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EFA’s Global Giving Open Challenge in September
September 2, 2010 | Add Comment
EFA’s Global Giving Open Challenge in September

EFA International is proud to be featured in Global Giving’s Open Challenge from September 1st – September 30th.
Our Challenge: at least 50 gifts from 50 unique supporters to raise at least $4,000 to continue our …

The Circle of Love Campaign
August 15, 2010 | Add Comment
The Circle of Love Campaign

by Caitlyn Bradburn, Technical Advisor
MAROUA, CAMEROON — HIV is not the death-sentence it once was.  Anti-retroviral medications (ARVs) are free to those who qualify and recent research shows that young people, especially, in Cameroon have …

Peer Educator’s Program Improves HIV Education and Prevention
July 2, 2010 | Add Comment
Peer Educator’s Program Improves HIV Education and Prevention

MAROUA, CAMEROON – Peer educators trained in an EFA International-sponsored program have educated more than 6,000 people in Cameroon’s Far North region about HIV transmission and prevention. The January-June training involved 14 HIV-positive youth in …

US Secretary of State recognizes Peace Corps Cameroon
May 20, 2010 | Add Comment
US Secretary of State recognizes Peace Corps Cameroon

Reposted from FriendsofCameroon.org
Cameroon’s 50th Anniversary of Independence
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
May 19, 2010
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/05/142016.htm
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On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Cameroon as you celebrate your fiftieth anniversary of …

Cameroon the host of UNAIDS International Conference
May 18, 2010 | Add Comment
Cameroon the host of UNAIDS International Conference

UNAIDS.org — The African continent is experiencing major changes as 17 African countries prepare to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their independence in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Two days before the anniversary celebrations, a high-level international conference, …

EFA’s Spring Fundraisers Deliver Hope
May 15, 2010 | Add Comment
EFA’s Spring Fundraisers Deliver Hope

Nearly 100 Washington, D.C.-area residents gathered in the Eighteenth Street Lounge’s warmly lit Gold Room on the evening of April 29. Attendees were present for a fundraiser supporting Education Fights AIDS (EFA) International, a U.S.-based …