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Countries/States Served:
CM
People Utilized or Employed:
Trainable Volunteers
Types of Students Allowed:
Medical Students, Premedical Students, Dental Students, Nursing Students, Prenursing Students, Pharmacy Students, Preveterinary Students |
Program Length:
Short Term (Less than 1 month) and Long Term (Greater than 1 month)
Language Skills:
French, English
Religious Affiliations:
Christian
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
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The mission of Goodness and Mercy Missions is to empower men, women, youths and the disadvantaged with the tools necessary to help them improve the quality of their lives. It is through our educational projects and initiatives that we will achieve this and enhance the local community. Orphan Initiative: GMM desires to work on a method for receiving sponsorship for the many orphans in our community. Education Initiative: GMM has founded an elementary school that provides education to underprivileged youth. GMM has a vision to establish a library for the community. After school programs that provide tutoring and encouragement to youth. Adult literacy programs Computer training center designed to teach job skills. Women’s Initiative: We desire to empower women so that they will be able to help support themselves and their families. We can help them to do this through small business loan funds, job training workshops and personal care training to help them prevent the spread of disease.
Volunteer positions:
Teach at the Baptist college in Acha, Belo
Administration and office work Teaching positions available at several schools
Assistance in development of women’s initiative
Teach computer classes
Orphan visitations,
mentor youth,
Terms and Conditions:
The requirements for volunteers will be to work with the existing projects and develop ways on which they can benefit the communities. Volunteers are also free to initiate new projects as far as they will benefit the community. Provide feedback and a summary of your experience. Honorarium: Not available at the time Offer Letter: Provided once we are familiar with the level of your commitment.
Family Accommodations:
Housing. A good house with electricity with a very conducive environment is 25000 FRS monthly. There are other low quality houses. Cost of Living: Below is an estimated sketch of the cost involving volunteering in Boyo Division, Cameroon. 1. Cost of food per week. It is estimated that an international volunteer could spend 5500 Frs. CFA per week, which is about 13 US dollars. This is the highest amount each volunteer could spend on food per week. Sometimes GMM will subsidize with foodstuff. 2. Cooking. A volunteer could decide to cook for him or herself. He or she has to buy the kitchen utensils worth 30 000 FRS, gas, gas plate etc, that is about 71 US dollars. If he or she has to employ a cook the payment per month will be 25000 FRS, if it is couple it will be 30000 FRS. 25000 FRS is about 59 US dollars. 3. Cleaner. A volunteer, if he or she so wills can employ a cleaner, who cleans the house and surrounding twice a week, washes his or her clothes twice a week at 10 000frs per month. 4. Transportation. Weekly transportation’s are worth 3000 FRS, about 7 US dollars. It can also go up to 5000 FRS to 10 000 FRS if the volunteer visits the main town Bamenda, or other towns like Fundong. The transport fare from Belo to Bamenda and back is about 4000 FRS including food money and taxi money. It should be noted that the value of a dollar now with the CFA francs is 420 frs to one dollar. 5. Trips, Excursions. A GMM field worker will always take the volunteer around to spectacular sites the volunteer will want to visit. There is the Ijim Mountain Forest just a view miles from Belo, the famous lake Oku, Caves, Traditional compounds that still retain traditional houses made of bamboo, The Laikom palace with wonderful things of antiquity, the hilly country of Kom, etc. 6. Warmth and hospitality of the Kom people in Cameroon. The Kom people in Cameroon are noted for their hospitality and high regard of strangers. It is very common to hear someone say, “My foreigner”. It is a pleasure for the Kom man to be identified with one who has come from a distant land. Volunteers who had been here can better testify. You have to be here in order to appreciate this. 7. Talks with the prospective volunteer. One opting to volunteer with GMM will have a wonderful time chatting and communicating with the GMM office in order to set things in order. Most of the information above can be better explained when the said prospective volunteer starts communicating with the office. GMM will provide a volunteer assistant to be available to you during your stay if you have question, concerns or any difficulties with adjusting.
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