Turkish aid agency brings joy to children in Cameroon

By Mehmet Kara

ISTANBUL

Children in the Central African country of Cameroon enjoyed cotton candy for the first time in their lives thanks to a Turkish aid agency.

Volunteers from the Istanbul-based Hak Humanitarian Relief Association brought a cotton candy machine to Kousséri city -- where they had dug wells, delivered clothing and offered to conduct cataract surgery – to make children happy at an orphanage called Zahra.

The machine they set up in the garden of the orphanage quickly grabbed the children’s attention, Ensar Gumustas, one of the agency’s volunteers, told Anadolu Agency.

The children, who saw cotton candy for the first time in their lives, were in awe as they sampled it, according to Gumustas.

“They were first scared of the cotton candy that we made and then started eating it,” he said.

“We were both very affected emotionally by the situation and became very happy.”

Gumustas said he would never forget those moments.

“It was the first time that I felt that way,” he said, adding: “I will never forget that day in my life.”