Over 200 needy Primary and Secondary School children, mostly orphans and the physically challenged, have successfully received didactic materials thanks to the kind gesture of the Ndichia Foundation. On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, children from Ntankah, Ntamulung, and Mulang received didactic materials comprising books, pens, pencils, rulers, and sharpeners that will help prepare them for the start of the school year.
These areas are densely populated with IDPs and orphans from different villages in the North West Region of Cameroon. The event that took place at St. Edmund’s Catholic Church Mulang saw Father Anthony Ndang give hope to disillusioned kids whose hope of going back to school has been a far-fetched dream until now, thanks to the Ndichia Foundation.
Speaking at the donation event, Rev. Fr. Anthony Ndang, representative of the Ndichia Foundation, appreciated the donors and partners for their love and generosity to children, who can now look forward to a new academic year with hope. Fr. Ndang invited the children to study hard and commit themselves to becoming the leaders of tomorrow. He urged them to implement and follow the values of the Ndichia Foundation: respect, honesty, understanding, integrity, ethical conduct, selflessness, accountability, and independence.
According to Mbamte Crenny, a 13-year-old, Form two student and IDP currently living with host parents in Bamenda, going back to school on her part is now guaranteed thanks to the donation. She expressed her gratitude to the Ndichia Foundation for providing school materials ahead of the school year.
According to Kaira Wiykiynuy a 24-year-old Lower sixth Student, the gift of didactic materials is one step towards her future success and becoming a better person tomorrow. Awah Brian, a 17-year student of GBHS Bamenda appreciated the timely donation by the Ndichia Foundation to help him start school on time. With the ongoing crisis in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, life has become harder and harder for families. Kycess Manga, an 18-year student of PCHS Bamenda due to the continuous crisis was unable to afford school needs, and being an IDP, Ndichia Foundation has come to his rescue.
Speaking at the event, one parent Mrs Abeche Lidwina, whose four children were beneficiaries, said her happiness can’t be measured in words. “I would like to thank the Ndichia Foundation for the support by providing school materials to our children. I am deeply grateful and I really appreciate your efforts and charity. May God continue to bless, protect, and strengthen all those who help you to help us”
The seventh year of armed conflict in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon has left many schoolchildren helpless each time it’s back to school. Some have been displaced, some abandoned without parents, and others forced to live with one form of disability. As the struggle to keep children in school continues, initiatives like that of the Ndichia Foundation have continued to wipe away tears from the eyes of most families and kids in Bamenda
Ndichia Foundation, a locally based organisation named after the late Bobe Primus Nkuo Ndichia, a philanthropist in the education of children, the Foundation seeks to promote holistic education to children who have never been to school and also to school dropouts or victims of the Anglophone crisis. Basic skills such as reading, and writing will ensure a decent life for children who have been orphaned as a result of the ongoing crisis. Children who grow up without attending school are at risk of becoming a “lost generation”. Education is very important in the North West Region of Cameroon which has been affected by violence, conflict, and instability. Access to fees, and didactic materials to orphans and displaced children in the North West Region of Cameroon, will reduce conflict, restore stability, and support reconstruction.
SURVEY
In a survey by the NDICHIA FOUNDATION, a good proportion of children of school-going age are not in school for lack of financial and logistical means to support their education needs. On the one hand, some of the children have lost essential personal documents, and/or parent(s)/relatives on whom they would have been dependent for assistance; some of the guardians on the other hand have lost property and/or businesses as well as faced major setbacks in the practice of their daily income generating activities, thereby suffering lack of financial means. This has forced some of them to relegate the need for the children’s education to second place. The children thus abandoned to themselves, easily fall prey to such social vices as banditry, prostitution, drug abuse, and taking up arms, with attendant consequences.
Ndichia Foundation offers the possibility for hundreds of children to enroll in primary/secondary school. This action will give much-needed psycho-social support to victims of the crises, draw public attention to the need for greater specialized support to the school system, and inspire a positive change in attitude towards education.
Ndichia Foundation empowers children through education and the main focus of the Foundation is to break the yoke of poverty and encourage young people to indulge in learning. The Foundation has taken as a duty to give assistance and make the needy ready for school each time its back to school in the region.
Keep a child at school – make an impact – help Ndichia Foundation send orphans and displaced children to school.
Contact Ndichia Foundation; 657354497
Email: contactndichiafoundation@gmail.com
Website: www.ndichiafoundation.com
Ngong Song Jean Marie, Journalist Bamenda.
