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BACK TO SCHOOL: ONLINE PORTAL MATCHES WORDS WITH ACTION, DONATES TO LESS PRIVILEGE IN BAMENDA

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Recipients Who said Journalists were only out to talk? Who said Journalist were only out to report? Who said Journalists were only out to tell people what to do or what they did? These and more are some of the misconceptions people have in mind about Journalists and so to say, the Observer237 has come to change the narratives. The online portal have been on the advocacy bench for the past years and nothing has been working, reasons why the coach has had to change his attire to join the first eleven on the pitch to make things happen.  Part of the recipients Schooling in Bamenda, chief town of the Northwest region and beyond has not been fruitful at 100% for over four years now and Journalists like everyone else of goodwill have in one way or the other been clamoring for the effective resumption of schools for the 2020/2021 academic year in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon. It is for this reason that the Observer237 blog decided to match words with action by providing sch

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD: CAGEAD LEADS CELEBRATIONS IN BAMENDA

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Family photo 11th of October each year is comemorated as the International day of the girl child, a day set aside by the United nations to promote the empowerment and the rights of young girls across the globe.  Inline with this year's edition of the International day of the girl child, the Center for Advocacy in Gender Equality and Action for Development, CAGEAD in Collaboration with 10 other organizations who are actively involve in the protection the of young girls, on Sunday October 11, 2020 brought together a good number of adulecent girls in Bamenda to help amplify their voices in all decision making  processes in the the society. Team orange Team Green  Some old tradition games, such as Tug of war, bag race, egg race amongst others characterize the celebrations as the girls reflected on how life used to be before now. Coordinator CAGEAD "We are celebrating the girl child this day in Bamenda from a special angle, given that we are dealing with adulecent girls who have li

BACK TO SCHOOL 2020/2021: BAMENDA II COUNCIL PREPARES THE GROUND

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Mayor Bamenda handing over school materials  Bamenda II council like any other council area in the Northwest Region has been in chaos for the past four years now a situation that has deprived a lot of children of school going age from the prestigious gold of education that could only be found in Bamenda most especially Bamenda II council area which harbors some of the finest schools in Cameroon. It is for this reason, the Bamenda II council has decided to brave the odds and take the bull by the horns with a magnificent back to school preparation.  Mayor Chenwi Peter of the Bamenda II Council, who from his very first day at the helm of the council decided to invest on humanity in his municipality, could not relent to see that the children of his municipality get back to the classrooms.  Hand Sanitizer to limit the spread of covid 19 while in school In an event to assist the children with the necessary didactic materials as well as financial assistance to persons with visual impairments,