NW Governor Applauds SHUMAS-Cameroon for Her Partnership with Gov’t

Benjamin Ngah in Bamenda

          The Governor of the North West Region, Adoph Lele L’Afrique has applauded the Strategic Humanitarian Services- SHUMAS-Cameroon for her effort not only in building schools and equipping them across the country, but also in her services in the domain of health, water and sanitation, agriculture, women empowerment, social welfare, volunteering and environmental protection and management.

          He was speaking during one of those special ceremonies organized to hand over school structures in Government Technical College Ntigi in Tubah, Bambili and Ndeung, Bamenda III on Friday 20^th of February, 2015.  

        According to the governor, SHUMAS-Cameroon has distinguished herself as a veritable and trustworthy partner, working in partnership with government in building schools, hospitals and alleviating poverty in various domains. He challenged other NGOs to emulate the example of SHUMAS-Cameroon that is working hard to ensure that every child around the country is educated.

        As the representative of the government of the republic and of the Head of State, the governor promised the total collaboration of the state of Cameroon to the efforts deployed by SHUMAS-Cameroon  and her partners, Building Schools For Africa UK. SHUMAS-Cameroon, he said is accompanying the government of the republic in a marvelous way towards vision 2035 and as such needs the support and collaboration of each and everyone.

       While encouraging SHUMAS not to give up something well started despite the odds they might face, he cautioned the beneficiary communities, to make good use of the structures so that future generations could also benefit. He further tabled to SHUMAS the plight of the people of Fura-Awah, one of the localities in Menchum which he recently visited, and which is virtually unreachable.

          Speaking on behalf of the community in Ntigi, Mayor Tanjong Martin hailed the partnership existing between SHUMAS and his council which has brought about the fruits GTC Ntigi was reaping that day. He said SHUMAS-Cameroon was a reliable friend who would remain forever engraved in their minds. In the same vein, the principals of the various schools praise SHUMAS-Cameroon and her partners for making them proud. 

          Taking the rostrum, it was an elated Director of SHUMAS-Cameroon, Nformi Stephen Ndzerem who in the first place thanked the Cameroon government for providing an enabling “environment for NGOs like SHUMAS-Cameroon to operate and contribute to the development of the Cameroon.” It is because of this opportunity and the works executed by SHUMAS all over Cameroon without discrimination that it has been granted a special consultative status in the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

          SHUMAS Cameroon, he said targets rural communities as well as urban communities with a “strong believe in integrated rural development as a better way to make bigger impacts in communities.” SHUMAS has already constructed and rehabilitated more than 700 classrooms equipped desks, tables and toilets. About 35 schools have been engaged in environmental projects aimed at inculcating in children the values of environmental management and protection. Also, about 600 children have benefitted from the SHUMAS scholarship scheme to boost and ensure universal primary education for all.

Despite the difficulties SHUMAS-Cameroon encounters in the implementation of projects which include insufficient mobility means, lack of adequate funds to pay salaries to staff and the running cost and other logistical problems, the Director, Nformi Stephen Ndzerem said they were still determined and motivated to carry on with the vision to improve lives and reducing poverty.

          While commissioning and handing over the keys into four classrooms well equipped, a four room modern toilet bloc with wash hand facilities, a school garden, four drinking pails with cups, twenty seven desk, three chairs and tables at GTC Ntigi,  the governor called on both the teachers and student to show their appreciation by working hard and excel in their examination.

          The same ritual took place at GTC Ndeung where the school was privilege also to benefit potable water, three well equipped and furnished classrooms, a four room modern toilet bloc with wash hand facilities, a school garden, four drinking pails with cups, twenty seven desk, three chairs and tables were handed over to the principal of the school. Here the representative of the Minister of Secondary Education, Mme Agborbissong Helen, technical adviser number one thanked SHUMAS for his endeavours and hailed the smooth partnership between SHUMAS and her ministry.

          The Fon of Nkwen, while receiving the SHUMAS Delegation in his Palace expressed gratitude and satisfaction to the work of SHUMAS in his Fondom and thanked Ta Nformi Stephen Ndzerem for his vision and sense of development. According to him, education was the key to any meaningful development and as such people should take advantage of the gift by SHUMAS to study.