Photos from Training (Stage) in Ebolowa, Cameroon

First day of training in Philly, PA- we had no idea what we were getting into!

On the bus to the airport!

Roommates!



My Peace Corps Stage before we left for Cameroon

My host family's home during training

My host family during training!

My host sister, Maheva, and I

My host mother's, neice, Jannine and I

My host brother, Julia and I

My host cousin, Fabrice and I

My host mom, Marie Paule and I

My host family!

My room at my host family's home

They must have known I like green

Desk in my room- lamp, candle, pictures, Frisbee...

Water filter and electricity regulator-for when we have electricity..

This is where my host family cooks outside, washing clothes/dishes. All extra food, trash, and water goes down the indent in the mud.

The view from my host family's home

The latrine that I use for bathroom and bucket bath. Under the board is the hole in the ground...don't look in, just use your imagination..

The other side of the latrine where I bucket bath.

If it doesn't rain for a while, we have to get water from another well down the road (its okay for me to wear shorts when I am at home, but I wear long pants or skirts everywhere else)

washing dishes

making plantain pile

Our Training Center in Ebolowa

Our first day of training!

My stagemates and host sister

Me and Sam

Working in the training garden

At a market in the Northwest region of Cameroon

Visiting the Northwest region of Cameroon

Watering my garden

I made French Toast for my host family with real maple syrup from my family home in US!

Making French toast!

Picking lettuce in my training garden

My training garden

My tools for gardening

My host mom and I at the swearing in Ceremony

The US Ambassador to Cameroon and I

My Stage at the Swearing In Ceremony- We are officially volunteer!

Serving lunch at our Business Workshop-Our final training project!