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| Speech delivered by an MTN employee during a hand over ceremony |
Douala, 18 September 2017 – MTN Foundation, first corporate
foundation in Cameroon, announces its new formula of providing support in the
enrolment of underprivileged children. This new approach implemented since the
2017-2018 back-to-school, shall enable to assist more than 2500 students
throughout the 10 regions of Cameroon.
On one
hand, MTN Foundation offers scholarships to 2100 children in the Logone and
Chari division, Far North Region of Cameroon. This is the continuation of an
initiative launched in 2013 to take care of the primary education of less
privileged children, mainly girls, of this education priority zone.
On the
other, this assistance covers 500 children of ten orphanages and foster homes.
These are the best students of these institutions. MTN Foundation takes care of
their fees, provides didactic materials to all the children including overalls
and boots to protect them from the rainy season. Each of these foster homes
shall equally have a library equipped amongst others with books of the
curricula.
“This
repositioning of our support to the back-to-school of the underprivileged seeks
to improve our contribution to the education of the benefactors. In
collaboration with the foster homes, we can better monitor the education of
these children and appraise the impact of our modest contribution”, explains Melvin AKAM,
Executive Secretary of the MTN Foundation.
The
Back-to-School caravan, which seeks to support the back-to-school of orphans
and other needy children is one of the aspects of the Foundation’s ambitious
programme in favour of Education in our country. Since 2013, MTN Foundation has
assured the back-to-school of more than 20 000 underprivileged children,
Nationwide, thanks to this programme. As a matter of fact, MTN Foundation is
positioning itself as a strategic partner of the State for access by the
greatest majority to quality Education in Cameroon.
About MTN Foundation
MTN Foundation is the first corporate Foundation created in
Cameroon. Each year, MTN Cameroon invests therein, 1% of its profit. MTN
Foundation works for the welfare of communities in Cameroon through investing
in Education, Health, the Environment and Community Development.
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