News/Updates

We are still waiting for the situation in the English part of Cameroon, especially the NW Region, where we are based, to get resolved. In the meantime we continue assisting several students who are in school now: two future medical doctors, one nurse and two future veterinarians. Before the end of this year we will also assist a new student, Njilah Percy Bright, who is in a secondary school.

In addition, we are saving precious funds for our Community Resource Center project in Tatum and we will resume work as soon as it will be possible.

On Tuesday, October 29th, 2019, Pavla did a presentation about our volunteer work in Cameroon for the Optimist International Club in Albany, Oregon. Among other things she also talked about a book fundraiser she has been working on since her Peace Corps service ended in 2000. She had a rough draft since then and finally, after almost twenty years she found an editor, who is very much interested in working on this project. There were two reasons why Pavla wanted this book about her amazing life published. First, to encourage others who grew up believing they were stupid and had no self confidence to follow their hearts desires and never give up on their dreams.
Second, to possibly raise more funds for our work in Cameroon so many more children could get their education and change the world for better.


Below are current photographs of our furry guards in Tatum:

                                                                   Rusty, August 2019

                                                                    Sparky, August 2019

                                                                     Kitty, August 2019

News/Updates July 2019

Following are a few updates and some news concerning various ways of giving.

 

News/Updates

This academic year we have been assisting several students who are currently in school. Two of them are future medical doctors, two future veterinarians and one nurse.

 

We have been collecting funds for our Community Resource Center building project in Tatum. We plan to resume the project as soon as the situation in the English speaking part of Cameroon is resolved. When more funds become available then greater progress we will be able to complete the project sooner.

 

Additional ways how to donate to Educare-Africa, EIN 93-1290101, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization

 

Retirement Funds Donations

After the age of 70 people have to use some of their retirement funds and then have to pay taxes on it. If they donate that sum to a charity they do not have to pay taxes on that money.

You don’t have to show income or pay taxes on amounts withdrawn from a traditional IRA or 401k if the amounts are transferred to a qualified charity.

Contact the custodian of your retirement account and have them do it. You should notify the custodian that you want to have them transfer from your retirement account directly to the charity.

 

Amazonsmile.com

Another way how you can support our work is through Smile: if you wish to donate to Educare-Africa, you need to start each shopping session at the URL http://smile.amazon.com, and they will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases.

 

            Thank you very much on behalf of many Cameroonians for your loving care and continuing kind and generous support! It is appreciated tremendously.

Visiting former Cameroonian Student

                   From L to R: Celsius, Jennifer, Jindra, Clara (child), Pavla, Louise & Tom

On Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 Louise, Jindra and I visited Celsius and his family in Gig Harbor, Washington. Celsius is one of the best of our former Cameroonian students. He has two degrees, one in physics and another in civil engineering. His wife Jennifer also has two degrees, one in public health and she is also a physician assistant. They met through our pen pal program and Jennifer visited him in Cameroon for the first time in 2009. They got married both in Cameroon and in the United States. They have a beautiful daughter Clara you can see on the photograph.

Celsius started a small business and apparently it is successful since they already have nine employees. Jen works with Celsius in this business and they decided they wanted to support Educare-Africa and set up regular donations from their e-Bay sales. They are dedicated to support education in Celsius beautiful country of Cameroon. I am very grateful.

We enjoyed our precious time together, some Cameroonian and American food prepared by both Celsius and Jen and discussed also our volunteer work in Cameroon.

Both Louise and Jindra are our dedicated and generous board members and my dear friends and we look forward to our next get together with Celsius and his family, at this time maybe in Albany or Corvallis.

We will keep you informed about the situation in Cameroon and our continuing work to assist many students and schools there.

Thank you all very much for your loving care and continuing kind and generous support! Together, we are changing the world one step at a time for better.

With much love, joy, peace, hope and gratitude,
Fondly,

Pavla & Educare-Africa Team

20th Trip to Cameroon

Dear friends and supporters,

April is usually very busy time for me preparing for my annual trip to Cameroon. For the first time after 19 years I will not be able to go this year due to still much violence and kidnapping. People I work with in Cameroon advised that it would not be safe this year. I will certainly miss being in this beautiful country assisting personally students, schools, overseeing our Tatum project, staying in our own place, which is a part of the Community Resource Center in Tatum and much more. I hope this situation will be resolved before my next year trip.

However, we continue assisting students that are in school and gathering more support for our Educare-Africa Community Resource Center in Tatum, which in the long run will benefit many. We will resume work as soon as it will be possible. We cannot continue without your tremendous generosity and loving care and we hope you will remain our precious dedicated supporters.

Thank you so much on behalf of the people of Cameroon for your continuing great support and loving care. It is appreciated very much.

We will keep you informed via this blog, Facebook pages and email.

With much love, joy, peace, hope and gratitude,
Fondly,

Pavla & Educare-Africa Team