Every evening my neighbor’s two sons knock on my door, leave their torn rubber flip flops outside and take a seat at my shaky roundtable. This is possibly the high point of their day. They have come for a glass of hot chocolate before they go to bed. Their shared bed is an old piece […]
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Some kids in the world have no toys
I always believed that giving little girls dolls was one of the best ways to make them smile from ear to ear. The other day in Fundong, Cameroon I went to visit my 22 year old friend who, like so many Cameroonian women, had a child in her teens. Her 2 year old is fearless […]
Staying sane in a crazy place
I can’t tell one day from another here in Fundong. My breakfast coffee and bread are my favorite meal since I brought my own espresso beans, a grinder and an espresso pot from the States . In Bamenda, a big town a few hours away, there is a good bakery and the supermarket sells imported French […]
What Can We do?
As I sat listening to a podcast on Brazil that I had downloaded on my computer before I left the States, my displeasure and frustration for most African governments was reinforced again and again. During the eight year presidency of Lula de Silva, infrastructure was implemented in most of Brazil. The poorer classes were given […]