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Scholarships for my kids

Scholarships for my kids
Location: Bamenda, Cameroon
Category: Education
Published: 27 August 2007
Progress:
71% 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.

Incomplete (1):

  • School fees for my teenage son Wally, 15 years old

    586 Euro. • Still needed: 495 Euro • Published 09 September 2008
    Wally möchte das Gymnasium auch in diesem Schuljahr 2007/2008 weiter besuchen können.

Completed (4):

  • annual scholarship

    586 Euro. • Published 27 August 2007
    I need this scholarship for my son Wally, 14 years old, for his secondary education at a private school for the next five years.

English (10):

  • A THANK YOU MESSAGE TO THE YOGA GROUP

    by M. Nyuyinwi, posted 5 days ago

    Dear members of the YOGA Group in Mallorca - Spain, It is difficult to express the joy that is animating me at getting information about your support to little Ava -Joy's scholarship for 2008. When I got a first mail from you informing me that y... …more

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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.

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  • by G. Mueller, asked on 16 October 2008 at 07:27 PM
    Dear Mary, did you ask the betterplace-team for help? With warm regards Gabriele
  • by G. Mueller, asked on 06 October 2008 at 05:38 PM
    Dear Mary, I really would like to help you with this, but, I have no access to your project - and I don't know, how to change this... I would suggest you, that you ask Christian Illner from the betterplace-team, to help you... they can do this... but it will take some time. Or you can contact Hannelore Knott, she is also member of the betterplace-team. Or: on your personal page you go to the button "register project" (this is to be seen if you click on "more" at the right side), then you can fill in the title and the description of the new project and add the needs... How did you present the projects up to now? It is the same process... With warm regards Gabriele
  • by G. Mueller, asked on 06 October 2008 at 04:55 PM
    Dear Mary, I would suggest, that you keep the need for Wally - as it already started here in this project, but you make new projects for Amslem and for Ava-Joy. Then - with some luck, we can get those two children on the first page (almost financed projects) - as I did it with Marie-Benedict... There the need is very present, and finds better donors - especially, if it is a smaller need. This is more attractive for the donors! With warm regards Gabriele
    • by M. Nyuyinwi, asked on 06 October 2008 at 05:04 PM
      Dear Gabriele, thanks for the suggestion. I will then have to rewrite the new projects. But to be honest, I don't know how to present them. I can write the story and their needs but to present them as I saw that of Marie-Benedict, I will not know it. Thus can I send you the text and their photos (Ava-Joy and amslem) to help me do the publishing on the site? If you agree, I will take up time tomorrow to work on them and send them back to you. Thanks once more Mary

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