Child Protection Cameroon Project #17096

Safe Center for Vulnerable Children in Douala

by AGAPE ASSOCIATION

Safe Center for Vulnerable Children in Douala

Project Report | Apr 12, 2024
Your donations heal 2 severe diseases plus more

By AGAPE Team | Project Leaders and Team

The young boy who woke up after deep sleep

PROPOSITION RAPPORT ACTIVITES GLOBAL GIVING

SCHOOL RESULTS

We have been able to finalize the schooling of all our children thanks to your generosity. As far as school results for the second term are concerned, contrary to our expectations, they were not at the level we had hoped for. It's true that the new children, who arrived in the last few months, needed a certain amount of time to adapt to their new schools. We've taken steps to help them get up to speed, which means that they'll need to be available to help with their homework. We hope to see better results at the end of the year.

CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Your donations have been a great help to us over the last few months, as we have had to deal with the situation of two of our children:

- A 19 year old girl who underwent breast surgery, and to this day her treatment continues.

- A little boy had a seizure and lost consciousness for several hours. He is a special child suffering from mental retardation and absence epilepsy. Since joining the Centre 2 years ago, he has improved a lot.

Thank you for always being at our side; we can't do it without you.

EXTERNAL TOILETS

Finally, the external toilets are almost operational; we are waiting for the drilling to be completed so that the children at the Center can benefit from them. Thank you to Kalfrelec Construction, Orange Cameroon, SOLENCA and to you, our GlobalGiving donors, for your support.

It hasn't all been easy, but now the Center has the sanitary facilities it needs to care for the children.

DONATIONS

We have received support from a number of organizations who have donated food and clothing. But Centre AGAPE still needs your help and support, because the costs of nutrition, well-being and education for these children, whose numbers are growing all the time, are enormous.

YOUTH WEEK

To mark Youth Week, Centre AGAPE organized a fair. Doughnuts, cookies, caramels and drinks (baobab juice, foléré) were offered to young people as they left their schools; these various products enabled us to raise funds for the children we look after.

Our brand new toilets

Our brand new toilets 3

Youth Day Sale

A donation

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Dec 13, 2023
SEPTEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER HALF

By ADAMA TRAORE WEGA | FOUNDER OF AGAPE ASSOCIATION

Back to school

Retour à l'école:

La nouvelle année scolaire s'est très bien passée. Les enfants sont inscrits dans diverses écoles publiques et privées.

Cette année, l'association AGAPE prend en charge 21 enfants ou jeunes étudiants. Jusqu'à présent, nous avons pu payer les inscriptions et les premiers versements de scolarité, mais nous devons encore payer les frais de scolarité pour l'ensemble de la scolarité et les frais d'examen pour ceux qui sont dans les classes d'examen. L'association AGAPE soutient également d'anciens pensionnaires de plus de 18 ans et quelques filles. Le nombre total d’enfants pris en charge est de 25.

Au cours des 4 dernières années, les frais de scolarité ont représenté une part importante de notre budget de fonctionnement. Ils s'élèvent à près de 2 millions de francs, soit plus de 3.300 dollars.

Les résidents d'AGAPE fréquentent les écoles du district de Japoma.

Nouveaux résidents

Depuis début septembre, plusieurs jeunes garçons ont rejoint le Centre. Le dernier en date, George, 5 ans, est arrivé à la mi-novembre. A ce jour, 14 garçons âgés de 5 à 16 ans sont internés au Centre AGAPE.

Une visite de notre partenaire SOLENCA

Le président et le vice-président de SOLENCA (Solidarité Enfance Cameroun) sont venus passer quelques jours au Centre. Comme d'habitude, leurs valises étaient chargées de vêtements, de chaussures et de nombreux produits de santé : bandages, lingettes désinfectantes, etc. Le vice-président a passé du temps avec les enfants, à lire et à écrire.

C'est avec tristesse que les enfants les ont accompagnés.

Château d'eau

Les travaux se poursuivent pour la construction d'un château d'eau pour approvisionner en eau potable les enfants du centre AGAPE. Les toilettes et douches seront bientôt raccordées au réseau d'eau, et seront enfin prêtes à l'emploi. À la grande satisfaction des enfants, la corvée d'eau appartiendra désormais au passé !

vacances de Noël

À la fin du mois, certains enfants passeront quelques jours en famille. Au préalable, le personnel aura préparé une petite fête de Noël. Au programme : des chansons, des sketchs et bien sûr un goûter.

Je donne mardi

Nous avons participé à la campagne de collecte de fonds organisée par GlobalGiving. Malheureusement, nous n'avons pas atteint nos objectifs. Néanmoins, GlobalGiving constitue un formidable soutien à notre association à travers les différents dons que nous parvenons à récolter auprès des âmes bienveillantes qui soutiennent notre cause. Nous aimerions également profiter de cette occasion pour remercier tous ceux qui soutiennent notre cause à travers le GlobalGiving.

Marché de l'âme africaine

L’African Soul Market est un marché qui rassemble de jeunes artisans. Pour AGAPE, ce fut une belle expérience de participer. Nous avons beaucoup appris, et nous avons l'intention de performer nos aptitudes à travers les exemples que nous avons vu afin de participer dans plusieurs autre foire et ainsi nous aider pour les levées de fonds. Nous pensons également que cela peut être bénéfique pour les enfants que nous encadrons.

African Soul Market

Chateau d'eau

Passage de SOLENCA

New resident at the Centre

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Aug 15, 2023
2nd quarter of 2023

By ADAMA TRAORE WEGA | FOUNDER OF AGAPE ASSOCIATION

african children's day

ACTIVITY REPORT

School results :

The school year ended well for the children at Centre AGAPE. The results lived up to our expectations. For almost all the children, the marks obtained correspond to the objectives that had been set. **10 out of 19 ** children will move on to the next classes.

Of the 4 young adults who sat official exams, **2 succeeded: ** we obtained a baccalauréat and a probatoire.

Day of the African Child :

The Day of the African Child is an international day organised every year since 16 June 1991 by the Organisation of African -Unity (OAU).

A number of activities were organised over 3 days with private social organisations, including AGAPE Association.

There was a visit to a Cultural Centre, followed by a football match between children from the different structures. Children's Day came to a close at the AGAPE Centre. A "cooking" workshop was held. The children cooked Fried rice and cakes.

These days were spent in an excellent atmosphere of solidarity.

Children's holidays :

The holiday period allowed the children who have relatives to visit them. One group left in July and the second group is currently on holiday. All the children will be at the Centre by 27 August at the latest.

Reorganisation of staff duties :

The voluntary departure of Germain; one of the long term supervisor toward greater personal opportunities led to a reorganisation of staff duties. In collaboration with the president of our main partner, SOLENCA association (Solidarité Enfance Cameroun), the job descriptions have been reorganised.

We also recruited new staff to fill the gaps. Some employees have been promoted to a higher level through bigger responsibilities and scheduled empowerment trainings.

Children's administrative situation :

This holiday period was an opportunity to update the young adults' identity papers. Each youth now has a Carte Nationale d'Identité (CNI) thank to the help of one supporter of the Center. This will allow them to cope with their moving to adulthood.

Integrating new children :

We are currently preparing for the arrival of new children at the Centre. The social worker is specifically responsible for identifying children who are currently experiencing social or family difficulties or distress. At present, 7 children aged between 6 and 12 are likely to join the Centre. The first of them is due to arrive on 16 August.

The next school year :

The process of enrolling or re-enrolling children in local schools has begun. As last year, most children will be enrolled in public schools.

Refurbishment of the Centre :

Over the last few weeks, work has been carried out inside the Centre, including the painting of all the rooms. All the sanitary fittings have also been finished.

School fees :

Last school year, we paid school fees for 23 children. The fees amounted to more than 3 million CFA francs, or nearly $5,000. This year we will have 7 new children, so the school fees will be even higher.

We will therefore have a heavy financial burden, and we will need your support to enable all the children we support to go to school.

Participation in the July Bonus Day campaign :

AGAPE took part in GlobalGiving's latest July Bonus Day campaign. Unfortunately, we did not reach our target.

We would like to take this opportunity to reiterate our thanks to all those who donated to this campaign. There are many more campaigns to come and we hope you will continue to help us change positively lives together and involve your friends and family. Thank you also to GlobalGiving for this platform, which is a real tool for helping people around the world!

Closing of the Day of the African child

Refurbishment of the Centre

New resident at the Centre

Report card

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