Kola Nut Tree Services, Inc. funded Rugbwa (Rural and Urban Grassroots Business Women Association) to support IDPs (Internally displaced persons due to war) in Cameroon. Below is their report:
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A REPORT ON THE FIVE MONTH HUMANITARIAN AID TO IDPs IN MILE 5 NKWEN BY RUGBWA FUNDED BY KOLA NUT TREE SERVICES
The persistent crisis which has been hitting the English speaking part of the country for the past four years has let to so many lives lost houses burnt and other facilities destroyed. As a result of all these damage, a lot of families have migrated from their original locality /homes to other regions of the country and some to major towns where there is reduced insecurity. In the locality of mile 5 Nkwen we found a family hosting 15 IDPs excluding their family members(8) giving an overall total of 23 persons. Amongst these IDPs we have a visually impaired woman, an old woman living in the house.
With the increase in number of persons inhabiting that home, the expenditure of and financial burden became heavy as house hold expenses had doubled. Below is a list of IDPs found in that home.
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- Mami N Justi age 85years
- Thoedora L age 48 years
- Vero age 18 years
- Harriette age 14 years old
- R N age 18
- Des S age 12 years
- K S age 9
- AG age 4years
- Ny age 4years
- K K age 3years
- K’bong L age 35 years
- Q Bih age 12 years
- P’nette age 12 years
- Main N age 25 years
- Christy N age 17years
As a means to assist them, to meet up with their upkeep, we engaged in humanitarian activities with them by providing food stuffs, basics necessities such as soaps, body lotion, and sanitary pads for the girls. We have been carrying out these activities for 5months now. For the past five months we have made six visits to these people. A brief on the various visits can be seen attached below:
