Tag Archive: Peace Corps

I traveled to Bambalang, a village located about three hours from Bamenda, the capital of the Northwest region, and under two hours from Bafoussam, the capital of the West region.  To travel there from Bamenda, I first had to take a one hour taxi to a “car park,” a place where I can find cars […]

Traveling in Cameroon is both exhausting and an adventure. I share various scenarios of traveling in Cameroon to give you, the readers, an idea of how traveling in Cameroon is very different from the US and various other countries. No Set Schedule Instead of using the term “station,” such as “bus station,” we use the […]

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 […]

As the Closing of Service conference approaches for all the volunteers including myself, who came to Cameroon exactly 22 months ago, I have mixed feelings about going to the conference. I am excited to look forward to seeing my family and friends at home in the States. I am sad that I will soon have […]

After conducting an HIV testing campaign on International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2015 in Bamenda, my work partners and I decided that we needed to reach out to persons with disabilities beyond Bamenda by testing persons with disabilities from rural communities. On June 28, 2016 in collaboration with Coordinating Unit of […]