CameroonThe women of Cameroon face serious challenges directly related to poverty and geographical location. The severe lack of access to education, especially for women in rural areas, has kept poverty rates high. In 2007, only 50.5% of girls in the corresponding age group completed primary school (most current statistics available). These women are forced to discontinue their education at a young age due to poverty-related factors. They are not only subject to a continued life of poverty, but also suffer from AIDS, prostitution, violence, poor hygiene, and early pregnancy, which have high risks of ending in maternal death. Program Title: Sorawell Professional Training Center for Women Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon Requested NGO and Partner:
Association pour la Promotion de la Femme (APF)
Sorawell Professional Training Center for Women Program Summary: With your assistance, Foundation SCA will support Sorawell's unique and successful program that directly addresses the problems surrounding young women's lack of access to education and employment. Since the year 2004, Sorawell has reached over 900 lives a year through their three-year program for enrolled students, as well as short-term technical training classes and seminars for women in the surrounding areas. In 2010, Sorawell hopes to reach over 1,000 women and girls through the expansion of its programs.
The three-year program can now accommodate 45 students. The curriculum for this program is broken into three main categories: general education, practical training, and business administration. General education includes: health and hygiene, nutrition, AIDS education, language, science, history, and writing and grammar. Practical training involves exercising skills in the culinary arts, international cuisine, menu preparation, and guest services. Business administration includes classes in accounting, inventory, financial planning, business ethics, and management.
Foundation SCA and Sorawell are dedicated to enabling women to protect their own human dignity and reach a higher standard of living through hard work, education, and professional training. This program gives women the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and technical skills that will ultimately contribute to ending the cycle of poverty, and allow them to take the initiative towards leading an independent life, free from discrimination, abuse, and exploitation.
The 2010 funding from Foundation SCA will cover the remaining cost of Sorawell's three-year program that local donors are not able to cover. These costs include: tuition, books, accommodations, and meals for 21 students enrolled in the three-year program, as well as costs attached to a short series of classes offered to women in the community, and training for the teachers of Sorawell.
2010 FUNDING GOAL FOR SORAWELL: $45,378 Expected Impact: Total number of women impacted: 1,000
Total number of scholarships being granted: 21
Scholarship cost per student: $2,161 Back to Program Map |
