By Njodzefe Nestor in Bemenda
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| Handing over of the equipment |
It was a jubilant population of Buh, a locality in Bui
division of the North West region that turned out in their numbers to receive
structures and equipment from Strategic Humanitarian Services, SHUMAS and her
partner Aid Camps International.
On
Saturday November 11, 2017, a newly constructed three compartment toilet and
shower bath block with hand washing facility, extension of water to the toilet,
a placenta pit, health equipment consisting of delivery, ward, consultation and
laboratory kits were handed to the Buh Integrated Health Center.
The
mobilization was total and the turn out impressive as the population sang and
danced in appreciation of what many described as an early “Christmas Gift”
which to them is a stitch in time to salvage them from difficulties to access
quality health care.
The
Mayor of Nkum Council, Suila Aruna Kidze just like the National President of
Buh Development Association, Shiry Salle Bimela thanked Shumas and her partner
for the gift and were unanimous that the donation will go a long way to improve
on health care in Buh.
“The
entire population from young to the old feels privileged and happy to receive
these equipments and other facilities which shall go a long way to improve on
our health. We are very grateful for this wonderful gift today. This day shall
be remembered and be recorded in the history of the Buh people” Bimela
observed.
This was
re-echoed by Mayor Suila Aruna who added that SHUMAS has become a household
name in the development of Buh citing the different projects they have
undertaken over the years.
As a
representative of the people, he promised that “The only better way of
appreciating SHUMAS for this great and important donation is to make good use
and timely maintenance/repairs of the structures and equipments”.
In his
speech, the Director General of SHUMAS Ndzerem Stephen Njodzeka thanked Aid
Camps International for their relentless support over the years to SHUMAS, the
Buh Community for their collaboration and the SHUMAS Staff for the realization
of the project.
He also
expressed gratitude to the government of Cameroon for support in all domains of
SHUMAS activities and for providing an enabling environment for NGOs to
function.
“In the
days ahead we shall be organizing a training on solar lighting here in Buh and
will be making the technology available to the people of the community for the
lighting of their homes for relatively zero cost. This is following a
feasibility study we carried out here some times in March 2017” announced
SHUMAS’ Director General.
He also
revealed that SHUMAS will be handing over a series of projects in other
communities of the North West region and other regions in the coming days.
From
Buh, SHUMAS and her partner Aid Camps International made a stopover at the
Shisong Cardiac Center where they donated millions health kits worth millions
of FCFA to the center.
It is
worth mentioning that it is not the first time SHUMAS is handing over projects
to Buh community. They haD provided a corn mill to the Wirdzelee Women’s Group
and also constructed and equipped three classrooms at GS Buh and also
constructed and rehabilitated six classrooms at GSS Buh.
They had
also trained a state Registered Nurse to improve health Care delivery at Buh
Integrated Health Center and one women group with over 60 members had also
benefitted from the SHUMAS’ Micro Credit Scheme.
SHUMAS
is a development Non Governmental Organization focused on integrated
sustainable rural development which started in 1993. In 1997, SHUMAS was
legalized and in 2013 it was the second organization in the North West region
to be granted the status of a full NGO. SHUMAS has also been granted special
consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
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