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Nothing Works But Everything Works Out: My Peace Corps Experience in the West Region of Cameroon

Name: Nothing Works But Everything Works Out: My Peace Corps Experience in the West Region of Cameroon
Brand: Leigh Marie Dannhauser
SKU: 9781733354004
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Leigh Marie Dannhauser

Publisher:

Leigh Marie Dannhauser

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, Travel

Book Subcategory:

Personal Memoirs, Africa

Book Topic:

West

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Release Date:

2019-11-14

ISBN 13:

9781733354004

Weight:

0.54 lbs

Size:

8.50 x 5.50 x 0.43 inches

Pages:

188

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Cameroon is a country in West Africa, directly south-east of Nigeria. Leigh Marie Dannhauser gets sent by the Peace Corps to be an agriculture volunteer in the West region of Cameroon, specifically to Baleveng, a village of 15,000 people spread out over 88 square kilometers in the heart of Bamil k country. There she faces the challenges of adapting to a completely new way of life, one where while struggling to adapt to new customs and the absence of amenities common at home, she undertakes a job assignment of improving food security through improved agricultural practices with nothing more than 10 weeks of Peace Corps training as agriculture experience.

But she persisted, working hard to become a part of the Baleveng community, learning how to not just survive her two years of service but to fulfill her job assignment. She had successes and faced setbacks, went to ceremonies, and learned how to farm the Cameroonian way in order to help where she could. In the process, she learned what it means to be a true Bamil k while also learning about herself away from American society.

Nothing Works But Everything Works Out describes her journey and her two years in a village that became her home but is now just a memory.

About the Author
Dannhauser, Leigh Marie: - Leigh Marie Dannhauser served in the Peace Corps as an agriculture volunteer in the West region of Cameroon from September 2017 to November 2019. She never saw herself becoming an author, but after journaling her experiences in Cameroon almost daily, she saw an opportunity to share her story with others and published Nothing Works But Everything Works Out in December 2019. Born and raised in Bronxville, New York, Leigh has a B.A. in journalism and in religion from Washington & Lee University and M.S. in commerce from the University of Virginia. She is an aspiring human rights attorney and plans to start law school in August 2020. Leigh currently lives on Cape Cod.

Nothing Works But Everything Works Out: My Peace Corps Experience in the West Region of Cameroon

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