Ron Price–Missing Cameroun 4 Volunteer
October 9th, 2006 by editor
We’ve been trying to locate all the folks who trained in ‘64 and ‘65 and haven’t been able to find Ron. If you have information please contact me. Max Scruggs maxscruggs@comcast.net
Archive for October, 2006
Peace Corps Ghana 45th Anniversary Celebration
October 9th, 2006 by editor
Accra, Ghana, September 26, 2006 - PCV Donna Daniels, President of the Republic of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor, and Peace Corps Ghana Country Director, Madeleine Mader, cut a birthday cake at a reception hosted by US Ambassador Pamela E. Bridgewater (left) at her residence with 450 people in attendance including 178 Peace Corps Volunteers and Trainees. Africa Regional Director Henry McKoy looks on (right).
Project Hope: AIDS Education in Action
October 9th, 2006 by bobebill
The Tertiary Sisters of Cameroon are working hard to address the AIDS epidemic in their country where it is spreading rapidly. Sister Xaveria says prior to education and the availability of medicines to treat the disease, patients lost hope and were giving up. “Many were dying because of despair and the stigma.†She says the sisters developed “Project Hope†a mother and child prevention program to address the problem. As a part of the effort, pregnant women were counseled, and were administered drugs during delivery as a precaution. Counseling was also put into place for mothers who are breastfeeding.“There is a great change—the stigma is going down. Now, 100% of the mothers accept counseling,†says Sister Xaveria, who also says that young people are talking about the risk of AIDS.
She expresses appreciation for the volunteers who have donated their time to providing counseling, and she says the sisters are working to give the volunteers a stipend from time to time, to keep energy behind the project. She says the effort remains important, even as research advances. “Treatment is not the main thing. The main thing is prevention, and to let them know they can live with it.â€
http://projecthope-njkm-cameroon.typepad.com/
Fiona Smith, MPH
Need more Pagne
October 9th, 2006 by editor
Hi Guys - I was Peace Corps Zaire 73-75 and I was on your site to help a recently returned RPCV from Cameroon whose Cameroonian fiancee is on her way here. I ran across notice of the fabulous material, and as I am a quilter I would love to have some if you do another run of it. Thanks!
Tina
Tina Thuermer, THUERMER@wis.edu
Alumni Coordinator, Teacher
Washington International School
Beans chez-les Bulu: Good and Easy
October 9th, 2006 by editor
Hey guys. I’m currently serving as a PCV in Ambam, down in the South province of Cameroon. I thought you’d like the recipe I’ve learned for Beans chez-les Bulu, the dominant tribe in our area. They’re good. And easy. And maybe so obvious that you’ve neglected to put them on your website, but I’ll write it all down anyway.
Ingredients:
- beans
- chopped garlic, onions
- 2 little cans tomato paste
- salt, pepper, other spices
- piment
- 1/2 cup veggie oil
- 1/4 cup water
- two handfuls of beans, soaked overnight and cooked for 2-3 hours
- heat the oil and then add the garlic and onions
- when the onions look clear, add the tomato paste, water, piment
- let the mixture cook for a few minutes, then add the beans
- if there’s not enough sauce to taste a kick in each spoonful of beans, add some more oil and/or water
- add salt and pepper to taste. I also suggest a little chili powder
I recommend this with spaghetti or rice, comme d’habitude.
Blair
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J. Blair Reeves, PCV, gaslight@gmail.com
B.P. 270
Ambam, Province du Sud
Cameroon
“Small small catch monkey.”
- Cameroonian proverb
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Fulbright Scholar Needs Contacts
October 9th, 2006 by editor
I am an RPCV from Benin and I am applying to do the Fulbright in Cameroon, I want to study comparative English teaching, as I was a TEFL-er in Benin. do you have any contact info for people working on that, maybe the TEFL APCD?
Thanks a lot
Anna Grafton anna.grafton@gmail.com
RPCV Benin 2004-2006