Yes we all know RESPECT is run only by volunteers, but did you know that one of our volunteers was named one of the ten NetAid and United Nations volunteer of the year? That's right Paul Fifen Chimy, originally from Cameroon who is now living in France, is that special volunteer. He volunteers with various organizations and we are so pleased to have him as one of our volunteers.
Paul has been a fabulous addition to our team of RESPECT volunteers. He is reliable and a great communicator. He is always up for new projects and has yet to refuse work that we send him. He began working with RESPECT in early March 2003. He has done a great deal of important work for us. Paul is bilingual in French and English and therefore has been one of the main volunteers working on French/English translations. Paul has translated many pamphlets, articles and webpages for RESPECT. Thanks to Paul and other volunteers information about RESPECT is currently available in French. Also soon the French portal of the RESPECT website will be ready to go online. Countries such as Cameroon, Benin and Congo, that have many French speaking refugees, benefit from this translation work. RESPECT is now able to coordinate penpal exchanges between French speaking youth.
To close this article here is a quote by Paul:
"The opportunity to serve and make a difference is something every world citizen and more precisely, developing country national should strive to achieve. The organizations I worked with are very special to me and I want to see them succeed. I give my time to these organizations and feel I am the lucky one who actually benefits most through cross cultural learning, experience, and the satisfaction of success."
For articles about Paul Fifen Chimy winning this important title please refer to these pages-
http://www.netaid.org/ov/stories/stories_ovoftheyear.pt?article_id=1059&group_id=118
http://www.netaid.org/press/press_article_12.pt