By Njodzefe Nestor in Bamenda
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Handing over of health equipment to
Bamendakwe Integrated Health Center
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Strategic Humanitarian Services, SHUMAS and her partner,
Building Schools for Africa, have handed over a series of projects realised
within the Bamenda 1 sub-division specifically in Bamendakwe. This was on 18
April 2016, during a hand over ceremony co-chaired by Shumas Director and the
SDO for Mezam.
The
projects included two workshops and some workshop equipment to GTC Bamendakwe;
provision of medical supplies and the extension of Water supply and a water tap
at Bamendakwe Integrated Health Center and the building of a catchment, 1 km
Pipeline, 15m3 Tank and 2 public taps as support to the Menka-Tamaley Community
Water Project.
It all
started on the 18th of September 2015 when the foundation stone of these
projects were laid by the former Senior Divisional Officer for Mezam Felix
Nguele Nguele. Seven months after, it was a dream come true the people of
Bamendakwe and its environs.
Speaking
on behalf of the beneficiary, Celine Ngwa, vice president of the Bamendakwe
Development and cultural Association described the realised projects as “good
seeds sown in Bamendakwe which from all indications shall yield fruits and
serve its purpose and the population of Bamenda 1”.
The
Principal of Government Technical College, Bamendakwe just like the Director of
the Integrated Health Center described the intervention of SHUMAS as timely
given that they needed equipment to function with which were not readily
provided by the governemt.
It is worth noting that in December 12, 2015 Government
Technical College, Bamendakwe received some school and working equipment from
the Strategic Humanitarian Services, SHUMAS meant for the workshops.
In his
hand over speech, the director of SHUMAS, Ndzerem Stephen enjoined the
population to put them to judicious use and guard them jealously adding that
SHUMAS has adopted a participatory approach to realize thier vision, which is
why they involve communities at all levels of the project from its conception
to its implementation and completion, so that at the end, communities can feel
like owners and take better care of these projects.
He
thanked their partner Building Schools for Africa for their collaboration and
the Cameroon government for its open and inclusive policy.
“If we
have gone this far it is thanks to the legal framework of the Cameroonian
government that has created a conducive, peaceful and enabling environment
which enhances SHUMAS and other civil society organizations to operate” Ndzerem
Stephen added.
On her
part, the mayor of Bamenda 1 subdivision, Caroline Bi Bongwa described the
projects as those which will transform the lives of the local populace and the
entire municipality.
“We
want to thank SHUMAS for choosing Bamenda 1 to realise these projects. The joy
you see in the population is indicative of the important role the projects
shall play in their lives. When you give water to a people, schools and
didactic materials as well as take care of their health, I don’t think its
importance should be over emphasized,” said the mayor.
It is
worth noting that SHUMAS has constructed over 800 classrooms in all the ten
regions of Cameroon. The development Non Governmental Organization which also
has special consultative status in the United Nations Economic and Social
Council, also plans to build more schools as its contribution to ensuring that
Cameroonians have quality education.
In the domain of health SHUMAS has refurbished and equipped
more than 30 Integrated Health Centers with a total of 46 nurses from poor
rural community health centers haven been sponsored through its Spreading
Health Program.
Created
in 1993 and legalized in 1997, SHUMAS is a Development Non Governmental
Organization with vision to of improving lives, reducing poverty and empowering
the poor so that they can realize their potentials and work towards their needs
without jeopardizing the future.
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