Visitors

Miss jannie Van den Berg   of the organization BLINN visited us on 2007
Mr David Daehemers director of ECEDI Company and wife visited us on April 2008
Mrs Isabel Gallardo  president of “Association Bethel “ visited us on january 2008

HIV/AIDS Education and Social Support

WOPA ‘s primary target for our fight against poverty and Aids is among women and children because a survey released in october 2004 by cameroon health’s Ministry indicates that women showed an HIV infection rate 6,7 percent , whereas men were at 4,1 percent.

Wopa organized regular educational talks on STD , HIV/AIDS for youth and women groups in its areas of action Kribi, Limbe and rural areas using songs, dramas and videos.  

Many orphans and vulnerable children have been sponsored by Wopa to pursuit their education.

Training Workshops

Numerous workshops have been organized on many subjects like:



Tie and Dye of textile – Production of handicraft  articles
Basic knowledge of accountancy
Small business management

On the occasion of the international women day 2009, we organised from 2nd to 7th day of March a free computer training seminar for women and how to do research in internet.

Trafficking in women

In 2007 we realized a pilot project titled:”Trafficking in young girls in Cameroon: prevention, return and reintegration” financed by HUMANITAS and OXFAM NOVIB Netherlands.

The project has been prepared when Wopa took part in a working mission organized by Humanitas and Oxfam Novib Netherlands on trafficking in women on December 2006.

A network has been created in the occasion between BLINN Netherlands, three Cameroonian organizations AWA, ASSEJA, WOPA and some Nigerian organizations.

Many conferences have been organized in Cameroon by the network in Limbe south west province and at the United center for Human rights in Yaounde.

WOPA continues working with BLINN by helping for the social reintegration of girls victim of trafficking once back in home country.

Protecting children and their rights

In the past years Wopa has sponsored many orphans and vulnerable children in school and in workshops .Many seminar have been organized to address issues surrounding child trafficking, the impact of HIV/AIDS on youth, the advantages and disadvantages of the internet.

Since November 2008, we are working with Mingo’o community, an ethnic  minority pygmies Bagyeli living in the rural forest of south.

The isolated and impoverished village does not have any basic structure - no school, no health center. The only school is located 10 km in the next village.

To fight against illiteracy, we have built a straw hut used as a classroom and started a school prepatory centre. The number of children is increasing; 28 at the beginning of the program with 51 pupils today.

This centre will prepare pupils for their entrance into the formal school system and enhances their prospects for primary school enrollment.

These children need your help !! !!
We are looking for sponsors to continue give hope to these children, having their rights to access to basic education.
NEEDS: benches, tables, cloches, school supplies, books... and why not a safe building.

General participation in community events

In collaboration with the delegation of women’s affairs Wopa participates in the celebration of many occasions like rural women day, international day of women, World aids day, World day for the prevention of child abuse.

Connecting women

Wopa helps organize women in rural areas by creating common initiative groups (CIG)where such group don’t exist .In the past many groups have created and registered in our areas of action; the recent groups are:

les maillons a free girls group in Kribi for prostitutes and some single women
Association des femmes rurales d’Eboundja(AFEB)
We are conducting an adult evening education in Newtown Limbe created for the ethnic minorities of Mbororo women to help them acquire writing and reading skills.
Creation of a network called  Union des GIC des femmes agricultrices de l’Ocean (UGIFAO)for the groups dealing in agriculture and lifestock in Kribi and the rural forest areas of the region of Campo Ma’an in Ocean division : (15) fifteen groups are already registered.

Assistance with micro enterprising: SEED FUND
In the past (5) five widows have received micro loans to start small business and (2) two girls sewing machines to open their workshop after being placed by Wopa in a training center.

On March 18 th, 2008 Wopa realized the project: “Séminaire de renforcement des capacités des femmes leaders “financed by the Global Fund for women /USA , with a seminar in Kribi during which it launched the “SEED  FUND “; Loans were distributed to 10 women groups to start income generating activities.

We are looking for sponsors to help us continue this program which is for a great importance for women living in poverty without any resources to feed and cloth their children.

Events

Wopa prepared and organized a seminar on fundraising titled “Raising more money seminar on jully 3rd 2008 at Le Méridien Hôtel Douala on behalf of the Uturn Concepts /USA.

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