Cameroon Visit - 18 June to 14 August, 2003
Thanks to the generosity of the Rotary Foundation, which awarded me
a University Teacher Grant, Janice and I returned to Cameroon for a two
month stay. I used the funds to bring used computers to the
University of Buea (UB). I intended to spend my time at UB helping set up
the computers and giving short courses in computer science topics
which would be of benefit to the UB faculty and staff. I was able to
give the short courses, but the computers arrived on campus on
Friday 29 August. By then Janice and I had returned home.
Thanks to a long
list,
of people, I ended up shipping 50 PC's, 40 monitors, etc. to Cameroon.
While in Cameroon I had good access to the internet. Every few days
I wrote a report on my stay. Below are links to those reports.
prologue,
Report #1,
Report #2,
Report #3,
Report #4,
Report #5,
Report #6,
Report #7,
Report #8,
Report #9,
Report #10,
Report #11,
Report #12,
Report #13,
Report #14,
Report #15,
Report #16,
Report #17,
Report #18,
Report #19,
Report #20,
Report #21,
Report #22,
Report #23,
Report #24,
Report #25,
Report #26,
Report #27,
Report #28,
Report #29,
Report #30,
Report #31,
Report #32,
and
Epilogue,
I have selected some pictures from the trip and have created links to them
below. I have scanned all of the pictures we took while we were there
and have a page of
links to individual pictures.
Picture a [Reading clockwise
from upper left: (1) janice and Eposi Kale; (2) Ex-OIC student
of Janice's, Che Priscilla and Father (owner of Cheap Sales);
(3) Family of Bweh Esembesom: sister Eseme Malika and husband
Eseme Ekeme; (4) Our corner grocery store.]
Picture b [From top to bottom,
pictures of CRC, which was partially funded by donations
from Marjorie May and her friends from Mountain Laurel RPCVs:
(1) Gate to CRC compound; (2) Sign board for CRC; (3) New
primary school (old library is small building on right).]
Picture c [Reading clockwise
from top left: (1) Valentina Teboh, niece of Miranda; (2)
Bweh Esembesom family: Sister Malika, second sister with her
daughter, Bweh's mother; (3) Presentation of Bethlehem Rotary
Club banner to president of Limbe Rotary Club; (4)
Jasper, Christina, and Valentina Teboh, and Janice.]
Picture d [Reading clockwise
from top left: (1) Unknown, Sama Francis, Edwin, Mr. Ofon;
at Bamenda Rotary Club; (2) Ymele Paul and Edwin at Bafoussam
Rotary Club; (3) Tadong Aristide, Edwin, Tadong Pierre at
Sultan's Palace in Foumban; (4) Two unknown children. ]
Picture e [Reading clockwise
from top left: (1) Sacred Heart College Mankun; (2) Principal of
Sacred Heart in newly opened computer lab; (3) Janice and Edwin
on their 37th anniversary; (4) Njohjam Cristobel, Janice, Njohjam
Peter.]
Picture f (1) family and friends of parents of George Ngwa
(Lehigh graduate student in Chemistry); (2) Ma and Pa Ngwa
Picture g (1) Aunts and uncle of Miranda Tebo; (2) "launching"
at Bokwaongo Health Center
Picture h (1) Deluxe telephone booth (a micro-business);
(2) The lava flow and the road from Limbe to Idinaou stop here
Edwin Kay's home page.