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May 21, 2009
21 May 2009 - Bamenda
Last night held a remarkable way to fall asleep – fireworks (or something that sounds similar to fireworks) and an incredible thunderstorm. It was incredible the way the roar of the thunder blended with the booming of the fireworks so I couldn’t tell the difference between celebration and climate.
The 21st of May could be one of the most fun days I’ve spent in Bamenda thus far. Jane and I traveled with the VSO volunteers to St. Frederick’s, a secondary school in town. Here, Ryan gave a presentation on HIV to the students and then two local schools competed in their debate finals. Jane and I have never been to any type of debate before, yet we somehow became actively involved; Jane as the debate moderator and me as one of the judges. The debate topic was “Men make better leaders than women.” Both teams surprised me with their knowledge and talent, but the “positive” side won. As we were cleaning up, a student from one of the schools that was competing came up to Jane and me to ask about the University of Michigan – could there be a future wolverine coming from Cameroon?
Power outages: 16
Posted by ajvandeu at May 21, 2009 02:25 PM