AUD International Aid Club to join Clinton Global Initiative University 2009

The AIA Club serves as an opportunity for students, staff and faculty at AUD to be challenged in tackling global problems while providing practical and creative solutions.

Members have pledged to assist communities around the world in areas such as health, education and poverty alleviation; to partner with established NGO's to maximize effectiveness on the ground and by using their cultural diversity and experience to join hands with their colleagues and make a difference in the world.

AUD International Aid Club Plans for Cameroon Initiative

AIA Club Members have brainstormed and created strategies to raise money for their initiative:

- Created an awareness program of their initiative by partnering with the Red Crescent and creating a charitable event for Somalia
- Raised US$7000 by encouraging the participation of the diverse group of students at AUD in the "Dirham Wars" event.
-Further raise funds by increasing health awareness and engaging AUD students, staff and faculty to participate in Yoga Classes. AIA Club partnered with Physical Advantage Fitness Solutions who dedicated their time and skills in helping us raise more funds.
- Planning to have a photo exhibition that will present AUD student and faculty's work taken from India and South East-Asia and hope to raise awareness of that region while raising funds for this initiative.
- Planning to run a campaign to collect educational tools and school books for the children
- Also aiming to attain partnership or support from NGOs such as UNICEF and One Laptop per Child Organization with the intention of acquiring suitable educational software for the school children
- Continue to reach out to the community in acquiring sponsorships as well as raising awareness of AIA club, its mission and goals.

About Clinton global Initiative University (CGIU)
Building on the successful model of the Clinton Global Initiative, which brings together world leaders to take action on global challenges, President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world.

Each year, CGI U hosts a meeting for students and university officials to discuss solutions to pressing global issues. The second CGI U Meeting will be held at The University of Texas at Austin from February 13-15, 2009. Nearly one thousand students will come together to make a difference in CGI U's five focus areas: Education, Energy & Climate Change, Global Health, Peace & Human rights, and Poverty Alleviation. To learn more about the 2009 CGI U Meeting, click here.

CGI U is more than just an event. It is a growing community of young leaders who don't just discuss the world's challenges -- they take real, concrete steps toward solving them. Throughout the year, and as a prerequisite of attending the CGI U meeting, students and university officials develop their own Commitments to Action: specific plans of action that addresses a pressing challenge on their campuses, in their communities, or in different parts of the world.

About LUKMEF
LUKMEF is a non-governmental organization founded in 1999 directed by an international board of directors to help Cameroon embrace the concepts of peace, non-violence, social justice and sustainable development as the fundamentals of poverty alleviation.

About PCDI
Partners For Community Development Initiative (PCDI) is a common initiative group founded in 2004 in the North West Province of Cameroon. The initiative observed the difficulties faced in rural communities in Cameroon. The poor and down trodden are found in the rural areas and it is also at this level that most agricultural production takes place with little marketing opportunities for the population. The youths and women cannot support themselves economically and socially and as a result there is a massive rural exodus.

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