Cameo Wood Donation in 2025 - $10,000

January allocations

$265 to India for the Blossom Project, to provide Vocational Nursing Classes to Dalit (untouchable) and Adivasi (tribal) girls. This skill will enable the girls to avoid arranged marriages and have freedom to make choices in their lives.

1. Archana

I am Archan come from a high range area of Pathanamtitta district in  Kerala.  After Blossom I want to study nursing.  I like the nursing profession. My family is very vulnerable, my mother is raising me and my brothers. I wand to enter in a job as possible as early to support my mother.

2. Shivakami

Myself Sivakami. I am from Palakkad district. Our native place is Attapadi. It is really an underdeveloped village. So I wish to study more. I will complete my graduation in social work and do better for my community. Because in my community so many people are struggling due to traditional health issues. I want to give them emotional support and work for them.

3. Jayasuda

My name is Jayasudha. I am from Palakkad district. My plan is to do nursing. It's because I have a younger brother. He is always sick and most of the time he is admitted to medical college and in the ICU. We really had difficult times because of his illness. His sugar level is always high. Due to my hospital journey with my brother, I was inspired by the health workers. So I wish to study health worker course and want to support people like my family.

4. Parvathi

My name is Parvathy. I am from Trivandrum.  I want to do nursing. I hope it's easy to get a job as a nurse or a lab technician.

5. Girija

 I want to become a teacher. For that, I want to study a degree course from a prominent university like Azim Premji university. This is my ambitionafter Blossom

6. Ganga

I am Ganga from Pathanamthitta district. I belong to a land struggle area named Chengara. We are landless people. In our community, fewer girls study more than twelfth class. So I wish to study nursing after my twelfth class.

7. Renjitha

I am Renjitha, I am from kasargod district . My ambition is to complete my graduation and post-graduation from top universities. I attended Azim Premji University entrance test recently. If I get admission there I will do my graduation there. My second option is to study Ambedkarism and social work from Nagarjuna Training Institute in Maharashtra.

8. Krishnandu

My name is Krishnendhu. I am from kasargod district. My ambition is to become a lab technician. Because I am the eldest girl in my family. If I study the Lab Technician course I will get a job soon and I can look after my family.

9. Soumya

Myself soumya ,I am from kasargod district. I want to study nursing after my plus two. My elder brother inspired me to do this course. He studied nursing and got a job soon. So I also wish to study nursing.

Chad: $180 to purchase a grain grinder that will provide sustainability to Freedom Children Orphanage that has 28 abandoned children. Grinder pictured below.

$225 to Ghana - Takoradi Humanist Women - to present a Virtual Assistant Vocation Training workshop to 22 humanist women.

$670 spent in January

$9,330 remains in the account

February allocations

$285 to Chad to N’Djamena Humanist Vocational School to teach Cake-Baking to Young Humanists. Budget is:

1. Ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, eggs, etc.) – $150

2. Decorating Supplies (icing, food coloring, sprinkles, etc.) – $80

3. Baking Tools (piping bags, pastry tips, etc.) – $70

Total – $300

$65 to Myanmar to provide school supplies & food to the 35 homeless & impoverished children at Forest School in a suburban slum of Yangon (also photo below)

$30 to Mwanga Kasungo, Congo Humanist Refugee -

He says, “My name is Mwanga Kasongo, a humanist living in Rwanda, and I am writing to seek your support through the Organization HuMAN. Due to the escalating civil conflict between Rwanda and Congo, my life here has become increasingly dangerous and unstable. As someone who values peace and human dignity, I am deeply affected by the violence and insecurity surrounding me. I urgently need funds to relocate to my hometown in Congo, where I can reunite with my family and find safety away from the turmoil.

The conflict has displaced countless lives, including mine, and separated me from my loved ones. Living in Rwanda under these conditions has been emotionally and physically draining. I have lost access to stable income, and the constant threat of violence makes it impossible to plan for the future. Reuniting with my family in Congo would provide me with the emotional support and stability I desperately need to rebuild my life.

Your assistance would cover the costs of travel and help me secure basic necessities upon arrival. Relocating to Congo would allow me to escape the conflict, contribute to my community, and live in peace with my family.”

$140 to Nigeria for the Maiduguri Safe House, to pay the rent for their World Peace Internet Cafe for a year. The World Peace Internet Cafe offers copying, computer education, and coffee, to the community, with discounts and free education provided to orphans, widows, and other members of the nearby Al-Amin refugee camp. Photo of World Peace Internet Cafe below.

$80 to provide Artificial Intelligence Education to Tariro Moyo
, Age: 17
, Zimbabwe humanist.

Tariro will use the grant to enroll in an online course on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning. This project will provide her with foundational knowledge in AI, which she can use to develop solutions to local problems.

1. Enrollment in an Online AI Course: Tariro will enroll in a beginner-friendly AI course offered by a reputable online platform (Coursera).

2. Practical Application: She will work on a small AI project, such as a simple predictive model for local agriculture.

3. Community Outreach: Tariro will share her knowledge with other youths in her community, organizing small workshops to discuss AI and humanist values.

 Budget: Online AI course $50, Internet data for 3 months $30 — Total  $80

How the Project Promotes Humanism:

1. Empowerment Through Reason: By learning AI, Tariro demonstrates the power of human ingenuity and effort to solve problems.

2. Community Education: Tariro will use her knowledge to educate her community about the benefits of AI and humanist values.

3. Gender Equality: As a young woman pursuing a field often dominated by men, Tariro challenges traditional gender roles and inspires other girls to pursue their dreams.

4. Collaboration with Other Humanists: Tariro plans to involve other humanist youths in her community by:

· Organizing small workshops to discuss AI and humanist principles.

· Creating a network of young humanists who can support each other’s projects and initiatives.

 

$600 was spent in February

$8,730 remains in the account

March expenses

$105 for Candle-Making Business & Workshop - Zimbabwe Humanists. Candles are needed because there are frequent blackout in Harare that disrupt homework, cooking, and household and work activities. The three women pictured will teach others how to make the organic candles - budget includes materials, publicity, market stall rental, and space rental for the workshop.

$100 to Liberia to sponsor the education of Hawa Kamara, an orphan girl at Mind2Love Secular Orphanage. Hawa Kamara (10 years old) wants to study to be a journalist. She is a victim of child trafficking with very little information on where and how she came to Liberia. She was taken off the street by Jernora Sarafina, the orphanage director.

$25 to Mozambique Survivors Humanist Community Garden to purchase & plant 2,000 yams. Budget is for tubers & tools.

$125 to plant a Corn Farm to support Maikenkule Safe House in Nigeria. The corn will be a hybrid variety and it will cover 2-3 acres.

$100 to Liberia to pay for the education of Korto Freeman - 7 years old - an orphan at Mind2Love Secular Orphanage in Monrovia. Korto loves to play musical instruments, she loves to sing and would love to study music professionally. She joined the orphanage because she was left on the street. Her mother died giving birth to Korto. This created a superstitious belief - people thought Korto was a witch. The stigmatization brought her to the street where she was eventually found and brought to the orphanage

$150 to Ghana for Takoradi Women Humanist Computer Center - budget includes solar panels, space rent for a year, computers, printers, furniture & other equipment

$175 to establish partnership with South Sudan LGBTQ+ humanist refugees and asylum seekers and to provide them with initial emergency food and HIV/AIDS medicine. There are 18 members in this new HuMAN partner

$880 spent in March

$7,850 remains in the account

April Expenditures

$150 to Ghana for Internet Cafe & Computer Center for Takoradi Humanist Women. Budget requires technical supplies and shelving.

$150 to Niger Republic to fund Zamanakoy Humanist Day Care Center

$150 to Chad to support Mao Sara Community Garden (Corn, Soybeans, Papaya, Tomatoes)

$60 to Nepal for Socio Meds Humanist Pharmacy to distribute Sanitary Pads and provide Menstrual Health Education to farming women in Nala Bhaktapur.

$150 to Nigeria - for Bakery to support Maikunkele Safe House

$175 to South Sudan to fund LGBTQ+ Refugees & Asylum Seekers - with a Grocery Store and a Solar Charging Station

$175 to Chad to start a Grocery Store that will support Hope Health Pharmacy

$150 to Nigeria - for Stationary Store and Printing Press to support Tai Solarin Humanist School

$1,160 spent in April

$6,690 remains in the account

May expenses

$154 sent to Benin Humanist Lesbians for an Electric Grinder. It will be used to provide income to residents in their Safe House.

$150 to Zimbabwe Humanists - to provide a workshop in Computer Training for Girls including discussion of AI & Critical Thinking

$200 to Myanmar to support a “Tea House” operated by the mutual aid humanist group For the Hood for the People. The group provides free lunches to impoverished people in their nearby Yangon slum community.

$150 to N’Djamena, Chad to start a Grocery Store that will support Hope Health Humanist Pharmacy.

$100 to Senegal to Dakar Student Humanists to provide materials for Life Skills Workshop

$150 to Food Not Bombs Mae Sot to provide food to the Mae Sot (Thailand) community of refugees who fled Myanmar. The funds will be spent on tools, seeds and fertilizer for the organic garden that provides food for their community dinner. The group grows eleven types of vegetables and they feed between 100-400 refugees multiple times a week. Food Not Bombs Mae Sot is humanist-led by exiled members of Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement that is struggling for democracy.

$904 spent in May

$5,786 remains in the account

June expenses

$125 to Blossom Academy Humanists in Mavelikara, Kerala, India, to organize a lecture with five speakers on Ambedkarism & caste annihilation. The students are all either Dalits (untouchables) or Adivasi (tribals).

$125 to Chad to humanist students at Achebe University - to provide them with internet access in their dormitory

$155 to Appalachia Mutual Aid in Berea, Kentucky, to fund their Community Garden

$125 to Chad: to purchase as Solar Charging Station for humanist students at Doba University

$130 to Sri Lanka for the Secular Humanists of Sri Lanka to teach a Spoken English Class, for their sustainability. The faces are blurred for their security - some are ex-Muslims, some are ex-Buddhists - they are all in hiding because atheism is very frowned up in their nation. Far right is their leader, Rishvin Ismath, who recently arrived back in Sri Lanka, secretly, after two years hiding in Nepal.