Posted in Cameroon, Africa, Himalayan Institute Cameroon, Humanitarian Projects, tagged Boston Marathon, Bui International Marathon, MilanoKumbo Sports Academy on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Each year, the Bui International Marathon begins in Kumbo, Cameroon. From the starting line in crowded Mbveh district, athletes run thirteen miles south on roads (sometimes paved, sometimes clay, sometimes loose gravel) to Jakiri village and back.
The race is part of the MilanoKumbo Sports Academy’s Summer Vacation Sports finals. For this year’s August 23rd date, [...]
Posted in Cameroon, Africa, Himalayan Institute Cameroon, Humanitarian Projects, tagged Schools on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Friday morning we drove to the Presbyterian Primary School (PS) Kumbo to deliver school supplies and Help Africa Move Forward gear.
PS Kumbo is a complex of one-story buildings running parallel on either side of the clay road. Some of the school’s infrastructure dates back to the earliest missions in Cameroon. The old classrooms are [...]
Posted in Cameroon, Africa, Himalayan Institute Cameroon, tagged Yoga on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday, August 16th the HIC held a two-hour event called Yoga: Exercise for your Body and Mind. Total Health consultants Vershiyi and Joan demonstrated various yoga practices after some opening remarks by Jeff Abella and Anita Mongshi.
Joan taught Joints & Glands, a series of nonathletic stretching exercises designed to increase circulation and improve flexibility [...]
Posted in Cameroon, Africa, Himalayan Institute Cameroon, Humanitarian Projects, tagged Boston Marathon, MilanoKumbo Sports Academy, Runners on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, HIC staff donated one hundred Help Africa Move Forward t-shirts to the MilanoKumbo Sports Academy to be used as prizes in their Summer Vacation Sports program. The Institute also presented athletic training books to complement the sports equipment that was donated in June.
Roland Mbenkum, founder and executive president of the Academy said, “What [...]
Posted in Cameroon, Africa, Humanitarian Projects, tagged Humanitarian trAID on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The HIC’s Humanitarian trAID Bazaar opened on Monday, August 11th. This sales area, which opens into the adjacent Total Health Center waiting room, will also serve as a production site for Sacred Link Jewelry.
The Humanitarian trAID project seeks to provide much needed market linkage for the farmers and artisans who are currently invisible to the [...]
