Integrated Development Foundation, Bamenda, Cameroon Orphans and vulnerable children

Presentation: Mme Oussematou DameniDirector: Integrated Development Foundation

Bamenda, CameroonOld Barns United Church

May 22, 2016Mother’s Day

Cameroon

Identification of

Orphans and

Vulnerable ChildrenKumbo: 900

Wum: 300

Bamenda: 6

Bafut & Mbengwi 1200

An Orphan Working As An Apprentice in Dressmakinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waUKRgRDPEA

Encourage Families To

Accept Children Who

Have Lost Their

Parents

Encourage Acceptance of HIV and AIDS

Education:• School

• Market Oriented Training

• Life Skills Development

• Job Placement

Psychosocial Support:

Counseling

Networking and

Reporting

Referring

Income Generating

Activities and Training for

Caregivers

Single Adolescent Mothers

Children with Disabilities

Education: Parent and

Children• Nutrition Education

• How to Grow Healthy and Natural

Food

• School Garden

Medical Issues:• Support When Sick

• Community Health

Insurance to be treated

in hospital.

Legal Support• Late Birth Certificate

• Report Cases of Child Abuse

(maltreatment, rape, violence)

• Follow up to Court

• Train how to report cases of violence

• Help to bounce back

Advocacy Training: Know your rights

Fight for your Rights

Educational Support:• Fee Payment

• School Supplies for Children and

Teachers

• Teacher/Parent Association Fee

• School bags for best conduct,

attitude, cleaniness (boy and girl)

Hygienic Support: • Training of Hand Washing

• How to use water from a bucket

without contaminating the rest

of the bucket

• How to be clean (soap,

toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet

paper

How To Keep the

Environment Clean:• Eliminate standing water

(mosquitoes)

• Clear grass around the

house and school

• Window Screen

Resilience Building Training

(Peer Education):

• Sports-soccer ball, baseball,

various educative games

(calculation, spelling, word-

scrabble, construction blocks)

• Sports uniform, t-shirt

Mothers’ Problems

Cameroon, Africa

Problems of Mothers

• Unwanted, early pregnancies

• Low literacy

• Low employment

• Few descent jobs

• Inadequate and insufficient training

• No bargaining power

What does IDF Do?• Assess the situation

• Birth Control: How to avoid early and

unwanted pregnancy.

• Train them to be employable so they can

care for existing children

What does IDF Do?

Community Health Program1. Malaria

2. HIV AIDS

3. Vaccination of children

4. Nutrition

What does IDF Do?

Home Based Care Programs1. Train Caregiver (Nutrition, Income

Generation)

2. Palliative Care-home visits, counselling.

3. Gardening training.

Women (Mothers) Living With HIV AIDS

Microcredit- set up in partnership with International Labor

Organization. The SIDA/COOP Microcredit program operates in four

communities in NW Cameroon.

1. Health Program Requirements.

• Aim, to remain healthy. Adhere to medication (dose, time)

• Check up of CD4 (how much virus is in your blood)

• Problem? Go directly to hospital

How An Application Proceeds for Microcredit

1. Rapid diagnosis Interview

2. Detailed diagnosis

3. Accompaniment Plan (individual and group training)

4. Agreement of terms

-Business management

-Join the support group of people living with HIV AIDS

-Loan is given when necessary

-Advice on how to save, how to open an account

5. Acceptance

6. Testimony

Examples of Business Operating:• Dressmaker Barbeque

• Hair Dresser Catering

• Automechanic Knitting Machine

• Shoe Maker Store

• Pig Farmer Secretarial