Ado Matter
Ado Matter aims to support fifty pregnant girls and young mothers between the ages of 14 and 19 each year. Teenage pregnancies represent a major public health problem in Cameroon. They are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates among these very young mothers and their children, thereby negatively impacting the socioeconomic development of the entire country.
Thanks to the support of Cents for Help eV, five young mothers and their children can receive care, giving them all the chance for a better future.
More information at the following link:Â Ado Matter.
Ado Matter aims to support and accompany pregnant girls and young mothers between the ages of 14 and 19. Given the shockingly high rates of violence against women in Cameroon, we consider these young women and girls to be a particularly vulnerable group. The Dr. Gnipieven Tekombo Medical Center offers these girls and young women prenatal care, obstetric care, postnatal support, sexual education, and childcare over a period of four years. The program also offers the opportunity to learn a profession in the healthcare or construction sectors.
Adolescent pregnancy represents a major public health problem in Cameroon. High rates of disease (including HIV, hepatitis, and other sexually transmitted diseases) and mortality among very young mothers and their children are negatively impacting the socioeconomic development of the entire country.
The project offers the young mothers health support and the opportunity to learn a trade, thus avoiding a precarious life situation. The Dr. Gnipieven Tekombo Medical Center Foundation collaborates with the Campus Pro Afrique Centrale vocational training center, which is responsible for providing vocational training.
The Ado Matter project is supported by a group of highly motivated volunteers in Africa and Europe. They contribute their expertise, generous donations, and time to help these girls.
Special mention should be made of the support of Prof. Dr. Nicole Probst-Hensch, Head of the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health at Swiss TPH, as well as of Mr. Yannick Noah, world-class tennis star, successful artist, philanthropist and traditional chief of the Beti tribe in the village of Etoudi, north of Yaoundé, who has assumed patronage of the project.
