Beneficiary Orphans TrainingWilfred Dawila Memorial Project for Orphans in Business During Holidays: (SMALL MONEY–BIG CHANGE)
Following the death of one of the two founders, Wilfred Dawila, in 2009, this fund was founded in his memory.
Wilfred had pity for children who moved around selling articles during holidays to raise money of their own for their school fees and books when schools reopened. One day, he interviewed one of the children, on how much she realizes in a day on the sale of boiled fresh groundnuts. This child explained that when she takes a bucket of groundnuts on borrowed basis to sell, she will realize a profit of CFAF1,000frs. and loose CFAF500frs. because the purchase price will be higher. But if she pays cash when buying, the purchase price will be lower and she will then realize a higher profit at CFAF1,500Frs. This child added that she sells one bucket of groundnuts every day, except on Sundays.
Being a mathematician by profession, Wilfred Dawila Fomumbod carefully made a calculation on the child’s total profit a month when she takes the groundnuts on borrowed basis to sell compared to the profit when she realizes when she purchases in cash to sell.
The results proved that this child looses a total of CFAF500 x 25days of marketing, which is equal to CFAF12,500frs. when she borrows groundnuts to sell. This implies that this same child would have had this same amount as an additional profit, had she the cash capital to buy the groundnuts and sell.
Wilfred’s dream was therefore to support orphans in holiday business ventures, by giving them the financial capital to buy their articles up front and sell for higher profit margins. Unfortunately for him, he passed away in same year. His family then decided to put in place this scheme in his honour.
Since 2009, at least 120 adolescent orphans between the ages of 13years
and 18 years in the senior primary and secondary schools have benefited
from this project by receiving at least CFAF5,000frs. each to purchase
and sell articles during holidays. Miraculously, within just one-and-a
–half months of sale, each holiday, each child realizes an average of
CFAF20,000Frs.
Of course, this is huge amounts that go a long way to help the
foster-families acquire the orphans’ school needs for an equipped
“Back-to-School.”
Wilfred Dawila Memorial Project for Birth Certificates to Orphans:
Another area of concern for the late Wilfred D. Fomumbod was the lack of
birth certificates by Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children. He held
that “A child without a Birth Certificate has no citizenship.”
Therefore, this scheme is specific to the production of birth
certificates for children of the final class of the primary school. The
birth certificate is a pre-requisite to registering the First School
Leaving Certificate examination; and other engagements in life after the
primary school..
Ironically, in rural localities, especially, foster-families of orphans
are usually so poor that they are unable to acquire this document.
Collaborating with head teachers of target schools, the Wilfred and
Stella (WilStar) Fund provides the money needed to acquire the
necessities to have the certificates produced by the local councils
before the examination registration.
Started in 2010, this scheme has sponsored the production of at least
two hundred (200) birth certificates on an average of fifty (50) each
academic year.
Support to Adolescent Orphans in Professional Training.
In appreciation of the professional accomplishments of their own
children, Wilfred and Stella decided to put up this scheme in 2012, to
support orphans in their career pursuit, including:
Professional Training in Schools
Vocation Training.
Usually, foster-parent provides shelter, food and clothing while
IVFCam, under the WilStar fund, pays the training fees and provides the
training materials.
As a mainstreamed program, services provided are aimed at relieving
beneficiaries of trauma and helping them cope with stress and anxiety,
thereby offering psychosocial support to beneficiaries, while also
educating stakeholders
Intervention Methods:
Stage performances
Study tours
Experience sharing.
Recreation
Cultural Performances
INTERVENTION SERVICES
Organizing and managing events
Developing ideas and translating them into informa actions
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