My college roommate 40 years ago was Ruth Musunu. She graduated the year after I did, then got a master's degree in public health from Loma Linda University. She met and married a Cameroonian, and they made their lives there. They had four children and she taught high school science for a time. But she wanted to do more, so she founded a non-government organization called Women, Environment and Health (WEH).
A bunch of us who knew Ruth 40 years ago established the Friends of WEH. With some other friends who caught our vision, we spent a year and a half raising funds to buy and ship a 4X4 truck to Cameroon for the use of the folks in the NGO. They really need this truck to reach the villages where they see to the needs of over 500 orphans. A wonderful car dealer in Willard, Ohio, gave us a Dodge Dakota at cost. That was $12,265. And now we're raising another $3500 to get it shipped. We're waiting for a shipping date and the details from our customs broker in Cameroon. We pray that the cost of customs will not be the 30% of value of the truck + shipping which it would be for a commercial product! We also pray the truck will be in Cameroon by the time we get there on Dec 27, or at least by January 3 when a team of nursing students arrive from Linfield College for their 3rd world immersion experience.
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