Get in Touch with Me

Email: jeedah1@yahoo.com

Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=207877116&trk=tab_pro

Address:
Jannah Muhammad
Peace Corps Volunteer
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 971
Cotonou, BENIN
Afrique de l'ouest (West Africa)

• Use the US Postal Service- NOT  FedEx or UPS.
• Use padded envelopes only, NOT BOXES. They are cheaper for you to send and for us to receive.
• Write everything (even addresses) in big RED letters because that is generally associated with government or top secret things that they don't want to mess with.
• Write "Dieu Te Regarde" on the package in large letters. This translates as, "God is watching you". Religious stickers may also help.
• Never write the real value of items on the customs form.
• Always list value of package as $10 or less otherwise, we have to pay taxes on packages. Also, if they think there are valuable items in a package, they will open the package and then charge us more money or they may take the contents for themselves.
• Include an itemized list of the contents in the package so if there is something missing, I will know it. If they don't know English, then they won't know what the note says, and if they do, they will know that someone paid attention to what was sent so if everything doesn't make it, there is more of a chance of someone following up.

• Also, get creative when packing things as to protect it from the vermin that will be competing with me for my goodies! I'm thinking aluminum foil double wrapped in tape put into a Ziploc baggy inserted into a tin can may do the trick.

If you are the angel that wishes to send me something, anything, I would like to thank you in advance. Letters are the cheapest for me to receive and more than appreciated. If you are feeling extra kind and wish to send me a care package please refer to my wishlist for my most wanted items. Let me know you thought of me and I'll think of you while shopping in Africa ;-)