Drawing Up Plans

The Himalayan Institute has purchased 50 hectares (123.5 acres) of land in a rural town outside of Kumbo, Cameroon. The land is intended to be used as a large classroom, teaching local people and farmers the methods of sustainable agriculture.

Chelsea Wolfenberg has drawn preliminary plans for the development of this land. The design includes plans for the School of Energy Farming as well as an entirely new Himalayan Institute Campus, which will include residential facilities, classrooms and a library for the School of Energy Farming. Chelsea graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with a degree in Interior Design. She has been working as a volunteer for the Institute for the last year, and will make her second trip to Cameroon to work for the next 5 months.

Team Returns to Cameroon to Prepare for the 2008 Help Africa Move Forward Conference

A team of volunteers left Thursday, May 29^th to join colleagues at the Himalayan Institute Community Center in Cameroon.

After 24 hours in the air and another 10 hours on a bus, the team will arrive in Kumbo where they will begin preparations for the 2008 Help Africa Move Forward Conference, which will be held during the beginning of June. Delegates from around the world are expected to be in attendance.

Each member of the team will carry two bags to Cameroon, each weighing 50 pounds. One of the bags is for personal items such as cloths and toiletries, and the second is a bag full of necessary supplies for the community. These supplies include herbal and homeopathic medicine, TB tests, and step-down converters for the new appliances and computers.

Himalayan Institute in Cameroon Prepares for Grand Events

Institute representatives and 25 guests from Japan, Bangladesh, Israel, India, and the U.S. will arrive in Cameroon on June 2 to see the Himalayan Institute Community Center firsthand and to participate in several milestone events. Among the guests are the Minister of Youth and Employment from Senegal (West Africa) and the representative of the Tibetan Government in Exile’s Department of Home.

Moving the Institute’s humanitarian work for social regeneration to the next level, the events include:

- Grand Opening of the School of Energy Farming on June 7
- Graduation of the inaugural class of 14 interns in training for
   the Himalayan Institute Total Health Center
- Grand Opening of the School of Carpentry and Construction
- Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Kumbo Public Library

Total Health Center Training Has Begun

The Himalayan Institute Total Health Center in Cameroon pioneers integrative, preventative health solutions tailored for the unique health needs of rural Africa.

Fourteen students were selected to join the HI Total Health Center’s 6-week training and internship program, which began on May 12th. Students will be trained in the fundamentals of the HI Total Health methodology. The HI Total Health Center is piloting application of 6 specially formulated herbal supplements, a once-daily multivitamin, and a range of Homeopathic remedies that were all especially selected with the health needs of Cameroon in mind. The students will learn about the holistic health principles which underpin lasting healthcare solutions and specific applications of these formulations. Upon graduation these students will be empowered to bring this knowledge to the rural interiors by launching their own HI Total Health micro-enterprise.

Presentation in Buffalo, NY

Help Africa Move Forward Presentation
with Ishan Tigunait
Director, Global Humanitarian Projects

Thursday, May 15, 7-8:30 pm at the Himalayan Institute in Buffalo

The Himalayan Institute’s Help Africa Move Forward campaign supports sustainable knowledge-based empowerment. This vision has been turned into a reality through the Institute’s flagship rural empowerment project – HI Community Center in Cameroon, West Africa. Established in summer of 2007, the HI community Center is now launching a range of new projects in 2008, including the School of Energy Farming, Carpentry and Construction, and the Kumbo Public Library. No charge

Himalayan Institute Buffalo
841 Delaware Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14209
Phone: (716) 883-2223
E-mail: info@hibuffalo.org
Web: www.HIBuffalo.org