By Francis Ekongang Nzante
Mr Augustin Bala, Mayor of the Yaounde V Municipality alongside his Consultant for Cooperation with American NGOs Nfinyoh T. Mabu have in a fruitful trip to the United States of America successfully crafted partnerships with Non Governmental Organisations and international associations geared towards accelerating the realisation of Development Projects in the Yaounde V Municipality.
The Mayor arrived Atlanta in the United States on
the 19th of December 2021.The aim of the visit was to meet with American
partners in line with what is referred to as Decentralized Cooperation in the Yaounde
V Municipality.
The first step in his visit was a meeting with the NGO Medshare on Monday,
December 21. Medshare is specialized in medical assistance and support in
medical equipment.
The Mayor visited all the facilities of Medshare in Atlanta.
At the end of this fruitful visit, this NGO, which operates in 100 countries in
the world, decided to help the Yaounde V Municipality from January 2022 in its
project to create a Center for Medical Imagery and Care for Mothers and Children.
Next was a meeting with the NGO MAP International which enabled this NGO to appreciate the vision of Mayor Augustin Bala in supplying its destitute populations with medicines. At the end of this meeting, MAP International decided that from January 2022 it would support the project by the Mayor which is geared towards providing the municipality with a Municipal pharmacy where the hospitals of Yaounde V would henceforth refer cases of medical prescriptions.
A Donor Conference that the Mayor of Yaounde V is
scheduled to chair with a mini exhibition of the municipality is planned to take place in the city of Atlanta between
April and May 2022 with the aim of constructing a Municipal Hospital with several
specialties.
On Wednesday, December 22, 2021, the Mayor accompanied
by his Consultant for Cooperation with American NGOs Mr. Nfinyo T. Mabu, had
two important meetings:
The first was with a certain Mr. Glen Reed, an
International Lawyer and multi-billionaire committed to humanitarian causes in
several countries around the world and a member of the Board of Directors of
MAP International.
The main highlight of the meeting was the presentation by Augustin Bala of his Humanitarian Vision aimed at improving upon the quality of lives of the poor people and families in the Yaounde V Municipality. This constituted the spring board for the launching of a Central Municipal Pharmacy for the free distribution of medicines.
This original
idea, attracted the attention of the Americans. This guaranteed their adhesion
and the immediate commitment of Glen Reed to support this great municipal
project with a high social impact.
The Second
meeting was with a young Cameroonian couple who are entrepreneurs.
Mr Tata Gabsaga and Mrs Tata Pascale. Mr Gabsaga,
who is an Electrical Engineer and Consultant with several American companies, proposed
to digitalize Municipal Tax Payments in order to facilitate the task of
taxpayers who will be able to pay remotely and electronically and simultaneously
securing Municipal Tax Money.
The Mayor of Yaounde V invited them to Cameroon to
lay the foundation stone of this all important project.
Another high light Augustine Bala's visit to the United
States of America was his meeting with
Madame Vanessa R. Willams, Executive Director of the
Association of Black Mayors of the United States (602 Mayors) who also doubles as
Secretary General of the Association of Black Mayors of the World
(approximately 4000 Mayors). It was on behalf of these two associations that she
received Augustin Bala Mayor of Yaounde V who for this purpose received a
decoration for the recognition of his daily commitment to the underprivileged.
He was also appointed as focal point of the two associations
in Cameroon. For this purpose, he was invited to participate in the next summit
of the two associations to be held in Arusha, Tanzania in July 2022. In return,
the Mayor on behalf of his populations, deeply thanked Mrs. Vanessa R. Williams
for this mark of recognition towards his modest person and his Municipality.
It should be noted that the two groups of Mayors
support member municipalities in numerous development projects.
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