Limbé
January 7, 2010
Located in the Southwest region of Cameroon, Limbé is one of my favorite towns in the country, and my preferred beach vacation destination here in Cameroon. After Christmas, I spent a few days there both for business and pleasure. I needed to visit Limbé City Library, one of the participating libraries for the Books For Cameroon project. I thus used…
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Progress Report
November 24, 2009
For the past two weeks, I have been visiting schools and communities that I am responsible for between Batié, Bapa and Bandenkop, and checking up on there progress in library readiness. Much to my surprise, the schools were mostly very engaged and are making significant progress in getting things off the ground. Granted, there were definitely drama. One of the…
Read MoreSpecial Thank You
November 10, 2009
After months of incessant money begging via all the desperate measures that I could come up with using my only tool – the Internet, I somehow managed to raised $11,500, with the help of Kate, Siobhan and Laura. This is a special post to thank all of you that have helped me in one way or another throughout this process.…
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You just never know!
September 28, 2009
Current Mood: Uggghhaaahhh I am SO sick of begging for money. My goal to fund Phase I of Books For Cameroon by the end of September is unlikely to happen, unless either an amazing, generous philanthropist decides to donate $3.5k in the next 24 hours, OR, if by some bizarre miracle, 700 people decide to donate their next $5 latte/beer…
Read MoreWhy Libraries?
September 1, 2009
In honor of International Literacy Day on September 8th, I decided to write about why I began the Books For Cameroon project. I am a business volunteer, but why am I building libraries? Today, I will share the story behind this motivation. As a kid growing up in Taiwan, I was definitely an introvert. While didn’t realize it at the…
Read MoreA Call for Help! – Building 28 Bilingual Libraries!
July 27, 2009
As many of you know, I somehow got myself into this silly project of bringing 28 bilingual libraries to Cameroon. All I wanted was some books for this tiny 4-room school by my house. How the project manifested into such scale, I haven’t a clue. Either way, here we are, trying to raise funds to pay for the shipping fee…
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June 8, 2009
West Province – Bandenkop Community Library – Lycée de Batié – Cetic de Batié – École Publique de Nso’O – École Publique Bilingue de Bapa – École Catholique St. Jean Baptiste Famgoum II – École Publique de Famgoum I – École Publique Batié – Carrefour – École Publique de Sim Tsela – École Catholique St. Pierre de Lagou-Batié – St.…
Read MorePhase I Project Timeline
June 3, 2009
ESTIMATED PROJECT TIMELINE Date Activity December 2008 Brainstorm project idea with community member; research donor organization for books. January 2009 Contact Books For Africa to confirm book donation of 22,000 English books. February 2009 Contact other PCVs to expand the library project over 3 provinces and 25 schools. Mach 2009 Contact PCVs worldwide who have successfully completed the project with…
Read MorePhase I Project Budget
June 2, 2009
PROJECT BUDGET PARTNERSHIP Contribution – FUNDING REQUESTED Material Description Unit Quantity Needed Unit Cost (f cfa) Total Cost (f cfa) Total Cost (usd) Book Inventory Shipping Charges per container 1 4 750 000 4 750 000 $9 500 Misc. Port/Custom Costs per container 1 1 000 000 1 000 000 $2 000 Total 5 750 000 $11 500 COMMUNITY Contribution…
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