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Yaounde, Cameroon
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
I would not use the local postal service if there even is one. I have used DHL to receive and send parcels home.
What is the availability of international schools? What has been your general experience with them, if any?
There is the American School of Yaounde. An International school where expats from many embassies and NGOs send their children.

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