Hello, some first pictures and impressions of our travel to and stay in Cameroon below.
The travel went fine. Flight schedules are fortunately according to a tight time schedule. (In contrast to normal daily life in Cameroon) Once the plane opened up we were welcomed by the warm and humid smell of Cameroon. You really feel the humidity sticking on your skin. An appropriate Dutch word came to mind: “Klam”
During our daily activities we are hopping from on place to the other, embracing every new impression with full attention. The main means of transportation is a taxi. (pronounced: “tassi”) I never knew you could stuff 7 people in one car and still be able to breathe!
The office is what we might call “home base”. We even have a desk, internet, A/C and a private toilet. From here, we arrange our meetings and work on our plans for doing research within the village of Fotouni. Today, at the meeting with the mayor we agreed on traveling and presenting the plan on a sunday community festival.
After a hard day of work the team separates to spend the night at different places.Guy Parfait Songue from the ”Change and Move Foundation” has been so kind to arrange a dinner for the entire team. Together with his family we ate at his family home. They served grilled fish, beef and potatoes. Very nice indeed!
Today we were wondering around in the city market centre. We arranged some essentials, like SIM cards, water, bread and of cookies of course. Now all communications are up and running we are motivated to work even harder. Luckily Jean-Seraphin is at least as motivated as we are. Already many thanks to him for joining our discussions and thinking along to improve our plans.
Curious to see more of Cameroon and our direct surroundings? Please, check our Photostream on Flickr!
A tout á l’heure!
Casper van Huisstede
ik wens jullie heel veel succes met dit project