One of the (many) challenges to starting a new project is visiting a country that often none of the team members have been to before. Many of the small villages EWB tends to work with …
What is the purpose of an EWB assessment trip?
We’ve been posting a lot here about our upcoming assessment trip, but really what is its purpose? What do we hope to accomplish? Princeton University’s EWB student chapter has put together a great video about …
2013: A big year for the Cameroon project
A belated “Happy New Year” to our readers from the Cameroon team! This is going to be a really busy year for us since we’re gearing up for our first assessment trip coming up very …
What does Cameroonian Pidgin English sound like?
The lingua franca in the North West region where Mbohkop is located is Cameroonian Pidgin English. But what does that actually sound like? Georgia Gootee, a Peace Corps Volunteer in the North West region, has …
First Travel Team Meeting
Yesterday the travel team for the first assessment trip had its first meeting and, I have to say, we’re a good looking group: We’ll call this the “Before” picture.