ASSOCIATION DES COMPETENCES POUR UNE VIE MEILLEURE Récépissé de déclaration N°00000782/RRDA/J06/BAPP

Contacts : BP : 30301 Yaoundé Cameroun Mail : ascovime@yahoo.fr, gbwelle@gmail.com

Tel: 00 (237) 99 74 94 85 / 75241145 Web site: http//www.ascovime.org

AWING EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, 18 OCTOBER 2014

NORTH WEST REGION

By Dr Bwelle Georges, Founder and President of ASCOVIME

How sad it is to live a life filled with riches along side those who lack the minimum and basic

necessity. Let’s share to bring a smile

Upon the request of PaJoe Chungong, a native of Awing village based in the USA, a small ASCOVIME

team of 5, Dr Georges Bwelle, Zeng Annicet, Etienne Ngoa, Takwi Linda and the driver Eric, travelled to

Awing village for an educational campaign in Nikah Primary school. The trip, originally programmed for

Friday the 17th of October had to be pushed to the 18th, a Saturday because the team had a series of

schools to visit in Santa before moving on to Awing. By the time the tour of schools in Santa was over, it

was too late to go to Awing. The Headmistress of the school was contacted by phone to be informed of

the delay and to plead with the pupils to be in school the next day considering the fact that it would be

Saturday.

On Saturday morning, a truck was sent to the team in Santa by PaJoe Chungong, aka Pa Bonie Chungong

to take the team to Awing as it was uncertain as to whether the ASCOVIME truck would make it through

the bad roads. Taking off from Santa at 8am, the team had a smooth drive up to a certain hill just above

the Lake Awing. The slope was very slippery and muddy as it had rained the previous night.

Coming out of the car, the team had to push the car uphill. Thanks to the very collaborative nature of

the people of Awing, the people seeing the team struggle got out of their own cars and tried to push and

pull the truck out of the mud to no avail and gave up.

Dr Georges Bwelle: Leading by example. Let’s do this. Pushhh

Zengue trying to dig a path right under the tire of the pick-up

It was midday already and there were hungry kids in Awing waiting for their school supplies from the

team. The Fon’s wife, Mrs Eugenie Fozoh called to find out why the delay. A team member, Miss Takwi

Linda was assigned to start walking towards the village, hoping to get a bike and get ahead of the team

to reassure the pupils and their teachers. It was a very lonely one hour walk uphill to an unknown

destination.

Fortunately, the team left behind saw a 4WD going to Awing, into which they transferred all the school

supplies, leaving Pa Joe Chungong’s truck and driver behind. A tired Miss Takwi was picked up at the top

of the hill. She climbed up and joined the other team members hanging tight to the back of the truck.

Finally the team got to Awing but had to go first to the palace for introductions. They were received

briefly by the Fon’s wife and the Fon’s secretary as the Fon was out of town. They then proceeded to

Nikah primary school. The pupils had waited for so long and some had gotten discouraged and gone

home.

The national Anthem was sung by the pupils and the Headmistress made a welcome speech. Then Miss

Takwi introduced the team and expressed gratitude to PaJoe Chungong for thinking of the kids back at

home and helping in his own little but significant way, to promote education in Awing.

Books, pens, pencils were distributed to the pupils. Books, pens, registers and kerosene lamps were

given to the teachers to enable them make their lesson notes even with electricity shortages.

The kids were all very happy. It is worth noting that in their joy, some of them even started throwing

away their old books and pencils as they received the new ones. It was a jubilant site.

SCHOOL STATISTICS

CLASS No of BOYS No of GIRLS TOTAL

Class one 50 45 95

Class two 27 36 63

Class three 33 21 54

Class four 40 28 68

Class five 47 32 79

Class six 26 18 44

TOTAL 223 180 403

NUMBER OF TEACHERS: 8

School supplies were distributed to all pupils and teachers and for those who were absent, theirs was

handed over to the headmistress

Gift from the Nikah Primary School to the Ascovime team

Done with the distribution of school supplies, the team was invited to the Awing Palace for a sumptuous

meal.

It was raining, but the Ascovime team had a long journey back to Yaounde ahead of them. With the

rains, the journey back was not an easy one either. But the truck was well suited for the road. With

some pushing and pulling, the truck and made it uphill and then down to where PaJoe’s truck was

waiting.

Poor Zengue. His shoes couldn’t handle the mud

Transporting our gifts given to us at Nikah from one pickup to another was another challenge because

the hill that separated the two vans was dangerous and the driver didn’t want to take the risk of getting

stuck in the mud. So the team had to transport the goods by head downhill.

All is well that ends well. Together, lets educate our nation, one village at a time. La vie c’est la chance!