Ngokentunjia: SAMDA Foundation offers didactics to boost schooling in Baligashu.

The donation was within the context of a visit to the community, led by its Chief Executive Officer, CEO of SAMDA Foundation Cameroon, Elvis Sama, and Field Coordinator of the foundation, Kegah Kelvin Guka.

According to the donors, the gesture is to assist kids blocked at home due to the armed conflict in the North West and South West Regions. 

The goal, officials of SAMDA Foundation Cameroon said, is to ensure a good start of the 2024/2025 academic year.

In a statement, the CEO of the foundation said: “We believe in the potential of every child and that education is the key to unlocking that potential. Yet, due to financial constraints, education is an unattainable luxury for many children, especially with the ongoing crisis”.

Commitment to empowering communities 

Investing in the future of children, Sama also said, is part of SAMDA Foundation Cameroon’s commitment to empowering communities through education, advocacy and other activities.

“Through this programme, we intend to encourage the less privilege as well as orphans to have access to education, which is part of their fundamental rights,” Sama remarked.

Recipients brandishing books, bags from SAMDA Foundation

Recipients shower praises on SAMDA Foundation

In soul-touching reactions after receiving the gifts, some of the beneficiaries expressed gratitude to SAMDA Foundation Cameroon for coming to their aid. 

One of them, a Class Six pupil, said it was the first time in her life that she was having a school bag. 

The pupil said she had been used to holding her books in the hand or using wrappings. She thanked the benefactors for beautifying her school life.

A Form Three student who received a school bag, 15 exercise books, five pens and three pencils, said she for the past two years, she had never had more than six 60 leaves exercise books.

Initiative hailed as exemplary 

Traditional authorities, community leaders and parents of the beneficiaries described the historic donation as exemplary. They all thanked Sama and his team for being humane.

The Baligashu village Traditional Council Chairperson, Lucas Sillah Yerrah, said the donation is heartwarming. Sillah’s team was also visited by the SAMDA Foundation.

Officials pose with some beneficiaries 

Donors to expand project 

The recent donation is the third of such initiatives executed by SAMDA Foundation Cameroon. The organisation is renowned for its engagement in raising awareness on human rights-related activities. It has empowered Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the Centre Region.

The CEO of Sama Foundation Cameroon announced that the project will be expanded to cover most parts of Ngokentunjia Division and the rest of the country.

Sama reiterated that: “We will continue in a bigger way in the years ahead by touching the entire Subdivision, Division, Region and the national territory; where some of these less privileged are located”.

He also announced plans to support the four communities that make up the Balikumbat Subdivision viz; Balikumbat, Baligansin, Bamunkumbit and Bafanji. 

About SAMDA Foundation 

SAMDA Foundation Cameroon, known shortly as SAMFOUND, was created in 2016 by Elvis Sama. 

According to the founder and vision bearer, it was created for and mainly focuses on teaching youths about human rights, mainly the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

With ambition to grow, he says: “We want to be a global leader in championing human rights, democracy, and environmental sustainability, inspiring a movement towards a more equitable and just world”.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post issue No:3210 of Monday August 26, 2024