Preparing for Adventure.....

A week to go before I head off on a Welsh Assembly funded VSO short-term placement in the North West province of Cameroon in Africa. 6 weeks working on capacity building and organisational development with a small town council in Santa, and working with the Community Education and Action Centre adviser in Bamenda the regional capital. Veering from complete excitement to complete nerves, contemplating the trip - although there is lots of information available, not least from the last cohort of WAG volunteers (thanks Polly and Marg!) and from Eric the Canadian VSO volunteer already there, not forgetting Chris at VSO London and Ibrahim, the VSO country Director, who has already been extremely supportive.
Just now sorting out last minute buys, on Polly and Marg's advice (wind-up torches..) setting up this blog (a first for me - but advised the best way to communicate and more efficient than round robin e-mails), and sorting out who will look after the Cat (firework season not her favourite time of year!)
So I hope I will have some good stories to tell, and that you will enjoy reading them. Hopefully I will manage to upload some photos too, but in the meantime have a look at Polly's pictures and stories on her blog (link below).