Hi Hannah,
It sounds as though you have many skills which would be beneficial to many of the ecoteer projects.
Perhaps you may like to consider 'Community Development in Cameroon' or 'Teaching in Rural schools in Belo?'
They both take volunteers for a month and are not expensive placements. I believe the official language of Cameroon is French but I am sure someone will correct me if I am mistaken?!!
I hope that helps!

Great let me know how you get on! When you have decided on a project if you need any assistance such as looking for flights etc let me know if I can help!

It's difficult to say, some of the projects have internet on site and are therefore able to reply promptly, others are not so fortunate. When I did my first project the coordinator had to travel into the next town to gain internet access and took on average about 2-3 weeks to reply.
I would say if you haven't heard back by the end of this month you could perhaps consider contacting some other projects to increase your chanced of finding a placement for August. Hopefully you will get a response soon though and wont need to!
Good luck!

Hello Hannah,
So sorry for the delay in getting back to you! I have been in Uganda since the end of may and only had occasional internet access!

Thats great that you have found a project to volunteer at.
With regards to immunisations it is recommended that you are vaccinated against hep a and hep b, thyphoid and depending on the nature of the work you will be doing possibly rabies. You will need to make sure your Diphtheria, tetanus, polio and meningitis jabs are up to date too.  It is essential that you are vaccinated against yellow fever, you will receive a certificate to prove this which you may be asked to show when entering/leaving the county.

Cameroon is a malarial area so you will need to take malaria tablets. These usually need to be started 2-3 weeks before your trip and taken for around a month when you return. There are daily or weekly tablets you can take. I personally find the weekly ones (lariam) better as have less side effects on these but they affect people differently.

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Before visiting Africa I usually read up a bit on the culture. The Bradt travel guides are usually pretty good and I think they do one for cameroon so maybe consider investing in one of those, especially if you intend to travel around a bit too.

There are several airlines you can fly with. Cheapest ones appear to be Royal Air Maroc, Air France, Swiss, Lufthansa and Ethiopian airlines.

I have participated in numerous volunteer placements with ecoteer some ask for money in advance and I have never had any problems (ask for a receipt or email confirmation of payment though so you have proof that you have paid) If previous volunteers had encountered problems the project would no longer be advertised on this site so It will be absolutely fine.

If I can help any further let me know  

No worries Hannah! I hope you are having a brilliant trip and look forward to hearing about it on your return   x

Hi Shanti,

Thanks for your post. I am still awaiting feedback from Hannah on her placement in Cameroon but will let you know when I hear from her.

I have sent you some info on the project in Uganda on the other thread which I hope you will find useful.

If it is Malawi you have your heart set on the 'Malawian people and wildlife centre seeking enthusiastic volunteers' placement may be of interest to you.

Any more help you need please don't hesitate to ask  

Yes, I've already contacted the Shanti Trust but I note that it hasn't been updated in 2 yrs!
Will try & find the other site u mention.
Thanks
Shanti