Mbam and Kim Division: CERAC Reaches Out To Displaced Children

"Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the North West and South West Regions residing in Mbam and Kim Division of the Centre Region say "Thank You" to Mrs Chantal Biya spouse of the Head of State, Founding President of CERAC, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, for her unrelenting actions to assist the needy." The message was clearly written on a banner yesterday December 13, 2021 in the locality of Ntui as a delegation of the Circle of Friends of Cameroon (CERAC) went to visit IDPs with food stuff and didactic material for their children. Leading the CERAC's delegation as personal representative of the First Lady of Cameroon was Mrs Mbah Acha Fomudam Rose Ngwari, Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Supreme State Audit. She is also CERAC's Regional Delegate for the North West.

On hand to receive the special delegation was the local and administrative authorities as well as the IDPs who had come from all the localities in the Mbam and Kim Division to say "Thank You" to their benefactor. On behalf of the IDPs Nfor Wilfred Tembong said "Thank You, Mrs Chantal Biya for your motherly gesture to us by providing school needs and food items to facilitate our education. Through the donation, you have placed literacy at the heart of development." 

Nfor Tembong added that the gifts are coming at the right time as the Covid-19 pandemic has not made life easy for them coupled with the crisis in the North West and South West Regions which has forced them out of their regions to seek refuge in Ntui. He acknowledged the fact that the legendary hospitality of the people of Ntui makes them to feel at home. On behalf of school children he promised they will use the gifts to become good citizens for the nation.

Out of the 430 Internally Displaced Learners found in the Ntui subdivision, the Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Mbam and Kim, Jean-Claude Wouri said 95 to 98 per cent are from the North West Region. According to him, the massive arrival of learners required a paradigm of practices which are the cornerstone in the English-speaking sub-system examination. This is faced with some difficulties. However, Mr Wouri said CERAC's humanitarian caravan is timely with solutions to some of their problems.