By Mbenja Clovert Anamani
Fall 2022 Newsletter
Rising Hope for Change (RHFC), Cameroon, donated sewing machines to SIRA Bilingual Nursery and Primary school to start a pilot school fashion and design training club in Cameroon schools. The aim of this pilot project is to install Rising Hope Foundation for Change fashion and design training clubs in Cameroon schools in partnership with Sewing Peace America.
In line with our objective to provide quality sustainable projects to impact communities, RHFC donated sewing machines to SIRA Bilingual Nursery and Primary School Makepe Douala fashion and design pilot training Club for pupils. The entrepreneurial school will train young students how to sew from primary levels. It was during their end of school year and prize award ceremony that the project was launched, and these machines were handed to the club by the CEO of RHFC in the presence of the proprietor, parents, pupils, staff, and the director of the school. Receiving the gifts, the head of the club together with the pupils expressed their gratitude to the CEO and the entire RHFC family for the timely gesture and initiative of RHFC. The proprietor of the school in turn thanked the organization for supporting their vision. The occasion ended with a family photo.
RHFC Empowering Women
The largesse of the RHFC team was extended to an internally displaced persons (IDP) family based in Logpom Douala in Cameroon. Growing up in the southwest region of Cameroon, life was okay until the crisis started in 2016. Mme. Arrey Christelle from Manyemen left the village when the crisis was at its peak. Together with her entire family, they left behind many of their belongings since they were in a rush, leaving behind the only thing that was helping them to feed their family, the sewing machine. Her mother taught them how to sew dresses using the sewing machine they had. With their livelihood surrounding the sewing machine, they grew up to become skilled seamstresses. When they settled in Douala, life was not the same as in Manyemen. Without a sewing machine they had no source of income, they could not stitch their worn-out dresses, thus rose difficulties to eat and take care of minor bills. They cried out for help, RHFC heard their cry and offered a free sewing machine. This machine boosted their moral and increased Mme. Arrey Christelle’s income as she can again sew dresses for people and earn a living.
RHFC and IDPs (internally displaced persons)
Under the initiative of “RHFC and IDPs Empowerment”, RHFC has donated more than 20 Sewing Machines to Internally Displaced women and girls in the Southwest and other regions of Cameroon after some days of training. According to the Founder of RHFC, Mr Mbenja Clovert Anamani, this gesture will go a long way to improve the livelihood of these internally displaced persons and their families in one way or the other. Through their training, IDPs will be economically empowered, freed from sexual exploitation, and gain skills in business, enabling them to grow their sewing endeavors and have more investors to establish bigger and greater ideas. Innovative skills will boost their creativity in the world of technology, therefore foster entrepreneurship in the world of fashion and design.