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Scholarships for my kids

Scholarships for my kids
Location: Bamenda, Cameroon
Category: Education
Published: 27 August 2007
Progress:
66% funded
   
Rating:
48 Ratings
My son Wally, 15 years old, is going to secondary school. Due to the very poor state education policy in Cameroon, I opted for him to attend private schools to give him a better education. My small daugther Ava-Joy, 3 years, is anxious to start pre-school this year. I also take care of Titende Amslem Mbanghonyui and Mbubeh Marie-Benedict, 12 and 11 years old. Amslem is my nephew, the youngest son of my late elder sister who died of AIDS in June 2007. My late sister has also taken care of her granddaughter Marie-Benedict, who lived for all her life with her grandmother. Amslem and Marie-Benedict stayed very often away from school in order to take care of their sick mother and Grandma respectively, and spent most of their time in the farm helping to grow crops for their home consumption.

Being the 7th child in a family of 9, I have so far being the main bread winner in my family, because I happened to be the most educated though with just a secondary school certificate, and I always supported my elders who all remained in the village doing farming for subsistence.

My small income had for the past eight years being the main source of support to this family and to the education of both children. Because of my job situation, their education also becomes compromising. Reason why this application on better place to help these young people to continue with their education and have hope for the future.
I very much hope that well wishers can assist the children carry on with their education and hope to become good citizens in their community tomorrow. Marie-Benedict you will find under my second project.

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  • G. Mueller

    G. Mueller

    53/F • Hamburg, Germany

    Ich moechte dieses Projekt "Schulgeld fuer meine Kinder" gerne als Fuersprecherin unterstuetzen, obwohl ich Mary nicht persoenlich kenne. Allerdings lese ich regelmaessig ihre Blogs. Ich weiss aus eigener Erfahrung, wie wichtig es ist, eine gute Ausbildung zu bekommen, um spaeter ein selbstaendiges und selbstbewusstes Leben fuehren zu koennen. Insbesondere fuer Maedchen bedeutet oekonomische Abhaengigkeit (in die sie ohne eigenen Beruf rasch geraten) einen der groessten Fallstricke im Leben. Ich moechte dazu beitragen, dass Marys Kinder wie auch ihre Grossnichten und -neffen, die schon den Verlust ihrer Eltern und der Grossmutter verkraften muessen, wenigstens ohne Probleme ihre Schule weiter besuchen koennen. Ausserdem moechte ich Mary als alleinerziehende Mutter unterstuetzen, die mit einem viel zu geringen Einkommen nicht nur fuer ihre beiden eigenen Kinder sorgt, sondern auch noch die Fuersorge fuer den Sohn und die Enkelin ihrer verstorbenen Schwester uebernommen hat. Dafuer habe ich grossen Respekt! Ich moechte Sie daher bitten, diese Familie zu unterstuetzen. Bitte helfen Sie mit, das Schulgeld fuer die vier Kinder zu finanzieren.

  • A. KAMGA

    A. KAMGA

    M

    I think that this girl deserves an education as other because I strongly believe that education is the only heritage we can give to the young. The courage of Mary needs some encouragement because of the poor working condition and poverty in Cameroon

  • H. Knott

    H. Knott

    F • Berlin, Germany

    I first met Mary Nyuyinwi in 1996 in Bamenda, the provincial capital of the Cameroonian North West Province. At the time she was a young, single mother of a small boy yet despite her young age she had already achieved a remarkable career as a rural development worker employed by the NGO SAILD. Weeks later she came to take part in a conference which took place in Yaoundé and we had again time to exchange views. Mary's commitment to the rural population in the North West Province, especially to women, started in the early Nineties, shortly after she finished Agricultural School. Mary did not have the financial means to pursue higher education and study at a university. Later, restrictive entry requirements and age limits were an encumbrance to her wish to study. She was determined to get as much knowledge as possible and today she belongs to a dedicated circle of gender experts in Cameroon. Mary is polyglot, speaks six languages and is passing her specialised knowledge for a number of years on to others all over Cameroon. Today, after the death of one of her sisters, Mary as a single mother of two - a small girl and a teenage son - cares for four children. I know of her deep desire to build a secure future based upon good education for all four: Ava-Joy, Marie-Benedict, Amslem, and Wally. Mary grew up in Babungo, a village in the Cameroonian Grassfields. As a woman she went far.

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