Most Cameroonians never call you but beep your phone. That means you either call them back or they beep you again until you call them back. The cell phone networks are both owned by two foreign companies; MTN from South Africa and Orange from France. There is now a Cameroonian company as well, called CAMTEL […]
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Life As It Is
The cars are always worn, the back windows rarely can be opened because of missing door handles, and the windshields have so many cracks that they are waiting to fall in on your lap. If you are one of the three passengers in the front seat, this can be a dangerous ride. The driver shares […]
Do we help people in poor countries
It is still hard for me after all the trips here, to comprehend a government that takes no responsibility to build and maintain roads, offer scholarships to needy students, supply schools with books, chairs and tables, and leave thousands of it’s citizens without access to clean water, electric and safe public transport. But since the […]
A Hopeless Situation
It’s Monday evening at 9:43 pm and I am sitting in the dark in my house in Fundong. The electric power has been off since midday. It goes off five to six times a day, one never knows when it will light up your life again. The electric utility was sold to an American corporation […]