Archive for November, 2010

Motorbike Taxis Save Claris

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

jinkfuin students 2We knew that the motorbikes taxis that we at Catalyst Exhibits and Bekins Van Lines helped fund for our Cameroon education project were doing well but in the case of one girl, they have literally saved her education.

Teh Francis at GMMAfrica, which runs the Jinkfuin school for poor children and helps get teachers to remote villages via the motorbike taxis, just wrote to tell us about a girl called Claris.

“I am contacting you after we had a wonderful program with the children we sponsor, a kind of celebration and a little local fund raising. There was a lot of singing from the children [see photo], especially those from the elementary school in Jinkfuin. You should know that it is through your help that these children are finding it easy in life.

We are also glad to tell you of how we have intervened in the life of Claris, an orphan girl who had struggled in the secondary school for the past four years with nobody to help….” Read the rest of this entry »


Donation Accelerates Cameroon Education Program

Monday, November 15th, 2010

jinkfuin students 1Our friends in Cameroon, GMM Africa, have been putting the donation from Bekins Van Lines to good work in recent weeks. The donation is being used to help sponsor more children for the badly needed educational program there. Teh Francis has been in touch to update us about what’s been happening out there.

“We are excited to keep updating you on the progress of the work in Cameroon. This is because you are so important to us and your continual intervention is vital so that the needy children receive our help.

The donation we got from Bekins, arranged by you at Catalyst Exhibits, will act as a stabilizer for our child sponsorship program. Before this, children had to wait on our list for a long time before they ever got a sponsor or sponsorship, but this time, the neediest child receives immediate attention even before a sponsor comes in to help….”

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Moda Esperanza Takes Fashion To The Track

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

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Moda Esperanza, the clever folk behind turning humble metal pop tabs into funky fashion items, have been busy since we last caught up with them on their US drive.

The charity group, which was founded to provide a way for single mothers in Honduras to earn a living, took to the race track [but not driving] last week for the 24 Hours Of LeMons. Think of the classic LeMans 24-hour race for supercars in France and then subtract everything but the 24-hours bit.

This race is all about racing the weirdest, customised bangers and rust-buckets for as long as they will go for charity – we here at Catalyst Exhibits have burned rubber with the best [or worst] of them.

The latest race was held at the private Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, who kindly invited Moda Esperanza to set up shop at the 2-day event.

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