trying to get some pictures up, but it's taking forever!
Djoulde, my guardian, his wife, Mamatou, and their baby daughter, Zouara, all dressed up for Ramadan!
the front porch, Zeus is in the corner
- Claire
- I am serving in Cameroon with the Peace Corps as an Education volunteer. This blog is to chronicle the FUN adventures and experiences I will have over the next 27 months. It expresses solely my thoughts and opinion, and does not reflect the beliefs of the United States government, the Peace Corps, nor the government or people of Cameroon. C'est tout!
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Claire Kihn
B.P. 24 Hina
Extreme North, Cameroon
Wish List
So the parents asked me what I would like sent to me. I made a list and was advised to post it on the blog, as apparently others were asking if there was anything they could send. it's mostly food!! The last package I received got here in three weeks! and letters are getting here relatively easily as well. so here our some ideas, as requested...
Sugar Free Gum!!! (I especially like Extra bubble gum and spearmint) all the gum here is sugar gum and it melts into nothing when you’ve been chewing it for about 3 seconds!
Hard candies, lollipops (I really like Werther’s and life savers and Tootsie pops and blow pops)
Powdered drink mix (I prefer sugar free ones, favorites are Snapple Diet Peach Tea, Cherry Limeade, Lemonade and Fruit Punch) the well water, even when filtered has an... interesting taste
Reed’s ginger chews!!! I LOVE this candy! Or any dried/candied ginger. It does wonders for digestive issues, something that is wayyyyy to prevalent in Africa…
Any type of nuts (almonds, brazil nuts) or seeds (sunflower, or pumpkin) In that, vein, I would pretty much kill for some peanut butter- it doesn't exist here! I need all the protein I can get!
Any dried fruit (really like all natural fruit strips, but like any dried fruit) you can’t find any dried fruit here, it’s crazy! And up north they don’t have any fruit at all :(
AAA batteries for my headlamp
AA batteries
Coffee! (instant or real, I’ll take anything!)
Spices/ seasonings/ soup mixes/ dressing mixes (anything to add flavor when cooking)
Band-aids (the ones you can buy here absolutely refuse to stick!)
American candy (I gave some candy to some neighborhood kids one day, and now they harass me every time I come and leave the house! Any candy they will looooove)
Followers
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Yea! Pictures. Thankgoodness for Papaya tree! That will be good! Thinking of you! Raven's just scored a touchdown!!
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