Finally I am moving house. This is because of Firstly, lack of privacy. The world and their wives come visiting from…

Back to The work which causes lots of angst with the volunteers . On Thursday I was invited to the…

  Not a lot has changed from a month ago, except I have relaxed in to it. In reality what…

Above is the commune building on the outskirts of the town.  There was no running water, a well or toilets…

I have now been in Bogo for nearly 2 weeks. If I was trying to summarise in one sentence I…

On Friday I went in to Maroua to collect my monthly allowance and buy a fan. I knew where the…

How is my emotional wellbeing? I haven’t cried yet, but I have had the odd panic attack which is apparently…

If you are reading this on Christmas day, Happy Christmas!  Thank you for being such a dedicated reader of my…

I wanted to say a bit about the VSO people here. The finance and support officer has the temperament of…

The first day I was just thrown in to meetings, starting at Oxfam, then meeting the GA (like the Chief…

Inde am Hazel. Mi goddo England. My name is Hazel. I am from England. This week I had my first…

On Wednesday I travelled over 10 hours to get to Batticaloa. The journey was the journey – very long –…