Browsing Archive: October, 2011
Posted by Barbra Bearden on Tuesday, October 25, 2011,
After a successful trip to Yaounde – where I got a visa, a
meeting with the US embassy, AND all the cheese I could carry back with me I
returned to class on Monday. We’re
supposed to be six days into the schedule and it seem like we’re more like four
days into the schedule.
Ly...
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Posted by Barbra Bearden on Tuesday, October 25, 2011,
Budget traveling in Cameroon is an experience – there is so
much beautiful countryside to look at – as long as you don’t pay attention to
the fact that it’s 100 degrees, your squished into a van with 20 other people,
and at any one of the numerous checkpoints along the way you co...
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Posted by Barbra Bearden on Monday, October 17, 2011,
Dear Connecting Classroom Participant,
Greetings from Cameroon! October is upon us and, if you haven’t already, it’s time to
start creating our videos. We’ve
started filming here in Buea and the kids are very excited about hearing from
you too.
First things first – the vide...
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Posted by Barbra Bearden on Friday, October 14, 2011,
So, I’ll be honest.
My transition between high class livin in Baghdad and the life of a
volunteer in Cameroon has not been easy.
I have struggled to try and get things done without a staff on
hand. I have struggled with taxis
and locals and toilets and cooking.
You’d think that liv...
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Posted by Barbra Bearden on Friday, October 14, 2011,
Monday we had our first YAN meeting – and only about 4 out
of 20 people came and those 4 didn’t expect to stay – they were just there to
pick up permission slips. Needless
to say I was disheartened but not dissuaded. We had 200 people applying – there was no way that out of
thos...
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Posted by Barbra Bearden on Monday, October 3, 2011,
Hey - sorry to have been out of pocket so long. I've been preparing for our big launch at Lycee. The week started with the kick off party for after school clubs - it was so exciting to see everything that would happen in the coming year. The students displayed their many talents in singing, dancing, and drama. It was really a great event. Two days later YAN officially launch and began accepting applications. We had over 200 applicants - each filled out a survey and created an essay abou...
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