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| Secondary student Dorianne with her grandmother at home. |
In Cameroon 50% of the population are living in extreme poverty. There
is no social welfare system, free education or free healthcare. If you
cannot afford school fees or textbooks for your children then they will
not go to school. If you cannot afford nutritious food then your
children will become malnourished. If your children get typhoid, malaria
or fever and you cannot afford the treatment then your children will
die.
Under these conditions life in Cameroon is hard, however when a parent
dies, both parents die or a child is abandoned, life can become
desperate.
Orphaned children will usually be taken in by relatives providing
shelter and basic food, however if (and often when) these relatives
begin to die through disease, there is no longer a provider for the
family and the children. When basic schooling, medication and food
cannot be provided for the orphans, this is when BERUDA will step in and
try to find an outside provider or sponsor.
The BERUDA Sponsor an Orphan Project was introduced in 2006 and
underwent a pilot phase with a limited number of sponsors trialling the
program throughout the year. Since 2008 BERUDA has been able
to provide a successful program that sponsors can trust will deliver
on its promises. Check out the program details at BERUDA's website below and sign up to be
an orphan sponsor today.
http://www.berudep.org/cms/sponsor-an-orphan.html
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