Educational support and food aid for poor, orphaned and displaced village children attending Ebase Primary school
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Kwangene Princely is the founder and the executive director of a young vibrant NGO by name Centre for Community Development and Environmental Restoration (CENCUDER) created in September, 2008 and got legal status on the 5th April, 2012 with the aim to solve socio economic problems such as high unemployment rate plaguing especially the youths, women abject poverty, illiteracy and environmental degradation and destruction. CENCUDER believes in a world of peace, love and unity and where poor people at the lower rungs of the ladder can be empowered to join those at the upper rungs though education.
The project aims at increasing school attendance, remove systemic barriers to education of very poor children who are displaced, orphaned majority of who are females who risked not having even basic education through the distribution of learning materials, school furniture and food aid. CENCUDER believes education is a basic human right, yet it is the children who live in poverty, especially those from the formerly "untouchable" and "scheduled" classes, who are the least likely to attend school or to complete their education. Similarly, hunger is a basic need that must be eradicated before anyone can achieve their full potential because building a school is not enough without addressing the key obstacles that keep children from attending school, long lasting solutions are not possible. Without an education, it is difficult if not impossible for a child to escape poverty and to improve the fortunes of both previous and future generations. Educating the next generation not only changes the future of the children directly but it empowers entire communities. Providing at-risk children and youth with academic opportunities helps prepare them for a stable and productive future. Our goal is to help as many children as possible to have access to education. If a family cannot afford to purchase the necessary school supplies, a child is often forced to abandon their studies and work to support themselves and their family. Sometimes as little as $50 can be the difference between a child attending school or foregoing an education entirely. Girls are often more vulnerable to withdrawing from school or not attending at all. Therefore, we pay particular attention to the situation of girls where we operate and provide additional services to ensure that they are in a safe and supportive environment.
Our project is therefore designed to tackle the above problems by promoting the education and health of poor and vulnerable village children attending the primary school so as to increase school attendance of especially poor village girls, reduce illiteracy rates, improve on children health and well being through the purchase and distribution of educational materials like pens, pencils, chalk, benches, school bags and tables as well as promote school food aid program to children who suffer from chronic hunger and insufficient diet. It is intended to restore hope and provide a livelihood opportunity to the poorest of poor who risked not having even basic education with the overall target of breaking poverty cycles that exist among generations between parents and their off springs. “If we would raise one generation of healthy children we could go far in eradicating social violence, war and many other problems of our world”- Charles Whitfield, M.D- Trauma Expert. Furthermore, there is no end to human suffering unless all of us take a pledge to work hard to eliminate generational poverty and help especially children in need. At CENCUDER-Cameroon, we not only believe in this, but have also taken steps to curb illiteracy, hunger and poverty.
The project aims at increasing school attendance, remove systemic barriers to education of very poor children who are displaced, orphaned majority of who are females who risked not having even basic education through the distribution of learning materials, school furniture and food aid. CENCUDER believes education is a basic human right, yet it is the children who live in poverty, especially those from the formerly "untouchable" and "scheduled" classes, who are the least likely to attend school or to complete their education. Similarly, hunger is a basic need that must be eradicated before anyone can achieve their full potential because building a school is not enough without addressing the key obstacles that keep children from attending school, long lasting solutions are not possible. Without an education, it is difficult if not impossible for a child to escape poverty and to improve the fortunes of both previous and future generations. Educating the next generation not only changes the future of the children directly but it empowers entire communities. Providing at-risk children and youth with academic opportunities helps prepare them for a stable and productive future. Our goal is to help as many children as possible to have access to education. If a family cannot afford to purchase the necessary school supplies, a child is often forced to abandon their studies and work to support themselves and their family. Sometimes as little as $50 can be the difference between a child attending school or foregoing an education entirely. Girls are often more vulnerable to withdrawing from school or not attending at all. Therefore, we pay particular attention to the situation of girls where we operate and provide additional services to ensure that they are in a safe and supportive environment.
Our project is therefore designed to tackle the above problems by promoting the education and health of poor and vulnerable village children attending the primary school so as to increase school attendance of especially poor village girls, reduce illiteracy rates, improve on children health and well being through the purchase and distribution of educational materials like pens, pencils, chalk, benches, school bags and tables as well as promote school food aid program to children who suffer from chronic hunger and insufficient diet. It is intended to restore hope and provide a livelihood opportunity to the poorest of poor who risked not having even basic education with the overall target of breaking poverty cycles that exist among generations between parents and their off springs. “If we would raise one generation of healthy children we could go far in eradicating social violence, war and many other problems of our world”- Charles Whitfield, M.D- Trauma Expert. Furthermore, there is no end to human suffering unless all of us take a pledge to work hard to eliminate generational poverty and help especially children in need. At CENCUDER-Cameroon, we not only believe in this, but have also taken steps to curb illiteracy, hunger and poverty.
