On 5th December 2013, Fondation Kana has joined the Global volunteering community to celebrate the 28th International Volunteer Day.

«Young global active», the theme chosen this year by the UN has been contextualized in the country with «Youth volunteering for an exemplary Cameroon».

Government, national and international organisations involved in volunteering and volunteers gathered together in a network, took part in the celebration.

During this day focused on volunteer’s training, the aim was to instill basics of road traffic safety to the 150 volunteers selected from the different organisations of the network. At the end of the training, the volunteers have been divided and placed at some important crossing places of the city to raise awareness among road users, concerning basic rules of road safety such as the use of safety belt and mobile phone, the respect of pathways, traffic lights, taxi’s areas…

Fondation Kana in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Civic Education (MINJEC) carried out educational lectures in 3 high schools of Yaounde in order to increase young people awareness about the concept and the importance of volunteering. As a result, 155 young people have been involved : 95 in Mimboman and 60 in Madagascar.

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On the theme: "The Action of Volunteers is Necessary", this year the volunteers of Fondation Kana like those of other associations in the world, were delighted to put their services, strength and competence to the benefit of others so as to promote work and show case the potential of volunteers in the socio-economic development at the local and as well at the national levels.

In collaboration with other international volunteer institutions (VNU, VSO, JICA, and KOICA), actors of civil society and the Ministry of Youth and Civic Education (MINJEC), many actions have been put in place which permits various associations present to continuously encourage people to engage themselves in volunteer and benevolent activities.

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Testimonies and interesting debates were evoked in order to encourage the youths to show much interest to the topic.

Essential activities were carried out in order to reorganize /regulate the sector in Yaounde which permits to concretely show what can be done in the domain of voluntarism, and also on what is done at the level of every association.

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The Christmas period with orphans has been a wonderful moment in the past years as we were able with the help of different Aids and support to show the orphans of the Foyer d’Esperance that there is an institution that is working towards their reintegration into their families and also to follow up their education during their stay in the foyer (home).

Afterwards, we visited some orphanages in the town where children are been kept under the care of the Foundation on an academic plan. This will permit them to have gifts and something to spend Christmas with and fill at home.

We equally offered them some bags of rice; soap and other gifts in order enable have something to spend Christmas with.

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Your distinguished contributions permitted us to carry out a good number of activities in favour of this abandoned children and orphans at the end of this academic year.