Emmanuel

Emmanuel has been sponsored by Linda since September, 2011. He is 11 years old in Primary Class 4 in school. His father died in 2010; his mother is alive but is mentally unstable. The father's successor has not taken responsibility for the family or Emmanuel's health and school needs.

Jones

Jones has been sponsored by Shaun since August, 2011. Jones is 12 years old and doing well in Form 3 of secondary school. Both his parents died in 2003. He lives with his grandmother and other family members in a mud brick home. Jones spent his summerholidays in the south of the country

Diland

Diland is 10 years old in Primary Class 5. He has been sponsored by Els since February, 2012. His father died while Diland was a baby, and his mother died in 2005. Diland has special health needs and lives with his grandparents, who struggle to support him.

Jenifer

Jenifer has been sponsored by Ursula since November, 2011. Jenifer is 14 years old and a good student in Form 3 of secondary school. Jenifer's father died when she was a baby, and her mother died in 2004. She lives with her grandmother, who is in poor health and unable to work.

Aquila

Aquila has been sponsored by Vicky from the UK since June, 2011. Aquila is 17 years old, in Lower 6 of high school. She passed the GCE exams with seven subjects out of ten. Her mother died in 2002. She lives with her elderly father, who is very weak and therefore unable to work. Aquila and four other children are all supported by one aunt who lives with them, even though she does not have a regular job. Recently, Aquila has been complaining about her left eye, because the glasses she was using were cracked. She's been prescribed new glasses.

Blaise T

Blaise T has been sponsored since May 2007 by Zofia from Poland. He is 7 years old is currently attending Primary Class 3. His mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His father placed him into an orphanage in Njinikom. He is currently living with his uncle.

Good news!

Destiny

Aquila

Congratulations to Destiny and Aquila on passing their GCE O level exams. All of us at the Sponsor an Orphan Project and BERUDA are so proud of them both!

Introduction

Welcome to the BERUDA Sponsor an Orphan Project website. This blogspot is intended to provide some background information on this great project, along with profiles of supported orphans and those still in need of a sponsor.

The project aims to support orphans in the North West Region of Cameroon, by providing a means of ensuring 100% of sponsors money reaches children in need here in Africa.

Velma

John Paul

We have two local staff working with us full time as field workers, Velma and John Paul. Velma has been with us here since the end of 2009 and John Paul joined the team at the beginning of 2009.




For further information about the sponsored children, volunteering for the program, becoming a sponsor, or any other offers of support please email us at:
                                                sponsorphan@gmail.com

For further information feel free to check out these websites:

BERUDA (Belo Rural Development Association) is the local organization under which we operate the Orphan Project: www.berudep.org

Afri Link is the UK support charity that supports and oversees the Orphan Project:  www.afri-link.org

Kirabo is the European charity based in Spain that supports our project: www.kirabo.eu/en

Sponsors Needed

Sponsor an Orphan Project has grown from two children in 2006, to now more than 60 children. There are still over 100 orphans in the area who need your help. 
If you would like more information, please contact us at

sponsorphan@gmail.com

Currently we feel the following local children are in the greatest need of support:

Joel M is 21, and has been with our project for 5 years, but has just lost his sponsor. His mother died when Joel was a baby, and his father in 2006. He's just finished his first cycle of technical education and has three more years to go. His health is good and he's a hard worker. So if you're looking for a short term sponsorship, Joel would appreciate your support.

Emmanuel's parents died when he was a baby. He frequently falls sick. At the age of three he cannot walk as he seems to have problems from the waist down. He has not been to the hospital. He presently does not talk and seems to be losing his hearing ability. Emmanuel lives in a traditional mud brick home with his elder sister, and his grandmother, a subsistence farmer.

11 year old Sandra lives with her sister and grandmother, who sells puff-puff, deep fried bread. Her parents both died when she was young. She is a healthy secondary school student.

Frank Karon will be starting school in September. Now 5, his parents died when he was a baby of unknown illnesses. He lives with his widowed grandmother, a part-time teacher, who is supporting her own school-age children and although she can give him a home, is unable to pay for Frank Karon's upcoming school fees.

 

Collins is 8 years old and currently in Class Three. His mother died in 2002 and his father died in 2005. He lives with his grandmother, who is the only adult supporting both Collins and his sister.

Gillian is 12 years old and is in Class 6. Her father died in 2001 and her mother died in 2004. She is currently living with her aunt.

ASEP primary teacher Chanseline

After School Education Program
The Sponsor an Orphan Project has built an after school building with two classrooms, one each for primary and secondary students, who are in our program and other local children. Many do not have the support or ability at home to help with their education. We hired a primary teacher in March, 2012, and rely on volunteers for the secondary students. We would like to hire a secondary school teacher as well, for as little as 23 Euros per month. 
Can you help us reach our goal?

Our Project Support Fund 

also desperately needs your help. 

Sponsorship of our children does not include any administrative costs.  The Support Fund pays for the administrative costs, equipment for the office, paper, photocopying, internet, the ASEP (After School Education Program), electricity, etc. These funds ensure that the project will continue to run in an effective manner in order to serve the underprivileged in the Belo community. If you would like to send a monthly or a one-time donation, please contact us or contact afri-link.org directly to donate and specify Project Support Fund. 

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WAYS TO DONATE:

If you would like to help us carry out our work please donate. Even if it is just £1 – please send it. Donations of all sizes will be greatly appreciated!

The easiest way is probably just click donate now, see below and follow the simple instructions to pay with your debit or visa card. Or you can log on to your internet banking and send it direct to our account. We also have a Paypal account if you are a Paypal user. Alternatively a good old fashioned cheque sent to us by post is just as welcome

If you are interested in doing this, please just contact us and we will send you the details.

Introducing Our People

The following is a list of the children and young people supported by the Sponsor an Orphan Project.

Ransom



Ransom is now being sponsored by Jana from Slovakia. Ransom is 5 years old and in Class 1 in school. His mother died in 2008 and his father's whereabouts is unknown. He lives with his grandmother who is the only adult struggling to support his needs. He regularly suffers from scabies.

Tina



David from Scotland is now sponsoring Tina. Tina is 7 years old and in Class 1 at school. Her father died of AIDS in 2006 and her mother died of illness just two years later.  She is currently living with her grandmother, who is the only relative struggling to support her.

Ludrick and Cedrick



Ludrick and Cedrick are now being sponsored by Tom from the USA. Ludrick and Cedrick are 5 year old twins in Class 1 in school. Their father died of AIDS. Their mother is still alive, but is HIV positive and very sick. However, she abandoned them when they were only 3 months old. Both kids were malnutritioned and urgently needed food supplements to get healthy again. Currently they are doing fine. In August, they received a vaccination for yellow fever, tetanus, measles and meningitis. They were the only kids that did not scream at the prick of a syringe!

Fanuel

Ermelinda from Spain has now taken over sponsorship of Fanuel. Fanuel is 12 years. His mother died in 2000, shortly after Fanuel was born. His father died in 2002. He is currently living at a friend of his mother's.

During the summer, he suffered from tearing eyes. After a medical check-up, he took drugs and got better after a few days!
Fanuel is currently repeating form 5. His results last year were very poor. He got permission to go to primary 6, but we thought it better for him to repeat his year, as he will get a much stronger background to continue his education.

Aquila

Ermelinda is also sponsoring Rene. Rene is 12 years old and in Class 6 at school, but we fear he'll have some difficulties passing the First School Leaving Certificate. His mother died in 2003 and his father died in 2005. He currently lives with his elderly grandmother, who supports Rene and three other children, even though she is too old to work.

Morine

Morine is being supported by Klara from Wales. Morine is 18 years old and currently lives with her grandmother. Her mother died and her father is not willing to take care of her needs. She worked hard in summer to earn money in order to finance her own education, but this was not enough. She is now attending Form 5 of secondary school.

Jupiter

Jupiter is supported by Zuzana from Slovakia. He is 11 years old, and currently lives with his aging grandparents. Jupiter's father died in 2003 from illness. Jupiter's mother left him when he was just a baby and has not returned to visit him since. Jupiter is currently repeating Class 5.

Betuel

Betuel is 11 years old and sponsored by Mandy from the UK. In 2003 he got a serious skin disease and his family is not financially capable to fund Betuel’s treatment. After dropping out of school due to health issues, he is now allowed to go to school again and he is currently attending Class 3.

Albertine

Albertine has been sponsored since 2006 by Judith. She is 16 years old and is in Secondary Form 5. Her father died in 2000 from malaria. Her mother is alive but is blind and has to support five children. Albertine is currently living with her mother, brother Winston, and sisters Evelyn and Markurise.

Albertine spent her summerholidays in Mamfe. Right after the start of school, she suffered from Malaria. But luckily, she's recovered well!

Betila

Betila has been sponsored since April 2010 by Anna and Greg. She is 12 years old and is attending Form 2 of secondary school. Her father is unknown and her mother died in the year 2000 when Betila was only 7 months old.  She is currently living with her grandmother and her 12 year old brother, Collins.

Larissa

Larissa has been sponsored since January 2010 by Gemma from England. She is 7 years old and is attending Primary Class 3. Her father died in July 2009 and her mother has abandoned her. She is currently living with her aunt, who is blind.

During the summer, Larissa was bitten by a snake, but luckily her aunt quickly realised what had happened and took Larissa to the hospital. She fully recovered! The snake was killed by her cousin, Winston!

Winston

Winston has been sponsored since November 2006 by Ingrid and Judith. He is 13 years old and is in Form 1 of secondary school. His father died in 2000. His mother is alive but blind and has to support five children. Winston is currently living with his mother, and sisters Albertine, Evelyn, and Markurise.

Bendrine

Bendrine has been sponsored since May 2010 by Leslie Frye from the United States. Bendrine is 10 years old. His mother and father both died in 2008. He is currently living with his grandmother. During the summer, him and his brother Feldrick helped her with harvesting corn and clearing the farm for the new farming season. This only happened a few days per week, because they were also attending lessons of the After School Education Program. Since school started in September, Bendrine attends Primary Class 4.

Sandrine

Sandrine is selling peanuts this summer.

Sandrine has been sponsored since March 2010 by Leslie from the US. She is 15 years old and is in Form 4 of secondary school. Her mother died in 2002. Her father is unknown. Sandrine is Claudine's twin sister. Sandrine lives with her grandmother and other siblings.

Claudine

Claudine has been sponsored since 2010 by Peter from the UK. She is 15 years old and is Form 4 of Secondary School. Her mother died in 2002. Her father is unknown. Claudine is Sandrine’s twin sister. Claudine currently lives with her grandmother and other siblings.

Nancy

Nancy has been sponsored since March 2010 by Joan from Spain. She is 15 years old and is attending Primary 5. Her father died in 2004 when he was over 80 years old. Her mother died in April 2009 after a prolonged illness. Nancy is currently living with her aunt.

During the summer, she's been helping her out on the farm, harvesting corn and preparing the farm for the new season!

Doriane

Doriane has been sponsored since February 2010 by Marzia from the UK. She is 12 years old. Her mother died in 2004 after being sick for 3 years and her father died in 2006. She is being taken care of by her maternal grandfather who borrows money in order to pay her school fees.
Dorianne spent this summer helping him out in the farm, harvesting corn and clearing the farm for next season.
The first of September was an exciting day for her, since she started going to secondary school!

Feldrick

Feldrick has been sponsored since March 2010 by Marta from Spain. He is 13 years old. His parents both died in 2008. He and his younger brother are being looked after by their grandmother. During the summer, they've been helping her harvesting corn and preparing the farm for the new farming season. On other days, they attended the lessons of the After School Education Program. Feldrick is currently attending Secondary Form 1. It's an exciting change for him.

Melvis

Melvis has been sponsored since January 2010 by Maria from Spain. She is 16 years old and is currently attending Form 3. Her her mother died in 2001. She used to need to work on other peoples’ farms to get the money for school fees. Melvis is currently living with her grandmother.

Randy

Randy is being sponsored by Ted and Linda in Canada. He is 4 years old and his mother died from soon after he was born. His father is unknown. Randy has been taken in by his mother's cousin who is also very poor.

Colette

Colette has been sponsored since November 2009 by Molly from the US. She is 15 years old.  Her father died in 2004 and her mother in 2007. She is currently living with her mother’s cousin and her brother, Randy.
Colette struggeld a lot in school and is currently repeating Primary Class 5. Throughout the summer, she's been tutored by Katie, a U.S. volunteer with RUDEC. Her improvements were remarkable. We are continuing to give her one-on-one tutoring on Saturdays.

Maxmine-Conscience

Maxmine-Conscience has been sponsored since January 2009 by Beatriz from Spain. She is 9 years old and is attending Primary Class 3. Her father died in 2005 and her mother died in 2004. Conscience is the sister of Rickson who has been with the program for some time.  Conscience is currently living with her grandmother.
She is HIV-positive, but everytime we take her to the hospital, her CD4 increases, which is very good. Her next test will be in December 2012.

Joel A

Joel A has been sponsored since July 2009 by Carles from Spain. He is 18 years old and is currently doing a apprenticeship. His father is unknown and his mother is seriously handicapped. He currently is living with his mother.

Gillian

Gillian has been sponsored since June 2009 by Doreen from Spain. She is 17 years old and is currently attending Form 4. Her mother died in 2001 and father died in 2003. She is currently living with her sister and grandmother.

Precious

Precious has been sponsored since April 2009 by Ines from Spain. Her mother died during the delivery of Precious and her father is unknown. Precious is 4 years old is repeating Primary Class 1 because she was too young to move to class 2. She is looked after by her grandparents who struggle to survive with just their small farm to provide them with income.

Godwill

Godwill has been sponsored since March 2009 by Carmen from Romania. He is 4 years old. Godwill’s mother died during the delivery of Godwill and his twin. His father is alive but does not take care of him. He now lives with his grandfather who also takes care of his brother, Ndiensi.

Shella

Milton

Milton has been sponsored since March 2009 by Julia. He is 14 years old and is currently attending Primary Class 6. His father died  in 2003 and his mother died  in 2005.  He is currently living with his grandmother.

Gebert

Gebert has been sponsored since March 2009 by Guillermo. She is 6 years old and is currently attending Primary Class 2. Her mother died a month after delivering Gebert and her father is unknown. She currently lives with her aunt.

Christabel

Christabel has been sponsored since March 2009 by Eike. She is 12 years old and currently attending Primary Class 5. Her mother died in 2001, and her father died in 2003. Christabel is currently living with her sister and grandmother.

Bertrand

Bertrand has been sponsored since March 2009 by Marzena. He is 12 years old and is currently attending Primary Class 4. His mother died in 2007 during childbirth and his father died in 2005. He is the brother of Delbert and currently lives with his grandmother.

Elijah

Elijah has been sponsored since February 2009 by Santiago. He is 4 years old. His mother is mentally ill and is rarely in the compound, after having abandoned her seven children. The biological father is unknown. Elijah is the brother of Ramata and Fanda and lives with his grandmother.

Rogan

Rogan has been sponsored since September 2008 by David & Anna. He is 10 years old and is currently attending Primary Class 5. His mother died in 2001, and his father died a month later. Rogan is the brother of Shella and currently lives with his grandmother.

This summer, Rogan and and his sister were helping her out with corn harvesting, and clearing and ploughing the farm for the new season. This only happened a few days per week, because they were also attending the lessons of the After School Education Program.