Academic Resource Centre (AREC)

Bambili-Cameroon Profile: It is a community library useable by 06 secondary schools, 02 professional institutions and 04 universities in a rural suburb of Bamenda town, North West Province of Cameroon, Central Africa.

Books received up to date: 800

Donors' list

• Book Aid International (UK) through the
  British Council Cameroon.
• Hesparian foundation (USA)
• Teaching strategies (USA)
• Foundation Roi Baudoin (BELGIUM)
• CTA (HOLLAND)
• Centre for research on woman (USA)
• Population council (USA)
• Associating for common wealth universities.
• Cap Humanitaire

Fields of the AREC Project:

• Books for secondary schools:
  Maths, statistics, physics, chemistry, biology, botany, applied botany, genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, geology, economics, commerce, marketing, home economics, accounting, dressing/tailoring, electricity, audio-visual maintenance, brakes laying, carpentry, wood works, ecology, geography, history, English literature, linguistics, poetry, drama, novel studies, general reading.
• Books for agriculture and related sciences:
  Soil sciences, plant chemistry, plant physiology, climatology, tropical crops production, plants genetics, gardening in tropical areas, horticulturegrains conservation, post-harvest-loss reduction, food technologies, rural sociology, farm management, rural economics, rural engineering, water management, agric business, agric extension, community development, fertilizers, fertilization principles, crops protection, composting, agricultural mechanization, agric tools and machines directory/catalogues.
• Books for animal sciences:
  Poultry production in the tropic, pigs production in the tropics, beef cattle production in the tropics, dairy cattle production, silage making, goats production in the tropics, sheep production in tropics, animal nutrition, animal physiology, animals genetics, animal behavior, pastures management in the tropics, animal housing, animal health, commercialization of animal products, animal products technologies.
• Books for university level:
  Maths, statistics, physics, chemistry, biology, botany, applied botany, microbiology, medicine sciences, pharmacy, biochemistry, geology, laboratory equipment's, economics, money, taxation, world economics, management, commerce, marketing, nurse education, sciences of education, philosophy, pedagogy, law, communication, TV sciences, electronics, computer sciences, sociology, gender studies, environmental sciences, wastes management, civil engineering, wood works, electricity, plumbing, hydrology, urbanization, topography, ecology, geography, applied geography, development issues, history, English literature, linguistics, poetry, drama, novel studies copies of theses, specialized dictionaries, encyclopedia, general reading.

Publishers, corporate, foundations, organizations, willing personalities and friends of needy children around the globe are welcomed for a partial or a full contribution to the AREC project.

Note that a book is ever useful

Donate books and related items (used, new or excess inventories)
International Children's Foundation, P.O. Box 5090 Bamenda-Cameroon
E-Mail: icfcam@yahoo.com
Mobile phone: (237) 982 29 09

Note that parcels for Cameroon can be sent via the sea port Douala or by air to Douala airport-Cameroon

Action Health Cameroon (AHC)

Activities Carried out:

• Health education in 10 secondary schools of the North West Province since 1999 up to date, covering a total youth population of 2000/ academic year.
• Design and contact of donors for the construction of a mother & child care unit at Kouoptamo health centre (in the West Province). The project shall start before December 2001, with the support of CAP Humanitaire, France.
• Raw plan of the mother and child care unit is indicated above:
• This health education shall continue this academic year with HIV/AIDS education in the North West secondary schools.
• Supply of medical drugs to Kouoptamo health centre with the support of CAP Humanitaire an NGO based in France. (1997, 1999, 2000)
• Supply of children medical lenses to Kouoptamo health centre (year 2000) with the support of CAP Humanitaire.

Trees are life project (TAL)

Profile: It is a project for environmental education and planting of shade trees by the schooling youths. This project is on since 1999 in the West and North West Provinces. For year 2001/2002, we intended to purchase this activity in 20 more schools.

Source of funding: Our members' contributions.

Details of the project can be obtained on request from ICF.
International Children's Foundation,
P.O. Box 5090 Bamenda-Cameroon
E-Mail: icfcam@yahoo.com
Mobile phone: (237) 982 29 09

Bee farming training (BFT)

Profile:It is a project assisting rural unemployed youths on honey production, for self-employment and revenue generating. The project consist of training, distribution of hives, follow-up of the trainees and assistance for the creation of community honey co-operative. Up to this point, 24 youths have been trained in Kouoptamo and these an urgent need of funding for the creation of their cooperatives, since more than 50 new youths are presently registered for coming training session kin the same locality.

For more details contact ICF
International Children's Foundation,
P.O. Box 5090 Bamenda-Cameroon
E-Mail: icfcam@yahoo.com
Mobile phone: (237) 982 29 09

Agriculture training in secondary schools (ATS)

Profile: It is a project targeting student/teachers and students in secondary school, for an initiation for agricultural production, urban agriculture, agro-forestry and environmental protection.

Activities: They have been carried out in GTC (government Teachers Training College) Bamenda (year 2000) and in Full Gospel Secondary Schools Bamenda.

Are you interested by this activity? Contact ICF for details.
International Children's Foundation,
P.O. Box 5090 Bamenda-Cameroon
E-Mail: icfcam@yahoo.com
Mobile phone: (237) 982 29 09

S.O.S. Needy adolescents(SNA)

Profile: To provide an opportunity to this categoryof children to learn a petit trade and become self-employed; in 1997, 25 out-of-school youths were put under auto mechanic training by ICF; most of them have a permanent revenue and some of them have open their own garage. What a great achievement!

Cost of this project: 865 US$ was paid for their training during 18 months. In pipe, we intend to train 30 dropped-out-of school teenagers' girls for hair dressing and tailoring in 2002.

Personalities, corporate and organisations
willing to sponsor this idea are welcomed for
technical details; please contact icfcam@yahoo.com.