The members of the Circle of Friends of Cameroon (Cerac) did not hesitate to brave nearly 400 kilometers last week, to share good values with the people of Mintom and the surrounding area, almost on the border with the Congo. This is part of the activities marking the celebration of the 52nd edition of the Youth Day.
Leader of Cerac on this occasion, the Deputy General Coordinator, Delegate for the South, Ms. Béatrice Evou Mekou, personal representative of the founding president of the charity, Mrs. Chantal Biya, wife of the Head of State.
It is a very busy agenda that the delegation managed during his stay, between visiting tourist sites and exchanges with the indigenous populations, specifically the pygmies Bakas, Thursday, February 8. Friday 9th day began with educational talks on sexually transmitted infections, hiv / aids, personal hygiene.
The students of the 6th grade, in general and technical education, took part in these sessions at the Mintom Classic High School. The mothers of Cerac have found the words and attitudes indicated allowing students to express themselves without any shame, in a good-natured atmosphere. The most common STIs, relations between STIs and HIs, means of prevention with abstinence in mind, modes of transmission, major signs and symptoms, types of care, benefits of voluntary testing have clearly been explained to young people.
This sequence was immediately followed, on the Mintom Holiday Square, by the donation ceremony to schools, rural women and health facilities of the Department of Dja and Lobo. Before being there, the students of the said schools gathered in the courtyard were given lectures on the dangers of social networks, cybercrime, drugs, viral hepatitis, the prevalence rate in Cameroon (11.9%) is three times higher than that of AIDS, early and unwanted pregnancies.
They were presented by experts from the Directorate of Judicial Police at the DGSN, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, ANTIC, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs.
At the end of this sequence punctuated by sketches, ballets and songs presented by the students, and the speeches of certain authorities, the personal representative of Mrs. Chantal Biya took the floor. "Coming to Minton this year, Cerac confirms that it is committed to go to the most remote corners, the most remote and sometimes the most remote in Cameroon.
The presence of Cerac today in Mintom, like that of the CIRCN last year, in this same place, administers the proof of that, all the populations are in the heart of Mother Chantal Biya ", assured Mrs. Beatrice Evou Mekou .
Before making donations: complete computers with printers, ink, reams of paper, wheelbarrows, sprayers, generators, oil presses, gins, chainsaws, brushcutters, medicines, hospital beds, cleaning products, etc. . The ceremony was attended by numerous administrative, political, religious and traditional authorities of the city.
Cameroon Tribune