Beneficiaries of the Mr. Liwonjo birthday gifts in family photo with teachers & parents. |
By Christopher Ambe
Millions of people
prefer celebrating, lavishly and stylishly, their birthday anniversaries at hotel
parties, dining and wining with friends and relations. Hardly do they think of
the underprivileged!
But
Moki Vainda Liwonjo,a Cameroonian teacher currently on study leave in the USA, is in the category
of those who have decided to celebrate theirs by sharing the little they have with underprivileged children.
Moki Vainda Liwonjo |
“There is nothing as pleasurable
as giving to needy children. I love sharing…it feels really good,”Mr. Liwonjo
told me in a telephone chat when asked to justify his preference for children. “Children
are a blessing and a gift from God, so says the Bible”
Mr.Liwonjo’s decision
to dedicate his birthday anniversaries to underprivileged children, and commune
with them, was taken several years ago; but it became more pronounced when this
elite of Fako Division, founded the MC –VAINDA FOUNDATION, headquartered in
Buea.
Mr. Liwonjo, a former
President of Buea Teachers Union and First Vice-President of Teachers’ Association
of Cameroon (TAC) last April 17,his
birthday, made a significant donation of didactic materials plus foodstuff and
5000Fcfa each to forty(40) underprivileged pupils selected from three state-owned
primary schools in Buea subdivision viz:GS
Bokwango,GS Likoko Membea Group I & II.
School authorities overseeing the donation |
Also speaking,Mrs.
Ikome Irene Limunga, head teacher of GS Likoko Membea II ,on behalf of the
beneficiary schools, commended parents who
did accompany their children to witness the donation.
She expressed the
wish to see many others emulate the philanthropic gesture of the donor.
School choir singing during the ceremony |
The ceremony opened
with a soul-searching meditation, inspired by the Bible book of Genesis 40:23
and titled “God will remember you”. The meditation by Hans Monono Manga, a
gifted preacher and Worker of Buea Council, was hugely applauded.
Words of appreciation
also came from Madam Linda Pearl, representative of beneficiary parents and two
pupils on behalf of the beneficiaries.
The ceremony was
animated with birthday songs in honor of the donor and live music by school
choirs.(Armelle Belibi ,University of Buea journalism Intern contributed to this report )
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