Who we are

Who we are

The Association

The Support Association Children's Aid and St. Thomas Hospital in Cameroon e.V. was founded in the year 2000. It supports education as well as caring for sick people and those in need of help in Cameroon.

Our association is recognized as a non-profit organization; it has branches in Germany and France.

Moreover, we are happy that on a local level we only employ natives. Nevertheless we always warmly welcome specialists from abroad who want to use their skills to support our work in Cameroon.

Conversely, it is important to us that our African employees have the opportunity to get an impression of our vocational training in Europe through guest stays.

All European staff work on a voluntary basis, with no expense allowance. There are no administrative costs.

PROMOTE AND SUPPORT LOCALLY

The Association

The Support Association Children's Aid and St. Thomas Hospital in Cameroon e.V. was founded in the year 2000. It supports education as well as caring for sick people and those in need of help in Cameroon.

Our association is recognized as a non-profit organization; it has branches in Germany and France.

Moreover, we are happy that on a local level we only employ natives. Nevertheless we always warmly welcome specialists from abroad who want to use their skills to support our work in Cameroon.

Conversely, it is important to us that our African employees have the opportunity to get an impression of our vocational training in Europe through guest stays.

Get to know the faces behind

from left to right: Gerhard Reisinger, Dr. Elise Bana, Gerda Reisinger, Dr. Marion Fuhrmann

from left to right: Msgr. Dr. Philippe Mbarga, Petra Leinweber, Martin Leinweber

from left to right: Erwin Völlinger, Wolfgang Reinhard

Leslie Scheuber

TASK SHARING

• Gerhard and Gerda Reisinger, Petra and Martin Leinweber

  • Transport and logistics

  • Installation and consulting vocational school center / hospital and other projects

• Msgr. Dr. Philippe Alain Mbarga

  • Bischof of Ebolowa, project leader in Cameroon

• Dr. med. Elise Bana

  • Hospital management and medical coordination at St. Thomas Hospital and the Mvam-Zamba infirmary / Cameroon

• Dr. med. Marion Fuhrmann

  • Medical Support

• Erwin Völlinger (+ 2020)

  • Photographic and film documentation, public relations

• Leslie Scheuber, Sylvia & David Usbeck

  • Website setup and support, English translation (David Usbeck)

• Wolfang Reinhard sowie Anne-Christin Walther

  • Firm Planaris - accounting and tax declaration

• Petra Leinweber + Dr. Marion Fuhrmann

  • Chairperson, documentation and travel coordination

Cameroon

VARIED CAMEROON

Cameroon lies at the intersection of West and Central Africa. Due to its north-south extension, it cuts through the most diverse vegetation and climate zones: from the rainy coastal lowlands with huge tropical rainforests, to the central plateau and the more desert-like dry zones of the north.

Health

Diseases such as polio, hepatitis, malaria and worm infections can be transmitted via contaminated water. Especially amongst children and infants, the mortality rate among children is alarmingly high. Additionally HIV is spreading at an alarming rate, resulting in dramatically increasing tuberculosis rates.

Education

In West Africa, a good education and vocational training is often an unaffordable luxury. Public schools are repeatedly closed due to stagnating salary payments. The costs for a private institution have to be raised independently. Many families cannot afford this.

Mvam-Zamba

In the middle of the rainforest, about 70 km south of the capital Yaoundé, lies the village Mvam-Zamba. The local people live from agriculture and hunting. We started our activities by building a well.

This has considerably improved the state of health of the village.

Due to the construction of the wells, the infection rate of children with hepatitis (jaundice) and parasites (f.e. worms!) has decreased considerably.

Nsimalen/ Yaoundé

Due to its close proximity to the international airport, Nsimalen has a very good infrastructure. We were able to inaugurate our vocational school here in 2013. Followed in 2016, in the immediate vicinity, by the opening of the St. Thomas Hospital.

Ebolowa

Since 2016, our coordinator in Cameroon, Dr Philippe Mbarga, has been the Bishop of Ebolowa, which is located in the south of the country. Thus, naturally, our activities have also expanded into his new area of activity.