Build a future for children in a conflict zone

Dear donors, thank you for being with us. these are the highlights of the year 2018.

Main actions

• Supported Fathers House Orphanage in Muyuka to create and expand a palm oil farm and to build a borehole.
• Supported Mah Di’s orphanage in Kumba to expand their poultry,  purchase of a sewing machine and construct a new classroom and toilet.

Achievements

• Mah Di’s orphanage has extended the poultry and piggery buildings. They acquired 5 cows. The piggery increased from 4 to 28 with piglets, and they are able to rare 500 chicks, 4 quills, 4 turkey, 1 goat, 3 sheep, and 4 rabbits.
• Mah Di’s orphanage now has a sewing machine and they are able to teach children to mend their dresses. All children of appropriate age have been taught this useful life skill. They now mend their dresses, which also saves some resources for the orphanage.
• In Mah Dis’, the impact of income generating activities has greatly increased. While in 2016 they represented less than 5% of the total income of the orphanage, now the orphanage self-generates more than 25% of their resources. The only challenge the businesses have are the current Anglophone Crisis which has depressed the economy.
• Mah Di’s: Recently, the children were trained by a local NGO on how to administer first Aid treatment and how to repair torn shoes. They are fixing their own shoes now.
• Mah Di’s: There was an increment in the harvest of the orphanage. Crops like Cassava, egusi, vegetables, yams yielded more than enough food.
• After months forcefully displaced, the children of Father’s house orphanage could come back home as security improved in their area.
• All the children who wrote any competitive exams this year have succeeded

Challenges

• Children of Father’s House Orphanage have been constantly running to the forest for refuge due to the current unrest that has hit Muyuka.
• Due to the conflict in Muyuka:  there’s no market for palm oil business which is the main source of income to the orphanage, the daily workers resigned, and the water project could not be finished.
• The dormitory for Mah Di’s orphanage is now too small and it cannot contain all the children
• Mah Di’s orphanage lacks enough chairs, tables, and desks for the children

Recommendations/projects of 2019

• Construct a fence at Ma Di’s Orphanage to prevent thieves from attacking the orphanage
• Purchase more bunk beds, matrasses, chairs, tables and desks at Mah Di’s orphanage.
• Support the orphanages with playgrounds.
• Temporarily support food security in Father’s House Orphanage while they get back on their feet.
• If funds are available, both orphanages should get buses to transport the children, since the security context has deteriorated so much.

Conclusion

It is not a nice picture, but it’s the real one. These two houses are safe havens for vulnerable children in the middle of a civil war. They have lost most of their usual donations and funding, and they only have your support and that of a few more individuals. It is because of your support that both houses are still standing strong and are able to take care of their children in this horrible context. Thank you for that.

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