MEDWC USA bags $10,000 during Fundraising event for Akwaya

Maya Angelou once wrote, “I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver”. With more than $10,000 raised in less than 3 hours, Manyu elements in Washington DC and its environs liberated their souls by giving back to the needy and under-privilege children of Akwaya.

The occasion was the (MEDWC) fundraising dinner that took place in Maryland on Saturday March 6, in support of the 2010 Economic Conference bound for Akwaya on March 22, 2010. The joyous evening was hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Cletus Ayuk in their Burtonsville, Maryland residence and in attendance MEDWC USA Coordinator Sesekou Dr. David Tambe who flew in from Dallas, Texas to grace the occasion and present an overview of the organization’s activities.

Knowing too well that in tough economic times money becomes tight, and thus making it difficult for others to donate, the master of ceremony for the evening Ms. Ivert Tambe employed her superb fundraising theatrics and called on donors to dig deep in support of the children of Akwaya. The response was overwhelming as attendees spoke of their deep rooted love and pride in the development of Akwaya and its complete disenclavement.

MEDWC will therefore like to extend a big thank you to all who participated and contributed to the success of the event. In return, the organization will continue its charitable mission and implement short term conference projects by organizing a health fair, support IT awareness with computers to schools, assist in sustainable energy, providing generators to clinics and promoting academic excellence through financial aid packages to merited students.

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AKWAYA 2010 CONFERENCE SET FOR MARCH 22

The USA Cordinator for the Manyu Economic Development Conference (MEDWC) Sesekou Dr. David Tambe has once more called on sons and daughters of Manyu in the USA to work together for a successful economic conference in Akwaya. Reports from MEDWC Secretary General in Yaounde Mr. Enow Chris Oben confirm the official date for the 2010 event has been set for March 22, in Akwaya town with a possible delegation led by our patrons, H.E. Peter Agbortabi and Victor Mengot. It must be recalled that Sesekou Dr. David Tambe has professionally managed MEDWC efforts in the USA with two ground breaking conferences in Tinto (2005) and Eyumojock (2008) providing various forms of assistance to the local communities and the needy. The restructuring of the defunct Manyu world conference in 2003 created an enabling environment to rotate these events amongst the sub-divsions of Manyu.

Today, the Manyu Economic and Development World Conference operates as a regisitered Non-Governmental Organization - created in Mamfe in December 2003, in an attempt to integrate the efforts of the different organizations actively involved in Manyu development. Conferences thus provide a forum for the different organizations and stake holders involved in Manyu development to discuss and tackle problems of Manyu from a common Platform. Participants at each conference include the business community, non profit organizations, healthcare organizations and other NGOs.

For Akwaya 2010, conference projects will include, a health fair at a local health center. Conference health fairs provide an opportunity for participating health organizatons and physicians to provide health screening, free medical supplies and free medications to the local communities. Other conference projects will be donation of generators and computers to the Council and Health centers. Because tuition and fees has become an uphill battle for a lot of our young and bright, the conference promotes academic excellence by awarding financial assistance to secondary and high school students in the area.

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