VSO Cameroon 2010

Yesterday I got bitten a lot. I don’t know if this was because it rained. The 6 of us who…

  Maroua is the capital of the Far North region. It is built on two sides of a river bed…

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

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

I am finally here at the hut in Bogo except it’s not a mud hut, but a small house made…

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

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

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

Like Maroua, Bogo has lots of plane trees although now and then people come along and cut them down.  They…

360I like my French and Fulfulde classes and we have really good discussions about African culture – this morning it…

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

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