BETTER WORLD
P.O. Box 30801
BIYEM ASSI-TAM TAM
YAOUNDE
CAMEROON
Protestant
Cameroon
specialism:
Environmental journalist,Nature gardener.
interest:
Travel, photography,reading, theatre, cinema & interacting in discussion groups.
Comments:
Positive ideas on sustainability from the developing world could be brought to the open through ASP.While poverty is an undeniable part of our daily lives in Cameroon,we do not want to stay within this limitation.Beyond the gloom and doom shown on the western media on Africa,The Betterworld Project based on reconnecting people to the land and linking communities is an opportunity for building a "better world" together.It is an attempt to kill two birds with one stone:to persuade even rich people to insist on due economy in the consumption of the necessities of life,and to assure poor people that it is possible to make a good deal more of scanty materials within their reach than they do at present...
No one will deny the importance of urging rich and poor alike,in the necessary state of things to try and economise the fuel and food which they have at their diposal.
The sooner we make up our minds that what we regretfully speak of as"the good old times", will never come again, the sooner we shall cease to look fondly back on a cheaper past,and embrace ourselves helpfully and bravely to face the increasing cost of the necessities of life.
After 20 years of journalism and social work in Cameroon, I have come to the realisation that what I really want to do is to be engaged in active community dialogue through communication involving real life issues.
The feeling in Cameroon has been that the English have turned their backs on us since independence, but after my visit here, I am happy to be going back home with a new message that UK people are generally open and willing to help those who want to fish rather than waiting to be given afish.
qualifications:
B A Mass Communication
Deploma Social Communication
