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CBC Health Services seals deal with National Paralympic Committee.

L-L-L National Paralympic Committee president (L), Rev Dr Jean Jacques Ndoudoumou, hands gift to CBC Health Services Director, Prof Tih Pius Muffih, after of signing MoU

The Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, CBCHS, has sealed a partnership with the Cameroon National Paralympic Committee, CNPC.

The deal, which aims at helping to groom the sporting talents of persons living with disabilities at all age groupings, was signed Friday April 21.

The Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, sealed in Yaounde, was penned down by the Director of CBCHS, Prof Tih Pius Muffih, and CNPC President, Rev Dr Jean Jacques Ndoudoumou.

According to Prof Tih, the objective of the convention is to promote para sports activities for the 3,000 beneficiaries in the nine Regions of the country; supported by the Liliane Foundation through the CBC Health Services’ Empowerment and Disability Inclusive Development, EDID, Programme on a yearly basis.

The CBC Health Services Director also highlighted the commitment and support of his institution to persons living with disabilities in Cameroon with emphasis on sports.

On his part, the President of CNPC, Rev Dr Jean Jacques Ndoudoumou, expressed gratitude to CBC Health Services for the initiative, while reaffirming their commitment to work together to ensure that at least 13 athletes represent Cameroon at the Olympic Games in Paris next year as well as the participation of over 100 para-athletes at the All University Games this year.

While presenting the successes registered by the CBC Health Services in empowering persons with disabilities, the EDID Programme Manager, Agho Glory, emphasised that the new MoU will help them to use sports to fight against negative attitudes, stigmatisation and discrimination of children and youth with disabilities.

According to her, negative attitudes are some of the major barriers faced by children, youth and adults with disabilities in Cameroon.

“The CBC Health Services has continued to leave no stone unturned in fighting this negative phenomenon. One of the key strategies to curb these negative attitudes and bring about social inclusion is in the domain of sports,” the EDID Programme Manager said, adding that the MoU falls “within the framework of building the sporting talents of children and youth with disabilities in Cameroon”.

It should be recalled that the CBC Health Services, back in 2020, was one of the institutions that supported the amputee football team which played in the African championship.