After spending years in various kinds of psychotherapy throughout my life, I decided to try and get a group of 6-10 women together to openly discuss their problems and frustrations. I needed the help of a woman who I could trust and communicate with, who spoke fairly good English to act as a translator and […]
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Six weeks in a rural village in Cameroon
The electric power in Cameroon can go off at any time for seconds, minutes, hours or even days. During my first week in Fundong the power was off over 50% of the time. Adjusting to village life in the dark tested my fortitude. The week I moved into my new and improved accommodations, my landlord, […]
A valuable commodity; clean water
I was standing at the top of the hill near my small house in Fundong, watching kids as young as three years old carried bowls on their heads filled with water from the dirty stream below. The women and older children marched up from the stream, balancing like circus performers large five gallon containers on […]
Rediscovering my teaching talent
Yesterday Leo and I visited a remote village named Nchuo Bissi. I should have realized if we were walking down a mountain, we would have to climb up the mountain to get back. But at that moment I just wanted to arrive at our destination. Leo does a lot of volunteer work, giving free seeds […]