In 1979 I was in a “camp team” traveling to represent Great Lakes Christian College. That is the summer I first met a missionary who had taken his ventriloquist dummy on the mission field to Rhodesia.

Rod Cameron spent many years encouraging children and students to consider missions. He was the Director of a church camp in Central Indiana. Prior to meeting him, he had written a book, A Dummy Goes to Africa about he and his ventriloquist dummy, “Gabby” and their adventures in Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Not long ago his son Bruce, wrote Jeff Coon when he heard FAME had remodeled the Birthing Center/Area at Mashoko Christian Hospital in Zimbabwe. Bruce was thrilled because he was born in the previous one!

“Dummies” currently play a role in the story of nurses being trained to go into many villages and teach CPR to community leaders in each village, so that more lives can be saved in these areas! CPR mannequins were just shipped to your FAME global partner overseas which runs the nursing program. CPR mannequins are critical to the training that occurs. So I guess we could say, dummies still go to Africa and make an impact!

Thank you for your partnership with FAME!

Bill Warren
Executive Diretor