitchen in my host family’s home. One of my host sisters walked to the plastic bag and pulled something out of it. A chicken’s head popped out. She explained to me that the family was going to make […]