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May 09, 2008
Report from Joseph-Cameroon
Dear jicafriends,
How are you?
I know you will be astonished by this mail considering the long moment of silence since I left Japan.
Talking about my Action Plan, after returning home country, things were not so easy. It took me two months to meet the Social Affairs Ministry to present her my report. I am still struggle to meet the Minister of Labour, Economy and Education. My staff had adopted some modification proposed by the Minister of Social Affairs. Thus, my Action Plan is for another chance. Initiative Program has started, and our Center is not like before.
Although we have no financial support, the Cente is now awaken with many activities.. We have published HOPE, the Newsletter, opened the counselling office, created an association of parents with children with disabilities, a forum for leaders of PWD associations that is trying to convince the President of the Republic to ratify the International Convention on the Rights of PWD.
I will send my progress report to JICA soon, now the report was written in French, so I need to translate it into English.
I can't finish this letter without express my sincere apology for this long moment of silence.
I have many reasons to explain; 4 computers in my office have been damaged by an electric problem. Until now, we have only one computer available for 6 persons. We have no Internet connection in the office, I have been sick for one month, political crisis had ragged the country for one month.. .
But now I'm OK and hope we will keep contact from this moment to ever.
With best wishes,
Joseph POUAGAM,
Cameroon
Posted by jicafriends at May 9, 2008 10:01 AM