The Royal Heritage Association International (RHAI) has donated school needs to internally displaced girls in Yaounde, putting smiles on their faces.
Some families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the North West Region have sent their children to school with ease thanks to the support from compassionate brothers abroad.
Grouped under a non-for-profit association in Yaoundé named the Royal Heritage Association International (RHAI) that caters for the less privileged girl especially girls from crisis zones, the President, Claudius Anyangwe Fombang, said this initiative is still in its commencement phase and that it plans to re-empower the girls from these troubled areas by giving them the opportunity to pick up their pieces and to pursue their education and dreams while they can.
The Royal Heritage Association International was born in 2023 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It has partners abroad who are mostly Cameroonians from the English-speaking regions. Their gesture according to Claudius Anyangwe Fombang is driven by love for the country and compassion for the young girl who has been subjected to suffering and forceful displacement from their places of origin.
In the words of Claudius, “Prompted by the fundamental human right to education for every child as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in response to UNESCO’s call to support the access to education for marginalized girls as stipulated in the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, we cannot remain indifferent to the suffering of the children from the conflict zones. We are further encouraged by Cameroon government’s frequent calls for every Cameroonian to feel at home in any part of the country. We have been reaching out to IDP families in Yaoundé to support them in our own little way and so far, our moves have been very successful and appreciated.”
This is the first time the Association is reaching out to offer help. They have offered books, pens and pencils and little financial support to some five IDP families in the Simbock area, Yaoundé. The exercise went on for one week ahead of back-to-school and ended on Sunday, 8 September 2024 with a thanksgiving at the Presbyterian Church Simbock. According to the president, RHAI has a great vision for the underprivileged girl and their activities will continue during the end-of-year festivities with mission trips to homes, the streets and facilities where this class of girls can be found and given a helping hand.
Irene AWENEG
