ANNE MOJOKO MUSONGE MEMORIAL TRUST

Report of activities For the period 2014 to 2022

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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THE BOARD CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE INTRODUCTION

ORGANISATIONAL STUCTURE

MAJOR ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT (2014-2022)

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CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED

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PERSPECTIVES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

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CONTACTS:

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START UP FUNDS (CFA frs): DONATIONS

REMARKS FROM SOME BENEFICIARIES

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Appendix 1. Number of beneficiaries and their total amounts (CFA frs) by category by academic year 13 Appendix 2 : Other photographs

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THE BOARD CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE I want to express my sincere gratitude to all those who joined my family on the 25th of October 2014 to launch the Anne Mojoko Musonge Memorial Trust in Buea. Members of Government, Administrative, Municipal, Religious, and Traditional Authorities,Civil Society and NonGovernmental Organizations and many well-wishers were all present and participated in the planting of this seed. During her launching address, the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and the Family, Professor Marie Thésèse Abena Ondoua who kindly accepted to chair the occasion, reminded us all as community actors, and parents, of our collective responsibility to work towards removing all barriers to an effective education of the girl child, encouraging and empowering her to aim for the summit and secure a bright future.

That seed that was planted with your blessing has grown and blossomed and the fruits are increasingly visible and appreciated as testified by a cross section of beneficiaries.

The purpose of this publication is to give feedback on our performance over the past eight academic years, explain some of the challenges that we face, present our future perspectives for the next five years, and solicit your adherence and continuous support for the cause. It is also intended to inform all potential collaborators who were not aware of the existence and activities of the Trust and get them on board. H.E The Rt; Hon Peter MAFANY MUSONGE

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

H.E The Rt; Hon Peter MAFANY MUSONGE

Chairman of Board, a former Prime Minister, Head of Government; former Grand Chancellor of National Orders, former Senator for the South West Region, currently Chairperson of the National Commission for the promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism.

Mrs Juditha Lyengu LUMA MOFFAH

Board Secretary, Educatonist, Retired Regional Delegate for Women’s Empowerment and the Family – South West Region.

Mr. Bruno NJOMBE EWUSI

Treasurer, currently Deputy General Manager of ANAFOR

Mr. Francis NGUNDU MOKOMBA

Dr. Mrs. Hannah Etonde MBUA Board member, Regional Delegate of Secondary Education for the South West Region

Mr Isoke MAFANY-MUSONGE

Mme Lois IKOME

Board member, Management staff, Recovery Division, Credit Foncier du Cameroun

Board member, Retired Regional Delegate of Secondary Education for the South West Region.

President, Scholarship Selection Committee

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INTRODUCTION The Anne Mojoko Musonge Memorial Trust, AMMMT is an Association which operates in accordance with Law No. 90/053 of 19/12/90 relating to freedom of associations in Cameroon, and is duly registered at the Senior Divisional Office, Fako, Limbe (Ref. No. 501/G.37/C84 Vol II/SAAJP of 05/06/14).

It was set up in 2014 by her family to honor the memory of this great and illustrious wife, mother and crusader for social equity and wellbeing. It was launched in October 2014 in Buea, Cameroon. The AMMMT provides financial assistance and educational opportunities for the advancement and empowerment of young girls and women of Fako who meet the eligibility criteria, and are between the ages of nine and twentytwo at the secondary, high school, and university levels as well as vocational training within the Republic of Cameroon. Since its inception, the Trust has focused on improving the quality, accessibility and availability of educational resources for underprivileged, needy, but deserving young girls and women.

ORGANISATIONAL STUCTURE The Trust is run by a Board of Directors made up of six members, including its Chairperson. It has a Scholarship Selection Council, and an ad hoc Project Committee. These persons are all volunteers. The only permanent staff of the Trust are the secretary and the night watchman.

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MAJOR ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT (2014-2022)

The main activity of the Trust since its creation has been the provision of scholarships in terms of cash donations to eligible girls and young women for their educational needs. The strategy used in 2021 is described below:

and counsel the beneficiaries on how to improve on their study habits. She equally advised the students to make proper use of the money they received for their school work.

Other activities include holding of Board meetings to approve work plans, equipping and maintaining the Trust Office building, conceiving and broadcasting radio programs and messages of benefit to young girls, and monitoring the academic performance of beneficiaries in their educational

Prior to the distribution of scholarship awards to the beneficiaries, scholarship forms were distributed to all schools in Fako Division. Students and pupils were then sensitized to apply. Thereafter, application forms were collected and handed to the scholarship selection council (SSC) which scrutinized and examined the applications and did a careful pre selection of beneficiaries, cutting across the Secondary, Technical, Vocational and University Levels in Fako Division. During the Award Ceremony, the Secretary of the Board, Mrs Moffah Juditha Lyengu Luma , after a word of prayer, took University level beneficiaries receiving scholarship awards May 2021 some time to encourage

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institutions. In addition to academic performance, the Trust monitored the conduct, and morality of all beneficiaries throughout the years to ensure that they remain worthy ambassadors of the standards and values that the Trust promotes. The Trust produces yearly activity reports and yearly audited accounts reports. During this reporting period, a total of 601 beneficiaries spread throughout all the sub divisions of Fako Division, have been

awarded a total sum of 20, 715, 000 (Twenty million, seven hundred and fifteen thousand) CFA francs to support their primary school, technical / vocational, secondary school, high school and university needs. Details are shown in appendix 1.

The Students and their parents were grateful for scholarship awards and the students promised to work hard in school for a better future.

Some secondary school beneficiaries receiving scholarship awards at Buea town. May 2021

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CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED AMMMT intends to at least maintain its rhythm of scholarship awards and eventually carry out other activities to further empower the beneficiaries, in accordance with its Statutes. Besides the major hurdle of insecurity scare in the Region as a whole, AMMMT’s major challenge is fund raising to guarantee the sustainability of its activities. As the financial statement below indicates, all yearly expenditures are from the initial start up funds. There is urgent need for additional funds.

START UP FUNDS (CFA frs)

A total of 59 151 050 was raised over a four year period as shown below: Famly Deposit Donations and pledges TOTAL

2014 10 000 000 39 180 990 49 180 990

2015 6 629 831 925 000 7 554 831

2016 2 280 229 2 280 229

2017

135 000 135 000

TOTAL 16 629 831 42 521 219 59 151 050

AVERAGE YEARLY EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS (CFA frs): 1 2 3 4 5 6

Scholarship awards and organisation Board meetings Personnel expenses Utilities (water, light, internet, etc) Equipements/Projects and stationeries Other costs (fuel, bank charges, transport) TOTAL

2 850 000 700 000 1 440 000 350 000 1 500 000 230 000 7 070 000

Apart from the start up funds presented above, no other income has been received or generated by the Trust. There is therefore urgent need for recapitalization.

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PERSPECTIVES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS In line with its objectives, AMMMT intends to at least maintain its current rhythm of scholarship awards to eligible girls in formal institutions of learning, with particular attention paid to vocational and technical training. We will intensify the monitoring of the academic performance of beneficiaries and their resolve to maintain high moral standards and values promoted by the Trust.

We equally intend to diversify our empowerment activities to include amongst others, educative talks and skills development workshops, and explore the possibility of reaching out to girls of eligible age range but who have dropped out of formal educational institutions.

Finally we shall explore several fund raising options so that all planned activities will be carried out effectively and efficiently and communicated appropriately.

DONATIONS All well wishers who would like to support the Trust’s activities should either contact the Trust Treasurer on 675922244, or send their cash contributions directly to the bank account number 10002 00039 900002 4 560 7 14 SCB Cameroon.

Donations in kind are also welcome.

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CONTACTS:

P.O BOX 204 Buea, South West Region, Republic of Cameroon Tel.: 243 27 27 71 / 675922244 Email:[email protected] Website:www.ammmt.org

REMARKS FROM SOME BENEFICIARIES Buea: y School pupil Sonia – Primar is money ppy because th “.... I am very ha any of my rents to get m pa y m lp he ill w y school d to pay for m school needs an to the say thank you fees. I want to ial Trust Musonge Memor Anne Mojoko Fako girl e doing for the ar ey th at wh r fo ess the continue to bl child. May God Trust.”

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Merelyne of Second ary school Muyuka: “…. This is the first t ime I am a and I wou pplying ld like to t hank the members Board because they hav helped me e really ; now I ca n get mos school nee t of my ds. I wish to ask the members t Board o keep on d oing this a work hard n d I will to get mor e.”

Catherine of a Vocational Training Centre

“….. This scholarship will help me because, as I gain professional skills in Secretarial Duties and Accounting, I plan to open my own business. I have opened a documentation office and I’ve bought a computer and a printer and this money will help me add my capital for the purchase of a photocopy machine which will better equip my business. I wish to thank the Trust immensely for empowering young girls and giving us an opportunity to grow.”

Pauline, a University Student great organization for the “….. I have been a beneficiary of this ed me a lot. This financial fourth year now and it has really help emically and financially. I aid has gone a long way to help me acad to this organization; I pray pray that one day I will be a donor one giving tomorrow.” that as I receive today, I will be the

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Appendix 1 : Number of beneficiaries and their total amounts (CFA frs) by category by academic year

Academic year 2014/2015

2015/2016

2016/2017

2017/2018

2018/2019 2019/2020

2020/2021

2021/2022

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University (60 000 F per person) 03 Number Total Amount 180 000 04 Number Total Amount 240 000 Number 8 Total Amount 480 000 14 Number Total Amount 840 000 13 Number Total Amount 780 000 Number 23 Total Amount 1 380 000 Number 26 Total Amount 1 560 000 Number 25 Total Amount 1 2600 00 G Total Number 116 G Total Amount 6 720 000

High school (40 000F per person) 21 840 000 18 720 000 14 560 000 05 200 000 07 280 000 12 480 000 10 400 000 25 1 000 000 112 4 480 000

Secondary school (25000F per person) 46 1 150 000 36 900 000 51 1 275 000 36 900 000 39 975 000 16 400 000 22 550 000 37 925 000 283 7 075 000

Primary school (20000F per person) 04 80 000 08 160 000 26 520 000 03 60 000 05 100 000 05 100 000 06 120 000 01 20 000 58 1 160 000

Technical vocational (40 000F per person) 02 80 000 04 160 000 08 320 000 04 160 000 05 200 000 05 200 000 02 80 000 02 80 000 32 1 280 000

Total 76 2 330 000 70 2 180 000 107 3 155 000 62 2 160 000 69 2 335 000 61 2 560 000 66 2 710 000 90 3 285 000 601 20 715 000

Appendix 2 : Other photographs

First Scholarship Awards ceremony, 2015

The AMMMT Board Members, Invitees, Parents and Beneficiaries during the second AMMMT Award Ceremony in September, 2015 against the 2015/2016 Academic Year.

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Beneficiaries for the 2014/2015 Academic Year (January, 2015).

2016 beneficiaries with their scholarship envelopes in Bokova

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Board Chairperson handing scholarships in Bokova 2016.

AT Trust Head Office Bokova wuth 2016/2017 beneficiaries

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Some secondary school beneficiaries receiving scholarship awards at Buea town. May 2021

The Board Secretary with some 2021 beneficiaries

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The Board Secretary with some 2021 beneficiaries

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The late Mrs Anne MOJOKO MUSONGE in whose honour the Trust was created

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CONTACTS:

P.O BOX 204 Buea, South West Region, Republic of Cameroon

Tel.: 243 27 27 71 / 675922244

Email:[email protected] Website:www.ammmt.org