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REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN REPUBLI OF CAMEROON

Paix – Travail - Patrie Peace –Work – Fatherland

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VENUE: EGLISE EVANGELIQUE DU CAMEROON (EEC)- BUEA

25TH

OCTOBER, 2015

Report of the PROJECT on

EGLISE EVANGELIQUE DU CAMEROUN REGION SYNODALE DU WOURI NORD ET SUD-OUEST

DISTRICT DU SUD-OUEST\PAROISSE DE BUEA

COORDINATION DE LA JEUNESSE

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I

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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1.1 Introduction and Context

Under the supervision of Evangelic church in Cameroon (The Parish of Buea) to instinct the

spirit of hard work in the mind of youths in view of the Human Resource needs by 2035, Youth

Coordination under the auspices of the Parish Pastor (Rev. Ndeupe Simapi Michel), organized an

award ceremony, titled ‘Excellence Award 2015’. Through the event process, the participants

and laureates expressed optimism that the introduction of this new project that recognized

excellence would enable school goers to adopt a competitive mindset in order to better address

some of our development challenges.

In the general human development framework and in order to provide the nation's human

resources with the skills necessary for building an emerging Cameroonian economy by 2035, the

Government intends to lay special emphasis on the training of human capital through sustained

implementation of the Education Sector Strategy. One of its main objectives as outlined in the

Growth & Employment Strategic Plan is to build capacity on life skills to fight uncivil behavior

amongst adolescents and youths based on a dynamic balance between religion and education in

preparation for the development of an economy geared towards industrialization.

In order to achieve this lofty objective, Youth Coordination designed a project that identifies and

celebrates outstanding students while organizing revision classes for the weaker ones in EEC

church, Buea parish. This aims to equip the future workforce with essential mindset based

knowledge in compliance with the new competence based teaching approach, brilliantly

introduced by the Ministries of Education aiming at meeting with the functional outcomes

(mindset) for an entrepreneurial evolution of Cameroon.

1.2 Proceedings and Outcomes of the Events

In the opening , the Pastor pray and presented the event to God for his blessing after which a

word of welcome was presented by the president of the Youth Coordination. The next part of the

seminar was characterized by issuing of awards in which laureates engaged in collecting their

prizes for the most meritorious one and certificate for the others with the terms of references, in

two different groups as follows:

Group 1: Outstanding fellows of each Category,

Group 2: Best Fellows of all categories

At the end of the prized sessions, the church community was buoyant, some had joyful smile on

their face, some were meditating while some were whispering, next was a vote of thanks from

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the Youth Coordination Vice President on behalf of all the other participants and Laureates. The

resolutions and way forward were also presented by the Youth Coordination president.

This was closely followed by a closing remark by the parish Pastor on behalf of church

community.

Post Seminar Panel Meeting at the Ministers Cabinet

Later in the evening the very day, there was a panel meeting with stakeholders on whatapp to

discuss on event resolutions, challenges and way forward. This session was attended by: Our

sponsor, the Youth Coordination team, and adviser from the previous board. The discussions

centered on policy, financing and a way forward.

1.3 Conclusion, Recommendations and Way Forward

The overall objective of the event was to present some young people who have been hard

working in their studies to the community in order to set a platform which will harness student

abilities to produce similar result for the subsequent academic years. This falls in line with the

vision 2020 of industrialization and eventually the vision 2035 of an emerging Cameroonian

economy.

What came out unique about this project is the introduction of the Guidance revision classes and

the process of recycling of student in a professionalized manner as proposed in the project (this

was a component absent in previous projects) and was highly appreciated and approved by the

Community; who saw it as a stitch in time if there is going to be sustainability and impact in the

way students are guided from now on.

The Final Statement of the event culminated on the expression of hope and optimism by

participants and laureates who appreciated the initiative of involving them at the initial stage and

believed that with the introduction of this new project which complements the student cycle of

studying, the future work force of this country will not only be equipped with mindset needed to

move the country forward but also tackle the challenges that will come their way with relative

ease.

The event on “Excellence Award 2015’, recognizes that:

1. There is an absolute need for recognition of efforts among school goers to

promote the spirit of excellence.

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2. There is a need for the existence of a holistic platform which monitors the

learning process among school goers to correlate their mindset toward nation

building.

3. The need to foresee the continuous performance of meritorious student by the

creation of structure which facilitates exchange and recycling.

4. The need for the government to develop competence based public-private

partnerships.

5. The need of an enabling environment to construct productive mindset in

students in the near future.

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II

REPORT

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2.1 Introduction and Context

ABOUT YC-EEC

YC-EEC stands for Youth Coordination of Eglise Evangelique du Cameroun, Buea Parish. This

organization functions primarily as a choir, but is also effectively involved in bringing youths

together for spiritual edification (spiritual retreats, bible study sessions) and organizing academic

support programs for professional orientation and training. YC-EEC also creates partnerships

with other individuals and organizations in the society specialized in the domains of leadership,

entrepreneurship and many others in order to promote development in our community. They are

also aimed at reinforcing relations between youths and the community and inciting youths to

strive for excellence and put in their best in all they do.

Terms of Reference

Technical/Vocational Education Training

1. What was the 2014/2015 scholars result in EEC Buea community?

2. What strategies can be put in addressing the challenges involved in obtaining excellent

result?

3. In what manners can partners participate in addressing these challenges?

4. How sustainable do we think our suggestions proposed can be?

5. What are the responses from end users?

6. Do student see the importance of achieving excellent result or do they even see why they

should assist others to achieve brilliant results as intended?

Proposals by Youth Coordination on the way forward

Regular prized awards ceremony should be organized to sustain this spirit of hard

working among young people. This has to be finance partially by the church and the

government.

Senior authorities in the congregation should volunteer to provide prizes to the beneficial.

2.5 Conclusion, Recommendations and Way Forward

The overall objective of the event was to present a more sustainable solution which complements

the learning process among school goers. This falls in line with the vision 2020 of

industrialization and eventually the vision 2035 of an emerging Cameroonian economy.

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What came out unique about this project is the introduction of the continuystem and the process

of recycling of beneficials in a professionalized manner as proposed in the project (this was a

component absent in previous projects) and was highly appreciated and approved by the Pastor

and his team; who saw it as a stitch in time if there is going to be sustainability and impact in the

way students think from now on.

The Final Statement of the events culminated on the expression of hope and optimism by

participants and laureates who appreciated the initiative of involving them at the initial stage and

believed that with the introduction of this new project which complements the learning process

among school goers, the future work force of this country will not only be equipped with mindset

needed to move the country forward but also tackle the challenges that will come their way with

relative ease.

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III

ANNEXES

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A2 –

A thank you letter from YOUTH COORDINATION

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Thank you Letter from

the office of the President Youth Coordination

The President of Youth Coordination, on behalf of the entire team, the pastor and his closed

collaborators, wishes to sincerely thank all those who took part in the seminar on “‘Excellence

Award 2015’”, on the 25th

of October 2015 at the Eglise Evangelique du Cameroon parish (EEC)

Buea.

Members of the organizing committee are elated and spurred by the massive turn out, the

indispensable contributions, committees & group work, and several other involvements that

made the event a success.

The overall objective of this seminar which was to inspired the spirit of hard work and proposed

means to sustain excellence for developing and sustaining mindset necessary for nation

building); an event we hope will serve as a reinforcement to enable the EEC Buea Parish and the

entire Buea Community to accompany the state in the achievement of her educational goals.

We write to reiterate to all stakeholders our firm commitment to keep alive and continue the

spirit of collaboration and also note that these efforts to inspire the spirit of hard work among

school goers in achieving set objectives as expressed in the participants’ general resolutions shall

be pursued as a contribution towards the attainment of Cameroon’s vision 2035.

This message would be incomplete if special gratitude is not expressed to the following group of

participants:

Rev Pastor Ndeupe Simapi Michel,

Nana Tomen Harcel

Mr Fru Che from Quiferrou

The Wouafo Joseph

The representatives of various institution where we dropped our letters

EGLISE EVANGELIQUE DU CAMEROUN REGION SYNODALE DU WOURI NORD ET SUD-OUEST

DISTRICT DU SUD-OUEST\PAROISSE DE BUEA

COORDINATION DE LA JEUNESSE

652416608 / 695371442 /coordojeune@gmail.com

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A3 –

The TIMELINE

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IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

The project run for ten weeks beginning from August 2015, on a schedule as follows:

ACTIVITY

Aug

1724

Aug

251+

Sep

29

Sep

1017

Sep

1824

Sep

251+

Oct

29

Oct

1017

Oct

1825

Oct

26

Brainstorming

and Project

Drafting

Contacting and

collecting

information from

student

Sourcing for

partners/sponsors

Announcements/

Publicity

Preparations for

Ceremony

Award Ceremony

Project Evaluation

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A3 –

Related Catalogs of the Resources

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A4 –

Organizing committee members

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A5 –

List of Laureates

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A6 –

Letters of affirmation

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TABLE INDICATING NAME OF INSTITUTION AND REFERENCE .

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A10 –

PROJECT Pictures

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List of Abbreviations

EEC: Eglise Evagelique du Cameroon

YC: Youth Coordination

YOUTH COORDINATION (YC):

EEC - BUEA

Tel: (+237): 652416608

695371442

Email: coordojeune@gmail.com