Scott Townsend
Volunteer: Scott Townsend
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Contributions from Scott Townsend
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Short, Dark, Handsome Stranger
My Peace Corps training period took place in Dang – a small village of around 80 in Cameroon’s Centre Province. Although only five people lived at my host family’s home, there was a crowd of 10-15 gathered around in our living room most evenings to watch the new American guy eat couscous de maïs (thick corn mush with a doughy consistency) and hear him attempt to communicate with his broken French and hilarious accent. As no one in my village, other than the other trainees, spoke more than two...
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Banana Plantation
View from within a banana and plantain plantation near my post in Bertoua
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Karate Kids
Kids in Mobe (a village I worked with on a well installation project) showing off their best karate moves
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Les Boeufs
A herd of cattle blocked the road for a few minutes, while we were returning home from visiting a remote village in the savannah
