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Caring for others
Charity No: 1129762
The orphanage has over 70 children in its care. It operates a school for children of primary school age. The school rooms are relatively new.
Our visit to the orphanage found the children to be happy with a feeling of being loved and secure.
The care shown by staff and volunteers was quite moving and there was a real sense of community throughout the orphanage
Besides lessons within the classrooms the children enjoy outdoor play and games.
During the Autumn of 2007, a group of members from the Leicester North Circuit of the Methodist Church, travelled under the guidance of the Rev Edward Sakwe (A World Church Minister from the Cameroon, serving for five years in the circuit), to the Buea in the Cameroon, to stay with members of the Rev Sakwe’s Cameroonian congregation. Whilst staying there they visited the HOTPEC orphanage training centre (founded in 1995). The orphanage is home to over 70 children, who live here until they are fourteen years old, being trained in skills that will allow them a better chance in their adult lives.
The orphanage is privately run and relies on what they can produce for themselves and donations made from abroad. Projects in the Cameroon unlike some areas of Africa receives very little funding.
There are a number of ongoing projects to assist the orphanage.
Through a charitable trust now set up by David & Joy Bark, they are initially supporting The Baby Unit. At present although the staff who are totally committed to the care of the children, the babies are often cared for in a dark and dingy room where they spend many hours, without stimulation or interaction.
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