ORPHANS ON WHEEL PROJECT

 Support RUDEC’s

 ‘Wheels for Orphans Project’

RUDEC supports orphans in the hilly district of the Belo region. Fieldworkers provide orphans with emotional support, health checks, medicines and books but they have to walk up to three hours to reach them. Motorbikes are the only effective means of transport to visit the orphans on a regular basis.

Here is a typical story…

Quiline & Christel

Christel and Quiline are 12 and 13 years old. They lost their parents through TB/AIDs and now lives with other orphans in Anyajua, a village three hours walk from RUDEC. A typical community comprises 1 – 5 orphans who live with a dedicated foster aunt or grandmother. The children are often lacking good health, and many had a traumatic start in life or neglected. Clinton relies on RUDEC to pay school fees and supply medicines, glasses and clothes. Local schools also require education materials. Using motorbikes we could reach Christel and Quiline on a regular basis and provide the necessary support he and 55 other orphans need.

The project seeks to be self-sustaining through bike hire as we shall put them on the roads as a means to help local people with transport and also run our projects activities. Riders would be ready at all times to get kids to the hospital as the needs arise. We shall provide a general community support as these would be emergency support services provided by RUDEC.

With two motorbikes and additional funds we could:

·        Support fieldworkers to visit orphans on a regular basis

·        Pay orphans tuition fees, books, glasses and clothes

·        Reach many more orphans in surrounding villages

·        Support schools to educate the orphans 

How you can help

·        Raise money – organise a fundraising event

·        Email this page to friends and family and work colleagues

·        Donate directly online easily and safely with a credit/debit card. 

·        Make single or regular donations - the money goes directly to the support programme

What your donation will pay for:

Item	Transportation Scheme Costs
	English £	American dollar $	Cameroon CFA
Two bikes (to be purchased in Bamenda, Cameroon)	1948	3,080	1,500,000
Safety helmet (to be purchased in Bamenda Cameroon)	218	345	168000
*Local taxes	91	144	70,000
*Maintenance costs	130	205	100,000
*Fuel costs	1519	2402	1,170,000
*Payment to riders	623	986	480,000
	Fieldwork support costs
*Tuition fees x 55 orphans (RUDEC pays fees to Parent Teachers Association on behalf of the orphans)	844	1335	650,000
*Medicines and glasses x 55 orphans	473	747	364,000
*Books x 55 orphans	810	1281	624,000
Clothes and one pair of shoes x 55 orphans	675	1068	520,000
Appeal target Total	7331	18924	5646000

*Costs are for one year

You could also choose to donate just for one item on the list of needs

Paypal instructions about here at http://www.rudec.org/donations  Please specify ¨Motorbike project¨ on the paypal detail description area