Okala Foundation is a non profit, grass roots organization founded by Tamara Davy in 2006. Okala which means “care” in the local language is staffed by a dedicated group of volunteers who all have a strong passion for helping others. Okala has dedicated its work to improving the quality of life for people and primates in Cameroon.
The main focus of Okala’s work so far has been the education of the village children and the medical needs of the villagers. Okala built a two room school house in Ngombe in 2008, and will be building a school in the neighboring village of Meyenne in the near future. The school children, with continued sponsorship through Okala Foundation, will receive a hot lunch every day, and the school supplies needed for the school year, plus a mosquito net to help reduce the spread of diseases like Malaria.
Okala’s future goals are to purchase medical supply boxes for the local clinics, set up a medical fund for families that cannot afford medical attention, begin a clean well water program, and mosquito net program.
It is also a priority of Okala Foundation to begin a program to educate the community about the need to ‘conserve, not consume’ primates and teach other ways of sustainable living.
Okala’s “School Books For The Children of Cameroon” sponsorship drive for the 2009-10 school year is under way. We still have some children that need sponsors, please contact us today if you want to sponsor a wonderful child. Thanks!
We invite you to explore our website, and see all the good work that Okala is doing, and the difference it is making in the lives of some very special people.
Thank you for your support!!
