Successful Projects - Thank YOU for your donations.
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AIDSfreeAFRICA volunteers Hayley and
Kathleen arrived in Cameroon April 13, 2009:
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They transported and handed over a CURE KIT sponsored by Ramapo Valley Rotary in collaboration with Rotary Bamenda. The CURE KIT was gratefully accepted by Dr. Christopher Anyangwe proprietor of the Alpha Royal Clinic in Bamenda. Read more....
Their taught children at Presbyterian Youth Centre Limbe (PYC) and an orphanage in Buea how to use a computer and English.
At the end of the day everything we adults do is for the children and their future.
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US$ 10,000 from the New Tudor Foundation
The grant has been used to put the floors into a factory that will
produce urgently needed essential drugs in Cameroon. Director Kenneth Muko and the board of directors at Diamond Pharmaceutical. Below see an
out side view of the factory building and the "before" (second picture) and
"after" (last picture) pictures with engineer Bernard and architect Theo.
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“Ann Higgins Crocheting Entrepreneurs”
Grace and Alicia
Thank you Ann, for your donation of US$ 20.
These ladies will buy twain, crochet hats and sell them. With the money
they can buy oil and send children to school. They also have to teach
other village women and expand the activity.
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AIDSfreeAFRICA Fashion Center” for short “AIDS FACE”
It was made possible through a donation of US $1200 from
a Rockland County New York based women’s group.
Women in Weh Cameroon bought a sewing machine and fabric to sew 800
school uniforms (lower left). And that’s only the beginning.
Profit made is used to buy food or exercise books and pencils for
students. Rather than giving members money, they pay expenses for birth
and dead celebrations. Most important for AIDSfreeAFRICA, they pay for
antiretroviral treatment and drugs for HIV/AIDS positive members. The
start of this program came too late for Linda, but four other woman are
successfully on drugs and are thriving. (see picture upper right) The
Lady on the far left is Ann, the president of "Managing Women".
And a new project is in the infancy stage. We are asking for your
donations. The Fon (chief) of Weh asked for help to establish a cooking
oil depot and sales point. The profit made from the sales, after
expenses will be used to pay for AIDS testing of his subjects. Truly
innovative. So far every Fon has asked us for help building roads. And
yes, they need roads urgently. Any construction people reading this?
Enjoying a relaxing weekend and helping others, US donors and recipients.
"Managing Women" received micro loan. (Right to left) Fon
of Weh, Rolande, Felix Akap.
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"A child is only your child as long as it is in your belly, thereafter it is everyone's". This is the African translation of Hillary Clinton's:" It takes a village to raise a child" I found orphans in every household. The children are taken care of, they are the countries future. One teacher told me: "We want the children to understand how to deal with AIDS, how to stay negative and become AIDS free parents. We old folks we will not change our habits, but the children they must survive." Indeed I found these children to be better educated on AIDS prevention than most of their parents and grandparents. They know where it comes from and what are ways to transmit the disease and how to avoid transmission. Truly inspiring.
We are looking for sponsors to help with micro loans so schools can expand and built more class rooms, hire more teachers and buy school books. Government run schools are poorly managed thus it is worth supporting private initiatives such as the dilicig primary and nursery school. See also our volunteer section for ways to come to Cameroon and help teach computer skills.
Testimonial from a Cameroonian
nurse, widow, raising her own three children and another three orphans
from relatives. In exchange she was able to keep her husbands house.
Often wifes who become widdows are forced out of the house or to marry
the husbands brother. Women who have an education and their own
financial income like P. are better off. A woman looses all rights to
her husband the moment she marries. Don't even think of asking for
protected sex, planned parenthood or freedom from abuse.
Dear Rolande,
It’s a pleasure writing to you
from Cameroon. How was your journey back home? I hope it
was fine and safe. In fact, the kids have been longing to see you
again especially the little one you brought her a present. This
little girl presented to her grand mother the present you gave her and
told her that she has a mother who is a white, and will be coming back
to Cameroon to take her to Europe one day. Whenever this little
girl takes that book you gave her she always talks about you. She
has colored all the pictures in the book.
I met Suh Eunice in the School
(Divine Liberation Nursery and Primary School Alakuma in Bamenda) and
the kids told me that they have a mother whom they are praying for her
to discover medicines that can treat their parents who are dying of
HIV/AIDS; they are praying strongly for you.
Please I still count on you for that project.
I end so far.
I thank you for the concern you have for my family in particular and my country in general.
Stay blessed. I wish you all the best in life. God bless you.
P.
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