N'Djamena Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Happy Holidays to everyone! Maburuk al id (al maseet)! That means, "Bonne fete chretienne" in Arabic - which I learned in French so cannot directly translate to English. I seem to complain alot on this blog but it is only because I always become so overwhelmed when sitting down to type about my experience. Eight of us volunteers passed the holid...

Today we swore in and became Peace Corps Volunteers! We had a brief ceremony this morning on the lawn of the ambassador's house. There were speeches in Arabic and French given by the volunteers, and the ambassador, our trainer Houroumtcho, and a minister of the Chadian government spoke. We all wore garments made of the same fabric, though some u...

(Excerpted from a letter to my parents) I have been here for over a week but it feels like a month has already passed. It's partly due to the many changes in setting: first Philly, then the Paris airport, then SIL in N'Djamena, next Darda and the training site, and finally my family's house also in Darda. SIL is a walled compound with rooms that...