{"id":8,"date":"2024-01-24T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T17:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:53:05","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af77dd8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af77dd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a889cd0 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside 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menu-item-has-children menu-item-372\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/index.php\/language\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">LANGUAGE<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-382\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/index.php\/economy\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">PUBLISHED WORKS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a0f66 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96a0f66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95639a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a95639a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706120642800_460\" class=\"banner-thumbnail-wrapper has-description sqs-layout-dark sqs-frontend-overlay-editor-widget-host-light sqs-frontend-overlay-editor-widget-host\" tabindex=\"0\" data-content-field=\"main-image\" data-collection-id=\"56c0f230b654f906a5fb2c63\" data-edit-main-image=\"\" data-annotation-alignment=\"bottom left\"><div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706120642800_578\" class=\"desc-wrapper\" data-content-field=\"description\" data-collection-id=\"56c0f230b654f906a5fb2c63\"><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706120642800_577\">These Babanki children of Cameroon need to receive education in their own language!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e26d24 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e26d24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b56bd3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b56bd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f2c960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f2c960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sqs-html-content\"><p class=\"\">The Babanki Educational Support Fund was founded in 2011 and has been providing scholarships to underprivileged children in Babanki, Cameroon since 2012.\u00a0The Fund has created <strong><em>Support Bilingual Nursery and Primary School<\/em><\/strong> where <strong>children can be taught in their native Babanki language for the first two years before transiting to English as the language of instruction<\/strong>. We also help children develop critical thinking skills while preparing for examinations in the traditional system.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8033fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8033fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Imagine your first day of school. You arrive wearing your best clothes and packing a lunch your mother made for you &#8211; ready to learn!\u00a0But your teacher <em>only <\/em>speaks a foreign (colonial) language you don&#8217;t understand. This practice has devastated the educational hopes of millions of Africans, leaving the continent underdeveloped and in poverty.<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>You can help!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f20a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45f20a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sqs-html-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"sqs-html-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">Email: babankischool@gmail.com<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4d3c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea4d3c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">Contact us to donate!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4797a98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4797a98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0b1baa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0b1baa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f72acf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f72acf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sqs-html-content\"><p class=\"\">The Babanki Educational Support Fund was founded by Pius Akumbu, a native of Babanki, Cameroon. He is currently a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). Before that he was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Buea (2008-2017) and University of Bamenda (2017-2018), a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (2015-2016), and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Universit\u00e4t Hamburg (2019-2021). He is joined by a group of Cameroonian linguists and educators who understand the importance of mother tongue education.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68da1ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68da1ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Pius_Akumbu_1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-88\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Pius_Akumbu_1-1.jpg 646w, https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Pius_Akumbu_1-1-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e737403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e737403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pius Akumbu<\/p>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83da430 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83da430\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1316a00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1316a00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We have already purchased the land and started constructing a few classrooms<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69b037e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69b037e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2991-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-87\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2991-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2991-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2991-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2991-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2991.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5449666 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5449666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This building was constructed in 2017. It has six classrooms and two offices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa16ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afa16ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With your donation we will be able to further this project and, more importantly, sustain it.<\/p>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63cdb82 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63cdb82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6707975 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6707975\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/F_qK-XLd4Bk&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b919d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20b919d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_2_1458271879223_11219\" class=\"sqs-block embed-block sqs-block-embed\" style=\"position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px; outline: none; clear: both; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-block-json=\"{&quot;hSize&quot;:null,&quot;floatDir&quot;:null,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Construction of a school for mother tongue education in Cameroon.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;babankifund&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:480,&quot;thumbnail_width&quot;:480,&quot;width&quot;:854,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;iframe width=\\&quot;560\\&quot; height=\\&quot;315\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_qK-XLd4Bk\\&quot; frameborder=\\&quot;0\\&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;&quot;,&quot;version&quot;:&quot;1.0&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;thumbnail_height&quot;:360,&quot;authorName&quot;:&quot;BESUFU Babankifund&quot;,&quot;authorUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_NBRtoLR583qeZidvmqluw&quot;,&quot;providerName&quot;:&quot;YouTube&quot;,&quot;providerUrl&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/youtube.com&quot;,&quot;thumbnailUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/F_qK-XLd4Bk\/hqdefault.jpg&quot;,&quot;resolveObject&quot;:&quot;Video&quot;,&quot;resolvedBy&quot;:&quot;manual&quot;,&quot;resolved&quot;:true}\" data-block-type=\"22\"><div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_302\" class=\"sqs-block-content\"><div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_620\" class=\"intrinsic\"><div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_619\" class=\"video-caption-wrapper\"><div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_618\" class=\"video-caption\"><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_617\">Construction of a school for mother tongue education in Cameroon.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e6f5b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e6f5b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_629\" class=\"toto\">&#8220;<em>As someone who has been researching the rich and complex Babanki language since the early 1970s, I&#8217;m fully in support of the efforts to educate the children of this locality in their language so that they can succeed in this increasingly complex world. Dr. Pius Akumbu is the right person to oversee the implementation of mother-tongue education in Babanki both because he is an accomplished and distinguished linguist and because he has already shown his leadership abilities in running the Babanki scholarship program for the last five years. I applaud this inspiring initiative of the Babanki Educational Support Fund and strongly encourage others to help&#8221;.<\/em><\/p><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_638\" class=\"\"><strong id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1706123584522_637\">Larry M.\u00a0Hyman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>Professor of Linguistics, UC Berkeley<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\">&#8220;<em>I am <\/em>very pleased<em>\u00a0to be part of this very promising undertaking.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>Peg Barratt \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\"><strong>Professor of Psychology, The George Washington University<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b49b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpforms\" data-id=\"66b49b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpforms.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"wpforms-css-vars-elementor-widget-66b49b2\">\n\t\t\t\t.elementor-widget-wpforms.elementor-element-66b49b2 {\n\t\t\t\t--wpforms-field-background-color: #eeeee;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style><div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full wpforms-render-modern\" id=\"wpforms-99\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-99\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"99\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\" data-token=\"e82e0ed0af85455825f75ad83b8b9db5\" data-token-time=\"1775680926\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div id=\"wpforms-error-noscript\" style=\"display: none;\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-99-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-99-field_1\">E-mail <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-99-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-99-field_1-error\" required><\/div><\/div><!-- .wpforms-field-container --><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"99\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-99\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Envoi...\" data-submit-text=\"Envoyer\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Envoyer<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babankiculturalegacy.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d22c41a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d22c41a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab8bacb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab8bacb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Babanki children of Cameroon need to receive education in their own language! 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