Human Relief Organization

Community Development Leadership Training Education

Victory Community Development Services (VCDS) is a non profit organization established to support a rural area with extreme poverty in the highlands of Ethiopia. VCDS is committed to providing a drinking water, building school,  clinic facility, road  and providing text  books, materials, back packs, and supplies for elementary and middle schools for all students.  Also pamphlets and literature  on AIDS prevention will be made available to schools. 
 
The village is located on a mountain top with no road,  electricity, running water, clinic facility, luck of transportation and communication has put the villagers into backwards and primitive life style that cased the poverty level extremely high. The community has more than 15,000 inhabitants in total darkness,  materially and spiritually.
 
Agriculture and cattle breeding being the main cash crop, few small scale merchants operates commodities with in the community. This is one of the area where women are not participating in the economic sector by tradition.  VCDS  is committed to train and teach the advantage of the involvement of women in the economic sector,  by training the women how to involve in small scale business.
 
Contact :    Zerefa Biru
zerefabiru@yahoo.ca

 The stability of a political system, the continent or
whatever way of life depends on whether its principle of
legitimacy is perceived as justified. African states for the
passed month had been unstable, as prices of basic
commodities are experiencing a great rise; situations of
violation of human rights, lack of freedom and violence
against youths are also prime.
In this twelfth edition of INSPIRE African youths set out
to acknowledges that the cultural and social realities of
modern society impose certain tasks and constraints upon
our attempts to make sense of the proper nature of
development through articles on human right, freedom,
democracy, justice, violence and the millennium
pandemic the HIV/AIDS. ? INSPIRE TEAM

NAYD MEMBERS
BAPESU Seedling Project Report

The seedling project is organized by Benevolent Association for the Protection of the
Environment and the Socially Underprivileged (BAPESU).The targetgroup for the program were
the youths (young people) of the Mezam Division, NW Province of Cameroon. The goal of this
 project was to assist youths with seedling inputs so as to help the youths open farms that
 in turn will act as a good source of income (economic empowerment).BAPESU is running a
nursery whereby seeds are purchased, nursed and distributed to youths (young farmers) in
helping them improve theirlives. Youths of many villages in Mezam (Tubah Sub Division) have
benefited much since the launch of the project in July 2007. This project as implemented
With support from XminY SolidariteitsfondS.
Outcomes: 5 villages have been covered in the seedling program with 11 youth groups
benefiting. 6 new farms have been established and the beneficiaries have already been
experiencing some improvement. BAPESU has established a permanent nursery to assist young
farmers.
Condemnation of Police Brutality against
Coast Civil Society Activists

The Civil Society Fraternity at the CoastThe discredited ECK cannot be allowed to continue wasting taxpayer’s money in opulent hotels with a business as usual attitude and to continue to enjoy impunity. This is totally unacceptable and must be vigorously resisted and rejected by all citizens. The Police are thus totally wrong in trying to defend people (ECK) who should themselves be charged with criminal negligence and crime against humanity. Strongly condemn the barbaric brutality and
arrest of 10 of its core Members, lead by Hussein Khalid of MUHURI, by the Kilifi Police. The activists had a constitutionally guaranteed right of expression and opinion. They too had a right to peacefully present their grievances and petition to the discredited Chairman of the Electoral Commission of  enya ECK, Mr Samuel Kivuitu and his equally discredited team. The ECK cannot burry it’s had in sand and pretend that nothing happened. It was the fiasco of the ECK results of the December 2007
Elections that lead to the death of not less than 1,000 innocent Kenyans and the displacement of another 500,000.
We also demand the immediate and unconditional release of the Activist. The Police must stop political persecution of the people of this country whose only offence is to demand for their ights and justice. RELEASE THE INNOCENT WOMEN IMMEDIATELY OR WE WILL ORGANIZE THE MOTHER OF ALL DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE POLICE. Our taxes are not freebies. Our taxes are our rights. ?Jacob Boaz
Muoga (Sec. Gen.)
Magak Michael (Chair)
Coast Civil Society Congress
+254723790623 / +254733951781
magakmf@yahoo.com / info@mabadilikocare.org
HELP REQUEST
NAYD International
Contact Person: Pochi Tamba
Tel.: +0023796509761,
Email: pochitamba@nayd.org
NAYD International would like to invite
Sponsors to assist its members participate in the
4th World Youth Congress from August 10th to
21st 2008 in Québec, Canada
NAYD Cameroon
Email: naydcameroon@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Chi Primus
Help Request: Funding to support 2 initiatives
‘Poverty reduction strategies and young people’
‘Young people and the preservation of
community water catchments’
BAPESU
Email: donate2bapesu@gmail.com
Tel. +237 77 49 13 45 Fax: +237 3347 11 86
Contact Person: Christian P. Tabifor
Help Request: Benevolent Association for the
Protection of the Environment and the Socially
Underprivileged “BAPESU” is urgently
appealing for the donation of a website (domain
registration and hosting) from kind individuals,
organizations, companies, business etc. This will
make us achieve our mission with efficacy and
efficiency. If you or someone would like to help
BAPESU, please contact us.
Youth Voice Fm International
Email: yofsor@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Anyanwu Chisomaga
Location: Imo State, Nigeria
Tel: +2348064322750

The Donors and Sponsors Coordination Meeting is planned to be held on April 19, 2008 at 1100 hours in ILO Auditorium, ILO Building, Sector G 5/2 (adjacent to State Bank of Pakistan) Islamabad. In the said meeting the representatives of ADB, World Bank and UN RC shall be making the farewell address for the outgoing Chairman and Deputy Chairman ERRA.

2.         You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the said conference. The names of participants may please be forwarded at mkashif@erra.gov.pk with a copy at fawad.hussain@un.org.pk, mahfooz@erra.gov.pk  and mnazir@erra.gov.pk latest by April 17, 2007 before closing hours. It is also informed that nominations received after the deadline would not be entertained.

Muhammad Daud Ehtisham

Deputy Director (D&SCC)

Tele: 051-9030936

daud@erra.gov.pk

Donors Agencies funding interventions in EQAA

All NGOs/INGOs operating in NWFP & AJK

Programme Manager DRUs: With the request to participate and disseminate invitation to the Sponsors operating in their respective Districts.

PERRA Representatives

SERRA Representative

Copy for information and request for participation to:

1.      Director General / COS, ERRA

2.      Director Chairman Office, ERRA

3.      All DGs, ERRA

4.      Air Cmdr. Naunehal Shah, ERRA

5.      Gender Team, ERRA

6.      SP team, ERRA

7.      SPC ERRA

8.      All Directors and Deputy Directors

Copy for necessary action to:

DG PERRA and DG SERRA; with the request to kindly convey the Agenda item at an early date through respective D&SC Coordinators, please

Director (Admin.); For administrative arrangements, including refreshments.

Media Chief, ERRA: with the request to arrange for the electronic and print media coverage of the event

I am sorry I have not sent out a news letter in a long time. To be honest I have just been so busy I have not had time to sit down and write a news letter. I have tried several times but I am so tired I can’t think. So I don’t know if this one will even make sense but then none of my others make sense so why should this one? We have been doing medical clinics in the remote villages now for almost two weeks and have seen 15 villages and I really can’t even tell you how many hundreds of people. The first team was from Westmoreland Baptist Church from Charlotte.

They all had great attitudes and were willing to serve. Some villages we could not even take the bus and could only go by 4×4 truck. Some had no bridges and we had to just cross the river anyway. But they loved every minute of it. Fortunately I have a nurse from Boston here (Nicole) who is a great nurse and also my Guatemalan nurse Marleni. With out these two these past several weeks I don’t think I could have done it.

A helicopter crashed in the field next to our house and 4 men were severely injured. We were all out on a clinic in the jungle but the fireman (Freddy) who works for me took care of them like a pro and got them to my clinic and kept them alive until another helicopter could land in our yard and fly them to a real hospital in Guatemala City.

Also during this time we had a well drilling rig and crew here drilling for water. Thank the Lord, they went down 300 ft and hit water. So we now finally after months and months of digging by hand and two drilling companies finally have water, Whew! Praise the Lord! In between drilling for water and seeing 300-500 patients a day we also took care of emergencies (OK, I would show you those pictures but we had some horrific trauma calls).

This little girls father and her walked 1½ hours out of the jungle to get a bus and come 40 miles to my clinic because her eye was bulging out of her head. I suspect a tumor behind the eye and drove her and her father to a special hospital in Guatemala City where she is to receive surgery. I think they will have to remove her eye to remove the tumor. 

Also it looks like we may finally have a receiving hospital and receiving Doctor in the States in the next week to get Rodrigo to the States for surgery on his arms that were burned. His mother is scared but he says he is ready to go! So keep Rodrigo in your prayers.

Also an update on Jocelyn. When the team was here Jocelyn and her mother Brenda came to meet Mark and Diane from Charlotte. They were willing to adopt her and are some of the finest people I know. (Especially since we have the same parole officer). They had a time of getting to know each other and made some tough decisions. Jocelyn and her mother both feel this would be a blessing from God if she could go live in the States with Mark and Diane and their daughters. I took Jocelyn out of the orphanage and Mark and I pooled our money together to get Brenda a room big enough for Jocelyn to stay with her in the City. She has to stay there so as not to be found by her husband.

When I took them to the room Brenda was living in I gasped. I did not even want to describe how she has had to live in the city. It is worse than any of you can imagine. I gave her enough money to get a small apartment for her and Jocelyn until we can sort out the adoption process. Mark and I will pay her rent and food until this is resolved. I will keep you all posted on what we can or cannot do for adoption. In the mean time, please keep this situation in your prayers OK?

I have a medical team coming in today from Vanderbilt University and we will head out to do more medical care for people like this. I’m not going to put on a front and tell you I am not a bit tired and worn out, I am, but I am at peace and do appreciate your prayers.

I am still working on trying to build a hospital for this area. I found a piece of land that is $30,000.00 US dollars but this is cheap for 10 acres here in this area. Just keep praying that if it is Gods will I do this He will provide and if it is not His will then pray He will give me a small sign like a Helicopter.

There is a lot more going on here than I have time to write because I have to head to Honduras to pick up my team but I just wanted to at least touch base with you all. Thanks again for everything and Gods Blessings.

God Bless,
In His Service,

Bryan & Riechelle and Kids

http://www.junglemedicmissions.org/