Oldtimer-Liebhaber hilft „Newtimer“ finanzieren – Classic car enthusiast donates to needed car

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accident, Africa, Afrika, Auto, Benefizveranstaltung, cameroon, car, charity, church, donation, Dritte Welt, Eine Welt, kamerun, nothilfe, one world, Spende

English below

Am 3.9.2016 fand die „8. Rallye unter Freunden“ in Bad Langensalza statt.
Zu den Teilnehmern gehörte auch wieder ein Förderer unserer Arbeit. Wie schon im letzten Jahr verkaufte er aus seinem liebevoll gepflegten Oldtimer heraus Kaffee. In diesem Jahr spendete er den Erlös, passend zur Veranstaltung, für die Beschaffung des Autos für Pastor Isaac in Kamerun, der zum Jahreswechsel 2015/16 auf der Heimreise von einer Trauung in einen Unfall verwickelt wurde.
Wir danken unserem Förderer für sein Engagement und hoffen auf weitere Unterstützung, denn es werden noch immer Spenden benötigt.

English

On September, 3, 2016, the „8th Rally of friends“ took place in Bad Langensalza. As last year, among the participants was a sponsor of our educational program in Rwanda. And again he took the opportunity to sell coffee out of his oldtimer car in favour of our activities. Appropriately for the occasion, the proceeds will be determined for the procurement of a car for Pastor Isaac in Cameroon, who was involved in an automobile accident on New Year’s Eve 2015, when he was returning home from performing a wedding ceremony.
We thank the sponsor for this activity and hope that more people will take a leaf out of his book.

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Kamerun: Hilfe nach Unfall nötig – Cameroon: help needed after accident

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accident, Auto, cameroon, car, church, Dritte Welt, Eine Welt, kirche, nothilfe, seelsorge, support, unfall

English below

Zum Jahreswechsel 2015/16 wurde Pastor Isaac auf der Heimreise von einer Trauung in einen Unfall verwickelt, der glücklicherweise keinen Personenschaden zur Folge hatte. Doch sein Auto erlitt wirtschaftlichen Totalschaden. Eine Reparatur wäre nicht sinnvoll und viel zu teuer. Aber auch für die Anschaffung eines gebrauchten Autos fehlen ihm die Mittel. Seitdem ist er in seiner Arbeit eingeschränkt, obwohl er über 1000 Gemeindeglieder zu betreuen hat, die verstreut in der Region leben. Zudem ist er mit der Weiterbildung kirchlicher Mitarbeiter beauftragt, und muß zu diesem Zweck sowohl abenteuerliche als auch gefährliche Transportmittel benutzen.
Wir wollen ihm helfen, das nötige Geld zusammen zu bekommen, damit er wieder seiner Arbeit in vollkommenen Umfang und mit einigermaßen sicherem Gefährt nachgehen kann. Wir bitten unsere Leser, uns dabei zu unterstützen!
Wir alle können aus eigener Erfahrung ermessen, wie wichtig heutzutage ein Auto ist, obwohl bei uns die Infrastruktur relativ gut ausgebaut ist. Um wieviel mehr besteht dann Bedarf für jemanden in einem Land wie Kamerun, der dazu ein großes Wirkungsgebiet hat.
Spenden erbitten wir auf unser Spendenkonto mit dem Verwendungszweck „Kamerun“, und danken schon jetzt allen, die Pastor Isaac helfen werden.

English

On New Year’s Eve 2015, Pastor Isaac was returning home from performing a wedding ceremony and was involved in an automobile accident. Fortunately no one was injured; however, his car was totaled. A repair was out of the question. He does not have the necessary funds to replace the car. Since then it has been very difficult to pastor the 1000 members he serves throughout the region. Additionally, he is immersed in a church employee continuing education program. To attend these classes he must use questionable and often dangerous public transportation.
We would like to financially help him, so that he can safely return to full service of his congregation. We are requesting your support.
We all know the importance of dependable personal transportation, even though we have an established public transportation system.
The need is even greater because Pastor Isaac’s geographic area of activity is quite large.
We’re requesting your contribution through Paypal. It’s safe and protected.
Your consideration and generosity will be greatly appreciated by the Pastor and his congregation.

Two cases with great satisfaction. One where luck was on our side!

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accident, car, charity, Children, donation, Education, kids, one world, Rwanda, scholarship, sponsorship, visit

English summary of Mr Mauermanns article of July, 3, 2016

In the weeks since Dietmar’s return to Rwanda he has begun his first student visitations outside of Kigali.
Since the beginning of the school year and the securing of new foster parents,Theogene is underway with secondary school.This is after his 2 year absence, because of a lack of funds for books, materials and uniforms. At 14, in 2015, he had to end his primary school attendance. Eventhough with this extended absence, he qualified for continuation at the secondary level. His mother doesn’t have money enough for a place to live. However by doing housework and field labor, she gets a place to sleep.

Dietmar met Theogene and his mother in January 2015 in their village of Bugesera. Impoverished is the simplest description of the two. Susan had made the introduction. The youngster showed no sign of joy of aliveness. Dietmar was immediately moved to do what he could to secure OWG support. Later in the month, the foster parent partnership was confirmed. He attended the College of Bon Pasteur in Kinazi/Ruhango in the South Province. Unfortunately it was impossible for Dietmar to visit him in February, but was committed to visit him at the next available opportunity.

On June 30 Dietmar and Susan drove to Kinazi to visit Theogene. It was a long and difficult drive over all sorts of horrific and unimaginable road conditions, because Theogene’s school in Kinazi is not on a main road.
Our Theogene was completely changed. He stood proud wearing his school uniform and exuded confidence. He was thrilled by their visitation. He had much to tell and communicated enthusiastically, in sign language, with Susan. He had blossomed and radiated personal vibrance. He had fully engaged in his studies.

It was a great feeling of satisfaction for Dietmar to realize the success of Theogene and that his life and education was going so well. His case was so difficult. His mother had no permanant living arrangement and could offer nothing other than accompaniment to her deaf son. The educational process had given Theogene exposure to a world of possibilities, to which he would have never otherwise experienced. In the village from which he came, he could only sit and observe, from his silent world, the environment of hopeless poverty which surrounded him. Now, he has been given his first glimpses of a bright future.

The next objective was to visit the Gatagara Orthopedic Clinic and to meet with the Director of Placement for the School for the Handicapped in Gatagara. They discussed the rehabilition history of Clemence‘. It was mutually agreed that she could continue her studies and re-enroll in the third level class.

That particular day of visitations had ended successfully.
The next day however, the car had a mechanical problem. The right front spring broke, which in turn damaged the shock absorber and in turn ruined the tire.
The good news was that this happened in front of a gas station. $72 and three hours later they were back on the road again. The next necessity is to get new tires for the front.

The good news around the auto problem was that it did not happen on the way to a visitation, at highway speeds or way out in a remote rural area.
Our team of Dietmar and Susan report that they are happy together in life and task!