Empower Teen Mothers Through Education in Cameroon

Dear Donors, Friends  and Supporters, On Friday 9, December 2011 we were in Tole again with Lucy a volunteer from Australlia with our Teenage mothers. This time, it is a training session on ART AND CRAFT  using coconut shell and corn stalk to produce flowers, earings, neck lace, hand bangles, and flower pots,.....

On our last meeting with the teenage mothers, we focused on the organizational skills each of their executive directors were going to hold. It is important that each of them understand what their role in their group is and what responsibilities are key to keep their circle together. Materials were distributed to the 5...

Friends and Donors! Our last visit to the village of Tole was on the 5th of August, 2011. The purpose of this visit was to teach the “Teenage Mothers of Tole” about the rights a Woman has through the presentation of a movie titled: “For Colored Women”—perhaps some of you have heard about it or...

Hello again and greetings from Buea, Cameroon!   This week’s report is dedicated to presenting you with someof our Tole teen mother’s faces!   Our mothers love pictures, and what 20 year old does not? Tellme about it! In an effort to make this portal a place where you canbecome more familiar...

As part of our program in empowering the Teenage mothers of Tole village, we wanted to cultivate a culture of respect, democracy, transparency and cooperation among these future entrepreneurs! The best way to make such an accomplishment was by promoting democratic elections among the participants and electing their...

Dear Friends and Donors, This  past  Monday  July 4, 2011, three  of our staff members conducted a meeting at the Tole Presbyterian church where 40 teenage mothers came together with Social Development International staff.  After a brief session of self-motivation lead by the singing of local...

After being given a warm welcome by the staff, we sat down in their office to begin discussing their projects. Their GlobalGiving project consists of providing three types of education and training for teenage mothers. One type is to teach them how to take care of their child, another is to improve their self-image in the...

Dear Friends and Donors, We are glad to inform you that with your hard earned cash, we were able to redo our strategy focusing on individual communities starting with Tole-Buea with community banks and micro enterprise development in focus. With the GlobalGiving Visitors in Cameroon soon, we are blessed to tap from their...

Frieds/Donors, We are grateful once more for your untiring sacrifice to see our project achieve its objectives. We  are able to get 84% recovery from the Micro credit revolving loan scheme. That is, two more direct teen mothers beneficiaries are surviving with their family through your hard earn cash. We look forward...

Dear Donors, With your hard earned cash, which you have sacrificed to give hope and smile to teenage mothers and family in Cameroon. We are able to increase the number of our micro credit revolving Loan scheme beneficiaries by 2 in December 2010. Your continued support is needed more than ever before. Please share with...

Hi Friends and Donors! This year SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL has raised $ 2,599. As a result, we have been able to give hope and smile to a total of 59 mothers and 94 children, out of the 100 mothers and 200 children targeted, having been empowered with life skills. Twenty-five mothers and 35 children have received...

Friends, Our revolving credit scheme recorded 81% recovery and we are able to expand the scheme to more beneficiaries who have already been trained. There is an increasing demand for our training sessions from Ekona, Muyuka, Tiko, Mbanga, Tole – (rural farming areas). We look forward to your continued support. ...

Dear Friends, We held the second workshop on February 26 and 27, 2010, with 29 mothers in attendance. This gives us total of 59 mothers and 94 children, out of the 100 mothers and 200 children targeted, having been empowered with life skills. Twenty-five mothers and 35 children have received mutual health coverage for...

Dear friends, We are glad to inform you that the University Buea http://www.ubuea.net is supporting our cause by providing resource persons for our cause workshops. The impact: less money is spent on consulting and more on our target beneficiaries. The first workshop is now scheduled for 27 and 28 November...

SDI Cameroon - Teaching Entrepreneurship and Advocacy to 100 Teen Mothers in Cameroon ADDRESS SDI Cameroon Chief Street, Bomaka, Buea, SWR, Cameroon. Tel.: +237 9 957 6066 or 7 450 5791 http://www.sodeit.org MISSION To facilitate the social and economic empowerment of the poor and vulnerable inhabitants in...

September 21, 2009 Dear Friends, Thank you so much for all your help during GlobalGiving - USA global Open challenge. The challenge ended on 18 September and our project ‘Teaching Entrepreneurship and Advocacy to Teen Mothers’ accomplished a lot. We are very grateful for your generous contribution and help to...