[Dialogue] Tracy In Africa

[Jayandem2 at aol.com]

Dear all,
 
Well, I have arrived in Cameroon! On the final leg of my trip we took a  
slight detour through Douala and down to Kinshasa before landing in Yaounde`!  
This made the trip very long, but it wasn't too bad. My bicycle and guitar  
survived the trip, but my bag did not. And I've just discovered that a) there is  
only one flight a week from Brussels to Yaounde` b) I will be going to Bamenda  
(about 6 hours away from Yaounde`) before the next flight arrives! Everyone 
will  be quite bored with me wearing the same outfit, I am sure, but at least I 
have  two shirts with me! Each day I remember something else I would really 
like to  have that is in my bag. 
 
I am here in Yaounde` until Friday morning, getting a bit of basic  
in-country training and meeting the other volunteers. There are 15 of us, and  there 
are 5 who will be in the Bamenda area, which will be nice when I wanted to  
connect with familiar faces. 
 
For those who haven't received previous messages about what I am doing here  
-- I found a two year volunteer positon through an excellent organization, VSO 
 (Voluntary Service Overseas) which is UK-based, but has a Canadian office. 
Check  them out at _www.vsocan.org_ (http://www.vsocan.org/)  I will be working 
in the  Presbyterian Rural Training Center in Fonta which is about a 20 
minute drive  from Bamenda, in the Northwest Province of Cameroon. I am going there 
to do and  train people in fundraising.There is another volunteer, a man from 
the  Netherlands, who is also going to be at PRTC, training folks in forestry 
 practices. You can check out PRTC also at _www.prtcfonta.org _ 
(http://www.prtcfonta.org/) 
 
So, Friday morning we move up to Bamenda for some more in-country training  
(more specific to the culture and environment there) and then I will be in my  
placement a few days after that. Then, hopefully someday, I will receive my 
bag! 
 
Take care.
 
   Rev. Tracy E. Longacre
   from Yaounde` Cameroon


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