Agroforestry Volunteer
Cameroon, West/Central Africa
As a three year agriculture extension agent in Cameroon, West/Central Africa, Mr. Jacob Moore, engaged many activities in the realm of agriculture, HIV/AIDs, and malaria sensitization. A few of his projects include: writing a market garden manual, training 50 Cameroonians on improved gardening practices, and started a community garden spanning 5 villages. Mr. Moore’s secondary projects focused on HIV/AIDS sensitization and cross-cultural sharing between Americans and the culture of the Moghamo people. He wrote a project for World AIDS Day that also celebrated the American Holiday, Thanksgiving. The project covered three days beginning with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Thirty Cameroonians celebrated Thanksgiving alongside 50 American volunteers sharing two cultures and culminated with an HIV/AIDS testing event bringing more than 400 participants both Cameroonian and American sharing their various cultures and testing 220 person for HIV.