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Emanga Foundation, CEYOFE assist COVID-19-affected families, orphanages in Buea.
Emanga Foundation, CEYOFE assist COVID-19-affected families, orphanages in Buea.
By Christopher Ambe.
The dreaded Corona virus/COVID-19 has brought hardship and poverty to the homes of Cameroonians, especially as some of their freedoms have been restricted as preventive/safety measures against contracting the virus, which has killed over 100 people in Cameroon out of more 2000 cases registered.
But very low-income families are far more hit by these corona virus safety restrictions, which have brought their small businesses to a near standstill, thus begging for assistance from humanitarian NGOs, associations and the government.
In sympathy with affected people, the Center for Youth and Family Empowerment (CEYOFE), a Buea-based NGO and Emanga Foundation of Hope, of Germany, working in partnership, last Tuesday May 5, in Buea, came to the assistance of fifteen (15) COVID-19 families and two Buea orphanages, by donating to them, items which included but not limited to: bags of rice, packs of maggi, cartons of soap, groundnut oil, as well as some small financial assistance.
Speaking at the donation ceremony, which took place at the South West Delegation of Women Empowerment and the Family, Mrs. Eteki Stella Dogima, founder/CEO of the Center for Youth and Family Empowerment, said: “Today is celebrated globally as “Giving Tuesday”-that is every May 5, when people decide to share love with others in different ways”.
She said CEYOFE, in partnership with Emanga Foundation of Hope, thus took advantage of “Giving Tuesday” to donate foodstuff and other items to 15 families and two orphanages in Buea, after screening through a data base of needy people of the SW Delegation of Women Empowerment and the Family.
“We want to share love and also extend a hand of fellowship and solidarity to these families that have been seriously affected by COVID-19. We understand the situation you have been going through as a result of the socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis”, Mrs. Eteki said. “People used to do their small business but because of Corona virus /COVID-19, they cannot go out to freely carry out such businesses. This has brought poverty and hardship to lots of people/families.”
She noted: “We need to share love among ourselves in times of difficulties. This is a moment people need to share together the little they have.”
Mrs. Eteki thanked Cameroonian–born but Germany-based Mrs. Emanga Honorine, founder of Emanga Foundation of Hope, for raising funds to make the donation a reality.
Although the founder of Emanga Foundation of Hope was not physically present, she was represented by Mr. Philip Mbolem, who also thanked friends of the foundation for contributing via GofundMe to the realization of the funds, used for assisting the 15 families and two orphanages.
The beneficiaries were thankful to the donors and above all, sang to glorify God.
The beneficiaries were advised to continue to respect safety measures put in place by the Cameroon government to fight against the corona virus/COVID-19, which globally has registered over 2.4 million cases of infection with more than 280 thousand deaths.