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Nobody said it was easy ....

... no one ever said it wants to be this hard;) So now I have it too. Leave with almost a month ago and got completely tired Verspaetungung my interim report. I do not know whether to part become too subjective, but there are so nunmal my personal experiences!
Diligent readers of this blog know my working day and most other information from the interim report already, but it might interest you, yes still:).

First Interim Report for the ICJA:

Now it's about three months since I left Germany for the project "Chicos de la calle" the Salesianos on the farm near to work from Ambato.

live in the street children project 18 boys between 11 and 16, eigeteilt in two families, each live in a bungalow.

In a similar bungalow and I live with another German volunteers.

live here otherwise, the project manager and two national volunteers to sleep but in each one of the families of the boys.

During the day come a psychologist, a social worker and two interns in the project.

Here I was fully clamped directly into the everyday work. At first, my working hours from 6.00 am until around 22h in the evening. It was very cold, as in the German winter. We only had cold showers at night and it was still sleeping bags, blankets and many many clothes very cold because my window over an approximately 1.5 cm large slit was moved by the wind. So it was a very different situation than I was accustomed to. Nevertheless, I can not claim to have had a culture shock. I had myself presented here contrast in comparison to Europe.

general, I felt welcome in the project though, I have my job and my responsibility, but only during the first few weeks realized it was missing a bit of an introduction.

meantime have changed my working hours, there is hot water and my window was sealed.

My day begins at 8:30 clock. In the morning I'll help with the other volunteers of the social worker. My task is then for example the files of the boys living here to check the completeness or vervollstanedigen on the computer. Sometimes we visit families of the children who come to school to project. Wednesdays and the other German volunteers go to schools and I live here the boys to us to inquire about their school performance, social habits, their punctuality and attendance.

lunch I prepare it with the other Frewilligen the front of the dining room for about 70-100 children who come to do after school for dinner and homework. After I supervise the food distribution then officially a homework group. In fact we are often too few workers, so I also help other groups in need, which on the one hand by the number of children and through the language barrier, only limited good is possible.

go in the afternoon the children outside then back to their families, and they need every day, the help of a volunteer to cross the main road. Then a volunteer preparing the "coffee drinking" for the boys before. The children who live in the project often need more time to do their homework. Later we will drive with the kids sports or are teaching the children to other activities. The other German Volunteers and I have, for example together a graffiti AG founded. The children do have good laugh, but can not concentrate long often or can be motivated only briefly and then have no desire or want to do something else. It's generally very hard with a group of nearly 18 boys something on the legs.

After the AG or the sporting activities need the guys take a shower then. When I first heard that the children be punished for misconduct with Essensendzug, I was shocked, but now I know that you have a few possibilities. So it is in the shower. The children have no desire to shower, but the children not to shower, get no food.

After the meal together, then we organize the "Buenas Noches". There, the children, for example, reflect on their day, we create bracelets, watch a movie or teach them some English or German. Sometimes the guys have to do homework at night also.

ends By 22 clock then my working day, unless the children have to do homework or longer than planned, the film will take a while, then my day can take sometimes up to 22:30.

This week I'm free but on two mornings, because otherwise I'm working too many hours. Normally, I between 30 and 40 hours and not work more than 8 hours per day. Therefore is likely to change even more in my working hours.

The long working hours and work with young people is very tiring. It is sad and discouraging, that we get for our work, little recognition, such as the boss. On the other hand, much is criticism if something does not run optimally.

general, we have a lot of responsibility for the young people and are often alone with them, which means that we take full responsibility for 18 headstrong youth.

often lack the support of trained and experienced staff and volunteers to take over the tasks that would have to actually take over the main workers.

fact is that we live in the project and in the country it is very difficult, apart from the weekend to get clearance from the project. The boy is not interested namely particularly when we have free and when we work. They constantly knocking at our door.

For this reason, a spatial separation from the project and the Arts in this project is recommended.

Also my role as the only woman in a close contact, both through the lives and is on the other by the long hours the boy is to be considered very ambivalent. On the one hand, it is my opinion, very important for the young people to have a mother figure, on the other hand, I can not replace the mother of 18 young boys. In addition, the boys often make ambiguous comments and look for my physical closeness.

Perhaps this project is more suitable for male volunteers. Even a little more life experience, or an already completed vocational training would help me I think in some situations.

When I worked closer before my departure to the project have and get more information from the volunteers had, at that time were still living here in the project I had the idea of children who live here because they have no family. In fact, almost all children have a family and live here on the farm, because they have problems with their families. Many children are very aggressive and violent situation here I was quite shocked at the beginning.

The problem is that it's pretty difficult to get a good relationship with the children is to be established, based on respect.

My preparation has helped me some. For example a boy had bought a bracelet with a rake Kreutz, because he simply good gefiehl, without knowing the backgrounds. In the explanation of the meaning of course the history of Germany was discussed. Although I previously was aware that the issue would confront me here in abroad, I personally felt ashamed, but was still happy that this issue was before the preparatory seminar already been raised and discussed.

All in all, there are just but internal problems in my project and I am therefore not always happy with that but I am happy that I met over a year ago, the decision to volunteer service for the purpose of a learning service to make, because I believe this very have learned a lot for my life too!

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St. Joseph's Secondary School Lassine

Once a week, usually on Fridays, I go with Stephen from the Family Life Office in a school in the diocese .
A school would just like to describe in more detail. We were in Lassine what near the village Nkor content. But the ride on the cross bike lasts two hours. With a car it would take longer. For me as a passenger, it is beautiful but the landscape observed. I wear a rain poncho over my clothes because of the road dust.

In Lassine I had not noticed that we are in a school, as we drive into the yard. The school existed only since one year.
There is a wooden shed, are taught in the form I and II and from a building Mud bricks, which come under the form of classes III to V.
We are warmly received, although no one can recall having received a letter with the announcement of our visit. This usually happens almost always when we come into a school.
But one is spontaneous and the form classes II and III will be informed that the provider should be present in a classroom. In the meantime
shows us the principal, Gilbert, the foundation for the future classrooms. Unfortunately, there are no toilets. You still are not planned, because once the classrooms built.

We keep our presentation to the 98 students. It starts with an introduction such as human life is created, that is enlightenment. What happens at puberty, which in sexual intercourse. Then comes the question of what this can threaten human life. And we go to different things, such as abortion, disease, and of course AIDS. How do you put in with HIV? How is the disease? And what about an AIDS test?

in society or in their parents' generation sex is often still a taboo. The children are told nothing and the prostitution of girls is very high. There is widespread that sex is only for satisfaction of the man. Although many men today officially married only once, it is common for a few friends to have. The married women is the way it does not matter if her husband is sleeping with other women when they get the money to maintain herself and the children. This obviously a great extent to the spread of HIV.
We try to give students an awareness that we deal responsibly with his body and sexuality and sex should not have to share with everyone.
And of course, the students get opportunity to ask questions. The question was from a girl: "Can we also infected with AIDS, if you do not its Days has got "- What is the saying? If it was not yet in puberty, it is better to sleep with any man.
As the Family Life Office only has the possibility of one or two plays to get to a school, we are building clubs. A group of students may be with a teacher that are used by us with material, the content they distribute among the others.

After our talk, we are invited in the staff room for a beer and peanuts. The staff room is located under the mango tree consisting of a bank.

the old and the new staff room - The school principal, his wife and 2 teachers

I get something telling about the school: As I said, it exists for a year. In the first year the school had 300 students, only 18 teachers. That there is so far away from Kumbo in a small village a school allows many children to attend secondary school. There are also two married women who already have several children, and now in second grade, because they have started last year with the school.
The fee is quite low at 35 000 francs per year (50 €). However, it is difficult for many to pay, because half of the students orphans are living with their grandparents or other relatives.
It's nice to see how much effort the teachers and above all, the principal couple.

We say goodbye and make our way back.

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Islamic Feast of Sacrifice, and Gari okra

On Wednesday, the 17th November was a public holiday in Cameroon, "Feast of the Lamb" or "the Feast of Sacrifice, a Muslim holiday that has no fixed date. We learned on Sunday that next week some time be a holiday. Then you had to listen to the radio for what day is a holiday now.
on Tuesday was then the general opinion that the holiday will be on Wednesday.
Some shops were closed but have since Monday and some had the whole week.

But now the day itself: we want to take this opportunity to see how Muslims celebrate a holiday. Therefore, we make ourselves at nine clock to prayer box of Muslims. It takes place on the football field of the Islamic High School "instead. This is in our district Bamkika-ay, and very close.

gradually take more and more , very fashionable dressed Muslims, men and women. We are very warmly welcomed by many. The dry season has started properly and after half an hour in the sun, announced a sunburn. We therefore then a little off in the shade and watch exactly what will happen.

It is very impressive to see the Muslims in prayer.

go After the prayer, many home to her there specifically to kill sheep. Each family maintains that the money has slaughtered on that day a sheep or a cow and give away a third of the friends, the second third to the poor regardless of religion and the last third they are themselves
The first sheep on that day must be sacrificed but in the eyes of the Imam, we of course are included. The mutton is geschächtet, but actually it's not bad, he is very fast dead
then all are happy, you shake hands and wish for a Merry Christmas, "Barka de Sala.
from the speakers is heard Arabic music and you feel no longer like in Cameroon, but rather in the Orient is added.

then make all of the Fonpalast. The Fon Unfortunately this is not there, but like in most Muslim holidays in Libya as the guest of Gaddafi.
A nice Muslims, a scholar of Islamic High School, tells us everything and shows us the mosque.

Before Fonpalast overlooking the mosque and the cathedral in the backgrounds

After a short break, we make ourselves then for our first invitation to zwei clock. Afternoon visit and in fact all eat together. We have only accepted three invitations because we thought that three meals a day are probably sufficient.
In a Haddschi and his lovely family are eating it the first time: Fufu, Njama-Njama and of course the sacrifice sheep. It tastes really good, because it is fried.
Otherwise, cook the Cameroonians, the freshly slaughtered meat, which is of course incredibly tough. Furthermore, no distinction is made that piece of meat you have. All wirdals meat called. The cow is simply cut into small pieces and then you can guess what the cartilage or the skin has ever heard. If you would not eat his flesh, one is asked: "Is it to soft?" - And if you then replies "No I can not bite it!" Is less one of a surprised face. After
a malt beer we say goodbye and a motor bike on to the next invitation to another part of town. Here we are going to drink and eat popcorn and Gin-Gin. This is a sweet and hard biscuits.
All guests sit on the sofas and chairs and watch an American children's series on television. Generally speaking at celebrations or dinner together is not much. The host is talking but not necessarily with his guests. Mostly it's just all about free food and drink.

It is four clock and we rush to go to the next invitation, because we want to be home before it is dark. A few children show us the way to the house our host. This is the second Imam of Kumbo and with him we purchased our water containers. He is married to the sister of one of our friends. It is very interesting, that may have each family member is different religions. Our friend Louis is a Catholic and his sister just Muslim. The children usually take the religion of the mother if the father was married several women, the children of ever belonging to different religions.
We received very friendly and have very often said, what an honor it is for the family that we are there. This time there are yams, Njama-Njama and sheep to eat.
Previously, there are still a group photo with all the guests at the door.

from eating and drinking, we are a bit tired and we do at six clock on the way home because it is dark after about quarter to six.

We had a very tiring but very interesting holiday.

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Now there's a little trip to the Cameroonian cuisine. We have in fact from our friend Jean-Baptiste learned how to cook okra and Gari.

Okra

Okra is a vegetable that we cut the first small and then pound in a kind of mortar to a pulp. The juice is very slimy, which will later give their sauce consistency.

onion, tomatoes, celery leaves and parsley are chopped and sauteed with vieeeeeeeeeeel peanut oil. (In everything is always very clean lots of oil.)
2 / 3 ground peanuts are combined with 1 / 3 of grated pumpkin seeds roasted in a pan and then stirred into cold water, then what in the pot. As a spice, take salt and Maggi, of course! Three Maggi cubes should be fine. Then comes
still add the mashed okra and allowed to cook everything, but without a lid so that the slimy texture is not lost.
Actually, you could even dried fish or cooked meat to cook yourself, but what we give.

The Gari is very easy to prepare. This requires water and dried, ground cassava (Maniokgries). The water is brought to a boil and set aside half. Then, the Gari is in the pot and stir with a stick and beaten. Is added as long as water is added to the Gari has a nice, sticky consistency. Actually
is all cooked over an open fire, but on our gas stove it works.

Yes and good appetite! The right hand forms to the Gari to a depression, a type of spoon with which one can carry the Okrasoße in the mouth. But it is easier to correct with a spoon to eat. It tastes delicious and wiklich not like it looks.