To do an effective job and maintain our presence in the
lives of these children we need to visit the homes and communities where they
live. The staff and volunteers of RUDEC
reach out to children because they want to see how they are doing in school and
at home. The purpose of the project staff visits are to get them to hospital, if
they are sick, pay schools fees and exam fees and surprise school visits to
check on school attendance. This had been done on foot for the past 6 years. RUDEC, volunteers and partners were struggling
to have a means of movement and the mountainous terrain and long distances make
visits difficult.
A widow, who saw our struggles, told us that she has an old
motorbike that could help us reach out to areas of our activities if we could
pay for it. We quickly accepted the offer and started sharing with our
volunteers, partners and friends who knew how it was hard for us to reach the
children without a means of movement. Couple with the facts that hiring a bike
was not easy when we have emergencies and doing work at our conveniences, CameroonOne
decided to pay for the bike that would help us reach our objectives.
Getting this bike has cut down the money we used to hire a
bike for home visits, payment of school fees and hospital visits. It will make
it possible for RUDEC to have closer communication with the rural families we
are aiming to support, thereby increasing our effectiveness.
