NIEUWS

3 januari 2004

Ik ben weer terug uit Kameroen! Hopelijk kan ik de tijd vinden om deze website te updaten! Kijk ondertussen op http://community.webshots.com/user/mirjamschot voor al mijn nieuwe foto's!

9 januari 2003

Nog maar 11 dagen voordat ik vertrek! Bijna alles is gekocht en geregeld en ik ben maar vast begonnen met het oefenen van het inpakken. Er gaat veel meer in een koffer als je nadenkt over hoe je het er in pakt. Gelukkig weet ik nu wat ik echt nodig heb en wat ik maar beter thuis kan laten!

3 december, 2002

Een Nederlandse versie van deze website! Helaas heb ik nu nog niet te tijd om alles te vertalen. Ik weet ook niet of me dat nog gaat luken voordat ik vertrek! Vandaag heb ik een interview gehad met RTV Oost! Mijn allereerste TV interview! Helemaal te gek. Nu gaat het echt kriebelen, nog maar 7 weken te gaan totdat ik vertrek! Het is bijna kerstmis en nu breekt de tijd aan van het cadeautjes kopen! Als je niet weet wat je je vrienden, familie of geliefden moet geven dan heb ik nog wel een idee! Adopteer een chimpansee van het Sanaga-Yong Chimpansee Opvangcentrum!

October 13, 2002

I called this site "people of the forest", just because, in my presentations in the villages of Cameroon I would refer to the chimps as "people of the forest". My parents are moving and we started to unpack all the old boxes in the attic. The first box my father unpacked contained video tapes. On one of them the following text was written:

"People of the forest - Jane Goodall - Do not clear this is about chimpanzees". I must have recorded this around 1994??? Way before I started my study of the Arnhem chimps! I also found one of the things I forgot to take with me to Cameroon the last time. My chimpanzee Ehtogram. I will bring it this time! 

October 6, 2002

A year ago on this Sunday, I met my new chimpanzee friends. I never would have thought that they would have such an impact on my life.They will be in my heart forever. I see there faces every day. The last one I see is Simon, since his face forms the background of my computer. And shutting down the computer is about the last thing I do before I go to bed. Unfortunately, time doesn't pass quickly. I thought by being really busy it would, but it doesn't. Still 3,5 month to go!

Meanwhile I'm still collecting links to volonteer opportunities. If you know what to search for you can find a lot of them on the Internet. I hope they are of us to the visitors of my website!

August 27, 2002

I will leave Januari 20, 2003! I ordered my ticket, so it's final!!! I added a new page to my website, with all kinds of links to volunteer opportunities around the world. I collected all these links when I started my search for a volunteer position last year. It's about time I share them! 

Since I left the Sanaga-Yong center (so in 5 months!!!) 6 new babies arrived. It's a terrible thought that for every baby that arrives, a mother chimp and possibly other chimps die in the bushmeat trade! The fortunate babies arrive at the center, but what about the babies that don't arrive? How many infants die because they are dehydrated, badly wounded or depressed? How many apes are kept as pets in Cameroon? Please take a quick look at this site.

August 8, 2002

At least I can fill my time with preparing. I started to improve my French, which is necessary. And I'm going to do a photography course. I could have had much better pictures if I had actually known what I was doing! At least I had enough film! I brought 30 rolls of film with me, of which I used 26 rolls. The thing I didn't bring was my extra zoom lens (80 ~ 240). HOW STUPID!!!!!!!!!! I will never leave it again. I left it at home to save some weight in my luggage. I could bring 30 kilos, and my bags were completely full! Americans are so lucky. They can bring 2 bags of 32 kilos when they fly to Africa (or wherever). I could only bring 20 kilos at first, but Sabena sponsored me for another 10 kg! Too bad Sabena went bankrupt and I had to buy a new (Air France) ticket!

August 2, 2002

I've decided to return to Cameroon! I still have about 5,5 month to prepare, because I will leave mid-january!!!!!!! I can hardly wait. I look forward to see all the chimps again. Will they recognize me? Some of them were really young when I was there. There have also been some new arrivals.