Mbaldo from Mbam!

Mbaldo! (you respond "bay day jamm")

At last I have enough time on the internet to truly do a blog post, this being only the second time that I have been online since getting to Mbam. Short version: things are going really well here - the internship component is pretty light, the concept of internship doesn't really transfer, not to mention that the work day doesn't really exist at my organization, but the family is great, I'm learning a lot and having some great experiences.

I live in a house (meaning a collection of huts with one main building surrounded by a fence) with my host mother and about 10 kids, between the ages of 13 and 25 - none of them are hers, but they all go to school here and it's a lot of fun. During the days I've been learning how to cook some, and going around and interviewing various key people about the environmental situation here. This week I should be starting to do more "practique" meaning helping out in gardens, the community forest and other things. Unfortunately, I wanted to write a long post, but my time is severely limited, so best wishes to you all and maybe one day I'll be able to post a full description!