Foundation bags two awards for promoting quality education

Two years into its existence, one of the fastest growing Buea-based nongovernmental organisation, The Mentor’s Foundation which focuses on providing, promoting and subsidizing quality education to young Cameroonians has bagged two awards for its efforts in a domain neglected by most humanitarian NGOs.

The foundation which launched its activities in February 2016, got an international award from love world International. The award dubbed; Future African Leaders Award, FALA with a cash prize of 10.000 US Dollars was handed to Mukete Davidson of the Mentor’s Foundation in Nigeria for his participation in a TV programme which saw hundreds of Cameroonian youths receiving lessons live on air when schools were shut down in the English speaking regions due to the Anglophone crisis.

L-R Agbor Paul, Mukete Davidson and Barrister Agbor-Bala brandish dual award of The Mentor's Foundation

The education programme broadcast live on Buea-based CMTV known as Education Today, is one of the frontline projects the Mentor’s Foundation initiated when schools where interrupted in the North West and South West regions for over a year.

For braving the odds and giving lesson to hundreds of young children in all subjects, assisting dozens of them to write and pass the official examinations, Mukete Davidson of the foundation was honoured with the international award which had just ten winners out of the over 5800 who applied in Africa.

Some weeks later back home in Cameroon, the humanitarian actions of the foundation landed them The Guardian Post NGO of the year award, specifically in the domain of promoting education. The ceremony which took place at the sea-side resort city of Limbe was heavily attended by government, religious and civil society leaders.

Heading the delegation to receive their second recognition was the workaholic and selfless vision driven chief executive officer, CEO of the organisation, Agbor Paul Agbor who was accompanied by top executives of the foundation.

After receiving the award amidst thunderous applauds from distinguished decision makers in Cameroon who answered present, Agbor Paul Agbor reiterated that the foundation has through the award been challenged to do more. This he said will be materialized in the days ahead as the foundation planned to broaden the scope of its activities in the national triangle.