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Mifi Division: CERAC offers classrooms to community, donates to rural women, youth.

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23 Oct 2024 23:28
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Cross-section of gifts handed to rural women and youth

The Circle of Friends of Cameroon, CERAC, has constructed and handed classrooms to Government Nursery and Primary School Djeleng V in Bafoussam I Subdivision, Mifi Division of the West Region.

The classrooms were handed during a ceremony on October 18. It also saw the donation of a huge consignment of farm materials and foodstuffs to some rural women and youths of the area.

The ceremony was presided over by the West Regional Delegate of the Circle of Friends of Cameroon, CERAC, Célestine Ketcha Courtès, who doubles as the Minister of Housing and Urban Development.

Also present was the Governor of the West Region, Awa Fonka Augustine, as well as other authorities of the Mifi Division.

Besides the support to youth and women, the structure handed consisted of 10 classrooms, an office for the Head Teacher.

Speaking during the ceremony, Ketcha Courtès said the Founding President of CERAC, Chantal Biya, sent her to also encourage flood victims in Fokoue, Menoua Division.

**Minister** **Célestine Ketcha Courtès speaking during ceremony**

The classrooms, she said, will go a long way to improve learning for kids in the concerned community.

The minister underscored “the need to put interest in school infrastructure”, explaining that it is critical in the National Development Strategy, SNDO 2020-2030 of the government.

She pledged CERAC’s commitment to continue support the vulnerable nationwide. Ketcha Courtès said CERAC is an association that remains sensitive to the plight of the population.

Government Nursery and Primary School Djeleng V, she said, is situated at the heart of the West Region and had become an eyesore. The donation from CERAC, she added, marks a turning point for the people of Djeleng.

She thanked the population for being witnesses to the works of the First Lady Chantal Biya before thanking the Governor of the West Region for always being available.

Minister Ketcha Courtès also thanked the partners of CERAC for their valuable contribution and for ensuring that the project was a success.

She urged pupils and the teachers to make good use of the classrooms and office. She told rural women and youth to continue to work hard for the development of Djeleng V and the West Region as a whole.