Cameron's Mozambican Kiva Fellowship – The Story
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009
On Monday I traveled 10 arduous hours from Maputo to Johannesburg by bus. That pretty much marked the end of my Kiva Fellowship. It has been a very successful 4 months and my experience surpassed all of my expectations. Working with Hluvuku brought me closer to what we call development than I had ever been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009
Before leaving Mozambique I had my friend, Jose Busse, translate some more words from Changana to English. Here is his video tutorial. I don’t have the spelling of each word with me, I left the sheet of paper in London, when I get back to London I’ll update this post with the list of words, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009
Here’s a quick video of my ultimate commute to Maputo from Bela-Vista. This video highlights the portion of the trip that involves going from Catembe to Maputo by ferry. Think Sausulito to San Francisco and then adjust for Southern Africa.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2009
A couple weeks ago the Mozambican campaign season officially kicked off. I celebrated the occassion by going the the Frelimo rally here in Bela-Vista. I went to the rally for the same reason everyone else did, because there was free food and beer. Want some votes? Buy them! I told everyone that Barack Obama fully [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2009
Today is officially my penultimate Sunday in Mozambique and probably the last Sunday that I will be fully functional (we’re planning a going away party next Saturday that’s going to be similar to the ball drop in Times Square in 1999). I woke up in Maputo with the intention of heading back into the bush, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2009
A couple weeks back I blogged about the Mozambique x Kenya World Cup Qualifier that I attended. At the time I think I promised you that I would upload some video images from the game. Here they are, set to a Jorge Ben soundtrack. Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2009
No, not your favorite website, more of a tempered down Mozambican version and the return of Kermeron. Apparently last time I blogged about Kemeron one of my less informed family members thought it blasphemous that I was making a mockery out of my proud Scottish name. I guess this family member didn’t realize that it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2009
Last weekend I trekked 8 hours by bus (two ways) to Tofo Beach. On the way there the child in the row behind me vomited, on the way back the women with the feverish baby sitting next to me vomited on my leg. It was a trip full of sacrifice.
Upon boarding the bus at 5am [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2009
My Changana education has continued. At this point I can usually tell when someone is asking where something is in Changana. A few consinate sounds followed by a “whey” and some gesticulation means where is X. That being said I don’t know how to write the “where is X” word. Here are a few more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2009
Yesterday I deviated a little bit from my work plan and joined a government envoy that was tasked with taking a cow 95KMs through the Maputo Elephant Reserve to a remote village for the inauguration of a new hospital. First we had to pick up the animal.
I just assumed we were going to pick the [...]
