HAJA= HOPE

HAJA= HOPE

Believing that education can only happen when the most (essential) elementary of means are available, our group aims to renovate a school situated in New-Bell Bassa in Douala.
The situation of public schools in Cameroon at the current moment is catastrophic. Essential teaching materials like blackboards and even paper and pencils are missing.
Without appropriate school materials, with classes exceeding 100 pupils per teacher and no inspiring playground, the potential of the youth remains underdeveloped.
The project will improve the educational situation of 400 children and mark an important step in their self-empowerment.

Plan of Action
For the implementation of our project, the group is going 3 weeks to Cameroon. There efforts will be made to work with local people, facilities and teachers. This is going to happen in July 2010.

One of our main values regarding the project is sustainability. After successful building up of the school's facilities we will supervise the school's development, in order to help the school continue improving itself. At the end of the event, a meeting with the involved NGOs and workers is planned, where the working process and outcome of our project will be evaluated. Establishing satisfying connections are to be used for further projects.
In order to conduct the project, several activities are going to be organized in the Netherlands. These activities have the prospect of involving people, companies and, decision makers and of creating an awareness of the educational situation in Cameroon. In addition, local media, like radio, TV and, newspaper, are going to be used to promote our vision.

The project requires 15.000 euro. A minimum of 120 hours of work per person (6 persons) is needed. That adds up to 720 working hours for the whole group.

The nomination price of Kruisingafonds

16 June 2009 was the day when Nafasi’s team hear about the nomination by their teacher for the LWE project and the Kruisingafonds.

After our event in Amsterdam(30 may 2009), people were still talking about it and the project become more and more popular. It wasn’t a suprise when our teacher decided to put us on the list.

8 July 2009 was the day of the nomination price. Nafasi finish second on the list of 9 candidats.

Second or not, we feel like winners :):)

Where does it come from?

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.

Section 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC

"At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat."

1914 translation by H. Rackham

"But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?"

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