Greetings to all our reader and wishing them the best in all their undertakings and their time taken to read our news. We do welcome suggestions from our readers to improve our information and performance in the field. Just a word of encouragement will take us to another miles.

BERUDEP Eco-Tourism department did receive two guests from Belgium who did spent a night each with two different homes that is in Mbingo 11 and Mbam. And four guests from Germany visited BERUDEP and did spent four nights with one of the chosen home stay in Mbam- Fundong community. The guest all took a walk to Lake Oku where they travel through the forest viewing the wonders at creation and its nature. It was almost at the heart of the raining season, we want to advice all guest coming during the raining season to come along with raincoats and rainboats Rains begins from mid March to mid November every year.

These identified home chosen for the home stay programme benefits from this guest and income used following our poverty alleviation analysis. The guest did enjoy the horse riding; above all, the home stay programme is going on well because always you get the guest excited and promise coming again and promise to recommend the programme to others. One of the Schools in our community around and a youth group in Mbingo community benefited a nice football each, which was donated by one of our guest from Australia, the football worth much if it was in cash. Thanks to the Australian guest.

BERUDEP has received four more volunteers who are working in our community and BERUDEP. Helping to reach out to people in the community in the field of educations and health education. These volunteers are from Poland, Germany and Britain. More about them will be coming up next bulletin.

If you want to plant a seed and watch it grow and bear seeds, BERUDEP is a virgin land for you. Take your turn and invest for the underprivileged in our community.
Thanks

Chiambah Enock

The Fundong branch office has since the beginning of this last two months; March and April registered a drop in the sales of Honey and Medicinal plants. Infact the office has been breathing only because of Medicinal plants tea sales helping the community to taste the important of Medicinal plants tea for health and start taking .

HONEY HARVERST

We are proud to have registered a heavy harvest this may 2005. We have had above 60 litters of honey; the Laikom Bee farm had the highest number of litters while the GTC Bee farm came second with about 10 litters. Medino Bee farm and Isabel came last. But the above Bee farms need some repairs and these repairs must be carry out by a man.

BERUDEP WOMEN FUNDONG

May was too special to BERUDEP Women Fundong , on the 7th of may the group welcome the director of BERUDEP in their mist at BERUDEP office Fundong. The director was invited by the women to come and dedicate their new uniform.

During the dedication of the uniform, the director reminded the women that the uniform should be a sign of hard work in the group, he also thank the women for their continuous struggle to help the needy. And he prayed that God should always

The director told the women that he always have them in mind and will always be ready to advice the group whenever there are doubts on how to handle the children (orphans/ disables). In respond Mrs Diom Grace the treasurer of the group on behalf of the group thank the director for his wonderful support to the group ever since the group was created some three years ago and that he should understand that the group is in his hand and so he should never fail to advice the group for as children they need milk in order to grow healthy and fast. Mrs Susang Josephine led a prayer session where many songs were sung to thank God for the wonderful blessings to the group.

By Tim Fidelia

BERUDEP CREN IN DEVELOPMENT

BERUDEP CREN is fast growing and prospering in furniture making. In this centre for rehabilitation and education craftwork is going on. Come to the centre of rehabilitation and education and you will see for yourself the wonderful work been done, cane baskets, cane cupboards, cane chairs etc.

The work continues progressively, visit us at the centre of rehabilitation and education in Njinikom (CREN) and get your best set of cane furniture at a good and moderate price. Our centre is situated at Achajva close to Njinikom town with signboard on the left from Belo to Njinikom. The centre welcomes your free will donation to keep and sustained those working there and the needy orphans, widows and the disable people in the centre.

Chitu Joshua

MEDICINAL CLINIC OPENED AT MAYO-DARLE

On the 19th of March 2005 a team of two people left Belo at exactly 8: 00 am for Mayo-darle in Adamawa province. This team arrived Mayo-darle at exactly 9:30 pm and spent 3 nights with a BERUDEP friend struggling to start a medicinal clinic. Finally on the 3rd day the director join the team and the clinic was opened. This clinic from the 23rd of March has been functioning as the staff of BERUDEP have been changing themselves to work there, and the clinic has been a source of progress to the mission of BERUDEP in that community which is consultation and giving out treatment using medicinal plants. The results are encouraging and the people of this community are glad and putting on interest Medicinal plants.

We thank God for that and we continue to pray that He should enable us to continue with our task. For we are still hoping to continue creating more places in Banyo, Tibati and many other places.

Salah Cecilia