Organizational Background
a Creation
and Legal Status:
Educating Kids For A Future (EKFAF) is a Non-Profit making
organization that was founded in 2011with the status of an Association or
Non-Governmental Organization. However, itbegan
operating in 2013. It is legally recognized by the government by the authorization
no. 58/E.291111/VOL.8/ALPAS.
Objectives:
Our main objective
is to assist orphans and underprivileged children in primary schools of Bui
Division to ensure that they have access to basic education.
Our three specific
objectives are;
Support education through provision of basic
school needs to unprivileged.
Promotion of hygiene in primary schools.
Encourage Muslims girl child education
through community awareness.
Support underprivileged parents with
sustainable means to sponsor their children.
Management structure:
EKFAF is essentially managed by a Board of Directors (BOD),
comprising five (5) members who perform different functions. The management is
directed by the President (Chief Executive Officer; CEO) who is a member of the
Board, assisted by a Vice President, alongside the other BOD members; the Secretary
General, Financial Secretary and Treasurer.We meet
four times in a year during our executive and general meetings.
Our
Activities and Programs:
Promoting and encouraging the education of
the poor and vulnerable children by supporting them both financially and
materially so as to meet up with their educational needs.
Promotion of hygiene in primary schools
through the provision of materials that help to facilitate the practice of
hygiene
Fostering or enhancing the education, caring
and training of children especially the underprivileged and promoting their
academic/professional/vocational training through special scholarships for
intelligent/hardworking but needy children.
Creating forums where youths
educate/sensitize themselves for future employment, growth, developmental goals
and the propose ideas for sustainable development.
Fighting ignorant illiteracy there by
reducing the incidence of early marriage of the girl child and child abuse.
Providing career counselling through
sensitization campaigns to assist children to make better choices in their
educational preferences and career choices.
e Previous
Achievements:
EKFAF
is already effectively assisting to sponsor 5 orphans/less privileged children
in some 5 schools in Bui Division since the 2013/2014 academic year.
Since
2013, we have distributed shoes to more than 700 vulnerable pupils/children in
the primary schools.
Last
October 2016 more than 750 children benefited from our association where ome
received100% school fees and some received school shoes
f. Relationship
with Partners:
As at now, our only partners are local primary schools we work
with. The schools through their various administrative coresassist us to organize
back to school campaigns with our beneficiaries, they follow up our
beneficiaries and help us get reports of their performance, challenges and they
make proposals.
II.
Background and Justification of the Project:
a Context
and Rationale:
The Bui
Division of the Northwest Region is one of the 58 Divisions or Departments in the
Cameroon Administrative setup. It is subdivided into 7 subdivisions. The department covers an area of
2,297 km² and has a total population of over 500,000.The capital of the
department lies at Kumbo which is one of the largest sub towns
in the Northwest Region. More than 70% of the population is essentially rural. The
dominant religions are Christianity and Islam. The most prevailing activity is
farming and most parents depend on for subsistence, healthcare and the
education of their children.
b.
Problem to be Resolved:
In
our target areas, over 70% of the children don’t know how to brush their teeth
and wash their hands talk less of having the materials that can help them
carryout these activities. We are deeply concern about the health of these
children as most of them are being contaminated with diseases like cholera,
typhoid which seriously affect them in their teaching and learning process
simply because of poor hygiene practice.
How
the Need was Identified:
We got information through an intentional
survey where we used questionnaires to get satisfactory and accurate responses
fromclass teachers, head teachers, parents and guardians, as well as verbal
discussions with some of our beneficiaries.
c.
Involvement of the Beneficiaries in the Program:
During our survey and visits to
schools, we talked with some of our beneficiaries who could express themselves
boldly and clearly to obtain some strategic information that we needed. We
asked questions and they gave answers which helped us to conceive this document.
d.
Our Suitability to Execute the Program:
For the past 2 academic years, we have made efforts to
sponsor a few children already only from members’ sacrificial contributions
because of our commitment to our purpose. We believe that our evident efforts
on the field make us apt and qualified to properly, successfully and
transparently carryout out this program with the desired impact.
III.
Objectives of the Project:
Giving the village children a good ad sustainable healthcare
Creating equal opportunities and platforms for the
underprivileged to be successful as health I wealth as we all know.
Encouraging academic excellence.
IV. Expected
Results (Benefits) of the Project:
- The program will surely reduce the rate at which children
in these village school fall sick. there by improving their performance in
school.
- Creation of awareness to both children and teachers about
ways of good hygiene in school milieu.
- Unnecessary spending on ill health because of poor
hygiene practice will be greatly reduced.
- To crown it all, it will Improved quality education to
the poor children there by contributing enormously to the Cameroon emergence
2035.
