Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the lands that we live and work on are the stolen lands of the Coast
Salish people, including the Duwamish. They are the original peoples in this space
that we call home. Many Coast Salish still live on their unceded aboriginal territory,
which includes the towns now called Seattle, Burien, Tukwila, Renton, and Redmond.
Prior to the coming of the white colonizers, the Coast Salish people lived in villages in
the foothills, along the rivers, creeks, prairies and islands of what is now called the
Puget Sound. They extended their hands in friendship and assisted many who were
seeking refuge and a better life in the west. In return, the U.S. government
encouraged the colonizers to push the indigenous peoples out of their ancestral
lands, abuse and even murder them to claim this land for themselves. We
acknowledge that we have inherited that legacy and stand in solidarity with the Coast
Salish people who still fight for their rights as indigenous people today.
Limbe, Cameroon
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"Meet LueRachelle Brim-Atkins, who joyfully builds and bridges communities in Seattle and beyond"
Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association (SLSCA) is a nonprofit citizen outreach network whose mission is to create & foster global friendships and partnerships, promote cultural
understanding, and stimulate economic development between Seattle, USA and Limbe, Cameroon and other parts of Africa. We promote the spirit of people-to-people diplomacy including
working with government officials and local populations to forge relationships as citizens of a global
community.
Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association has...
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Created cross-cultural community that produced 7,000+ DaysforGirls menstrual care kits; taught classes on reproductive health while distributing the kits to schoolgirls in Cameroon, Togo, Benin & Tanzania
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Conducted training on puberty for boys in 3 schools in Tanzania
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Trained two groups of women in Cameroon to create menstrual care kits for sale and distribution
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Taken 6 delegations to Africa—three to Cameroon, one to South Africa to attend the Africa Region Sister City Summit, one to Togo & Benin, and a recent one to Tanzania & Zanzibar
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Developed partnerships with 7 local Rotary Clubs, a District Rotary and the Limbe Rotary to provide two, 20,000 liter water systems—one at the Limbe Regional Hospital & one in the Mokindi Neighborhood
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Paid teachers in Cameroon to tutor displaced students during cicil unrest.
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Provided salaries for nurses at a rural clinic in Bawa, Cameroon.
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Furnished books and magazines to the Limbe Public Library
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Secured pharmaceuticals for a Limbe Clinic
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Organized a bike tour led by Seattle residents
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Hosted visitors from Cameroon
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Worked with the government of Limbe to improve senior center services
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Welcomed Cameroonians living in Seattle to our community