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Each of us was privileged to go through the difficult education system of Cameroon and are now willing to invest in the lives of the children still struggling.<\/p><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/p><h2 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>Board Members<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>President: <\/strong>Pius Akumbu is a Lecturer at the University of Buea, Cameroon; Fulbright Scholar, UC Berkeley (Sept. 2015-May 2016) and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Universit\u00e4t Hamburg (2019-2021).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pakumbu.jimdo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about his research and publications<\/a><\/p><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>Treasurer:<\/strong>\u00a0Esther Phubon is a Lecturer at the University of Buea, Cameroon<\/p><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>Secretary<\/strong>: Olympia Mekha (MA student, University of Yaound\u00e9 1, Cameroon)\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>Public Relations Officer<\/strong>: Benjamin Nkwenti (Lecturer, Polytechnic Bambui, Cameroon)\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><hr \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a small group of educators from Babanki, northwest Cameroon, who have come together to support the education of underprivileged children in the village.\u00a0 As linguists, the four board members understand the usefulness of mother tongue education. 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