Noela Mwindo Lyonga, Chief Executive Officer and
Founder of the Noela Lyonga Foundation, a Buea-based non-for-profit
organisation has announced a special program aimed at helping inmates of the
Bamenda central prison and other detention facilities in the North West Region
easily reintegrate into the society upon their “graduation” from prison.
Presenting the project to this reporter at their
Buea headquarters, the CEO recounted that studies have proven that most people
go to jail and upon their return, they tend to have learnt nothing useful,
rather, they often turn into harden criminals. Reasons why she decided to
initiate the “Inspire an Inmate” project.
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To Noela Mwindo Lyonga, “inspire an Inmate” project
which will be carried out as from September 23, in partnership with
Bamenda-base nongovernmental organisation, Mother of Hope, will entail the
training of minor inmates on entrepreneurship skills, education, and
professional sporting disciplines so as to enable them easily reintegrate upon
their release from jail.
The project, she said, will see the Noela Lyonga
Foundation and her partners ferry professional instructors, entrepreneurs and
coaches to the Bamenda Central Prison, so as to impact the young detainees with
the essential knowledge required to help them bounce back into the society.
The launching ceremony will acknowledge the presence
of the North West Regional Delegate of Social Affairs, the prison
administration and some top dignitaries of the region.
On why the choice of Bamenda, Noela Lyonge noted
that “we have a very strong base in Bamenda and our representation is
unparalleled and of cause we plan to extend to other regions especially the
French speaking regions but for now, we will be partnering with Mother of Hope
to attempt to impact and why not change the lives of the dozens of minors who
are detained at the Bamenda central prison.”
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Noela Lyonga Foundation, it should be said is a
nongovernmental organisation with headquarters in Buea whose main modus
operandi is to promote volunteerism among youths. According to its founder,
volunteering is not just essential as it helps build the candidates’ curriculum
vitae but it also goes a long way to strengthen the relationship between the
organisation and the volunteer which could earn them an employment.
“The process of volunteering does not just ensure a
transfer of skills during the short run, but if volunteers put forth a positive
attitude they stand a chance of being recruited into one of the top functions
of the organisation. We try to get those youths who are really passionate about
volunteering and we link them up with organisations and companies that require
their services. Our aim is to impact young Cameroonians with the practical
skills that they can use in their future careers,” she explained.
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