Title: Tomas in Africa (
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Update three years on - 05/Apr/2014 22:12 - 3897 days ago
ProjectsSince I left Maga three years ago I have kept in touch with people there and continued to co-ordinate projects whic...
Update on projects and other news, August 2011 - 31/Aug/2011 15:18 - 4845 days ago
Project Uisce BeathaThe project to repair forages has gone well. To date 40 forages have been repaired. There are 13...
Safe water in Maga, Far North, Cameroon - 14/Apr/2011 14:57 - 4984 days ago
Project Uisce BeathaThe Far North of Cameroon had its worst rainy season for over 20 years in 2010. One storm alone left 5,000 h...
Taking Stock of Achievements in Maga - 20/Mar/2011 18:34 - 5009 days ago
In March 2008 I became a volunteer with VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) and I took up a position as Institutional Development ...
Maga' Development Plan and Return Home - 09/Mar/2011 12:27 - 5020 days ago
Apologies for not writing for quite some time. I was very busy and did not manage to fit it in. On this occasion I had committed...
Operations for Handicapped Children - 26/Dec/2010 16:09 - 5093 days ago
In May, before I left Cameroon, we brought a team from the Fondation de Bethleem to Maga to examine around 70 handicapped people...
Cholera in the Far North of Cameroon - 05/Nov/2010 17:00 - 5144 days ago
Apologies to anybody who has already read my blog of 30th October. I have split it in two and added a little to this part.Maroua...
Return to Cameroon and its Cholera Outbreak - 30/Oct/2010 10:38 - 5150 days ago
We returned to Cameroon early in October so that I may resume work with the Maga council while VSO continues to look for a repla...
"Leaving" Maga - 28/Aug/2010 17:09 - 5213 days ago
I am currently back in Ireland having completed my contract in Maga at the end of May but I have agreed to return in October sin...
Sad News from Maga - 24/Aug/2010 20:20 - 5217 days ago
In July, while back in Ireland, I got very sad news from Maga. Pouss, the biggest village in the county, was hit by aviolent st...
Marriages, Births and Deaths - 21/May/2010 10:50 - 5312 days ago
There is considerable activity around marriages, births and deaths here. A man's first marriage is usually arranged by his paren...
Limbe and Kribi - 01/May/2010 08:48 - 5332 days ago
Aicha and I travelled south so that she could have treatment for her eye in Douala and because I had a week of meetings in Bamen...
Moutourwa - 18/Apr/2010 17:14 - 5345 days ago
One of my volunteer colleagues lives in a village called Moutourwa which is close to some mountains. A group of volunteers visi...
Winter - 17/Apr/2010 15:20 - 5346 days ago
There have been many bulletins from Europe about the unusually harsh winter this year, including reports of prolonged freezing s...
Winter - 17/Apr/2010 14:48 - 5346 days ago
There have been many bulletins from Europe about the unusually harsh winter this year, including reports of prolonged freezing s...
St. Patrick's Day in Maga - 12/Apr/2010 11:39 - 5351 days ago
A number of volunteers told me that they were interested in coming to Maga around the middle of March so I consulted with Graham...
Update on Projects - 04/Apr/2010 09:25 - 5359 days ago
There are just two months left to the end of my contract with the Maga council and I am trying to finish a lot of things, both o...
Winter - 02/Apr/2010 15:06 - 5361 days ago
There have been many bulletins from Europe about the unusually harsh winter this year, including reports of prolonged freezing s...
The Fête du Mouton in Maroua - 13/Dec/2009 15:46 - 5471 days ago
The Fête du Mouton takes place 70 days after the end of Ramadan. It is a very big event here and eclipses Christmas. It comme...
Douroum - 10/Dec/2009 14:05 - 5474 days ago
On the occasion of a volunteer’s birthday a group of us visited a very remote village in the Mandara mountains. At the end of...
Return to Maga - 24/Oct/2009 12:46 - 5521 days ago
People have been hugely welcoming on my return to Maga. Doubla, the national volunteer with whom I work, did a great job on cle...
Return to Cameroon - 16/Oct/2009 15:46 - 5529 days ago
As many of you will know, after an unpleasant struggle to get a short-term visa, Aicha joined me in Ireland for two of the three...
Wedding celebration in Dublin with my friends - 26/Sep/2009 15:35 - 5549 days ago
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Wedding celebration in Dublin with my family - 26/Sep/2009 14:56 - 5549 days ago
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The marriage feast in Maga - 13/Jun/2009 09:44 - 5654 days ago
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The wedding reception - 13/Jun/2009 09:32 - 5654 days ago
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The wedding ceremony - 13/Jun/2009 09:18 - 5654 days ago
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Aicha - 13/Jun/2009 09:07 - 5654 days ago
It is said that volunteering is a life changing experience and benefits the volunteers more than the people they are trying to h...
Local Projects - 12/Jun/2009 16:38 - 5655 days ago
Some ex-colleagues in the Bank of Ireland raised money to support my work in Cameroon. This was hugely generous of them given wh...
A day in my life in Maga - 14/Apr/2009 11:20 - 5714 days ago
My alarm goes off at 4.40 a.m. I scan the floor with my torch before stepping outside my mosquito net. I found a scorpion in m...
St. Patrick's Day in Cameroon - 17/Mar/2009 14:56 - 5742 days ago
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Health Services in Cameroon - 15/Mar/2009 16:48 - 5744 days ago
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Implications of Global Crises for Africa and Cameroon - 28/Nov/2008 13:39 - 5851 days ago
Please excuse the grandiose title of this blog. I recently hosted a workshop for VSO volunteers on current global crises and th...
Some Aspects of Religion and Tradition in the West and Far North - 27/Sep/2008 09:58 - 5913 days ago
Although Foumban seemed predominantly Muslim, Christianity (mainly Protestantism) is also strong in West Cameroon. In fact Islam...
Photos of Foumban - 20/Sep/2008 08:15 - 5920 days ago
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Foumban and the Bamoun - 20/Sep/2008 08:09 - 5920 days ago
We spent a week in Foumban. It is a very interesting town since it is the seat of the Bamoun dynasty. The current king of the ...
Journey to Foumban - 30/Aug/2008 09:40 - 5941 days ago
I took holidays in the first half of August, spending most of the time in Foumban in West Cameroon. August is not a good time f...
My Work - 11/Aug/2008 15:54 - 5960 days ago
Decentralisation in CameroonThe context of my work with the Maga Council is that Cameroon is in the process of devolving respons...
Pictures of Maga's Reunification Day Parade - 30/Jun/2008 12:57 - 6002 days ago
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Cameroon's Reunification Holiday - 30/Jun/2008 12:53 - 6002 days ago
On the 20th May each year Cameroon celebrates the reunification of the country, which undid the divisions of the French/British ...
Visit to Waza Wildlife Reserve - 21/Jun/2008 18:17 - 6011 days ago
The Waza wildlife reserve, which is billed as the best in West Africa, is around 100 kilometres north of Maroua. Four of us hire...
Development of Maga - 01/Jun/2008 08:50 - 6031 days ago
Maga’s artificial lake was constructed in 1979. This was part of an extensive development plan by SEMRY, an organisation whic...
Mayday - 24/May/2008 14:46 - 6039 days ago
Despite its financial crisis, the whole of the council went to Yagoua, capital of the district which includes Maga, to march in ...
Democracy, Cameroonian Style - 24/May/2008 14:16 - 6039 days ago
The president of Cameroon is Paul Biya. He has been in power for 25 years, is 75 years old and has recently changed the constit...
Visits to Villages - 18/May/2008 08:54 - 6045 days ago
A man (Moussa) from a local development organisation was doing a survey of deep water pumps in the Maga area and I accompanied h...
Marriage, Life and Death, Cameroonian Style - 18/May/2008 08:39 - 6045 days ago
Parents here expect their children and grand-children to look after them in old age. They try to have their daughters married f...
Pictures of Some Friends - 10/May/2008 18:44 - 6053 days ago
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Neighbours and Friends - 10/May/2008 18:42 - 6053 days ago
The people here are very friendly, rather like Irish people in rural areas, and I am gradually getting to know some neighbours. ...
No smoking, spitting, fighting, stealing or vomiting on the bus - 09/May/2008 12:44 - 6054 days ago
This was the notice above the windows of a minibus which I took from Maga to Guirvidig on the latter’s market day. The bus onl...
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