LENJVAL BLOG

I am writing this article at the age of 27yrs old and in my youthful age.  I remember when I was traversing to this stage of my life (from adolescence to adult), I will dream of fancy things like, -          To one day fry a tray full of eggs and slice it into pieces like a cake. -          To play football and be a superstar like Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon. -          To become a well-known Genetic engineer and add value to humanity. -          To party every day and make merry with friends. -          Etc. Funny enough, as I am writing to you now, -          I am undergoing a transformation to become a vegetarian, -          I don’t have the patience to sit for 90 minutes and watch football t...

 G rowing up as a young boy who was considered to be smart by both my peers and teachers, I attended my fair share of meetings, events and seminars. It was something I always looked up to. For most of us, it was considered a privilege to be chosen to attend such events. You were always treated more highly than the others. That is how much importance we placed on these events. Most of the times, these seminars and events were centered sex education, politics and education. For every event I attended, the topic of discussion was among those three. What struck my mind was the repetitive nature of these events. The same theme each time, no improvement whatsoever. Ironically, we loved it that way. We preferred talking about things we had to do or things we failed to do. Not once did we talk about what we had done.  O ur minds have been greatly affected by the way we were being treated during colonial times. We were made to feel invaluable and useless. Fast forward six decades later...

  FIGHTING HUNGER IN NDU SUB DIVISION .  by farmer Gideon                Topic: STARTING FROM THE PULPIT           As the son of a pastor, from my personal research, there exit two main problems that makes the Christians of Ndu to see pastors during preaching's like real comedians. These vital factors are hunger which I consider to be the "third world war" and the lack of basic needs. No matter how well the pastor presents the Gospel like spiritual food, there is need for the physical food. That is the reason why even though the followers of Christ seem to be spiritually filled, one of them still said to Jesus that "we are hungry". Jesus could have asked them "are you not spiritually filled", but rather he said "what do you have" and they said five loafs  of  bread and two fishes. I know how daring this content can be to pastors and Christians. My aim is not to hurt any body but to open the...

It is the early hours of January 27. Just like I do every other day, I am trekking to the school's campus. On arriving the campus on this fateful day, I came across two graduating students who seemed to be inspecting their final project pending final review. This project of theirs was a door with a built in metal detector. At first, I was really excited. I had always heard of amazing projects being carried out by Cameroonian students but I had never seen one with my own eyes. This was finally the opportunity I had, or so I thought. After thinking for a while and doing a quick web search, that excitement died a natural death. One could say my initial joy had indeed turned to sadness. Why? you may ask. Metal detectors date as far back as the 19th century. Since then, there has been some amazing upgrades which have seen this piece of technology become a vital part of security in the world over. This is what really bothered me. In as much as it is important for students to test their p...

            I'm Mbun Tangwe Ryan. An 18-year old final year high school student in and from Cameroon. If you're like me then you know that Education is a human right that too few people (especially us Africans) enjoy. I believe we as Africans have the power to change that narrative. Education is classified into Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary (university and beyond) education.     Many African students have what it takes to access the tertiary education they desire and deserve, but still, many of us still find ourselves stranded in that area because we lack the necessary information we need to get us where we dream to be. We lack knowledge on the world of work, education options, and we need career guidance.   The Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program was born to solve such issues and many more.  It is a cost-free intensive academic enrichment and leadership program designed for African secondary school students...

YYAS, THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.    “Everything happens for a reason”. My name is Bobgala Harrison from Cameroon. I’m 17 and in my final year in high school. You could say I heard about YYAS by “mistake” but nothing happens without a plan by the Almighty. Little did I know that I can apply for an international program and actually get selected. Firstly, what is YYAS? It stands for Yale Young African Scholars and it is a cost free academic enrichment program for African secondary school students.  Back in 2019 I heard about YYAS from a friend, who heard from a friend, who’s friend had attended the program in 2018 in Zimbabwe. It’s quite a long chain of “hearing from” but that’s how the message about YYAS came to me. Initially, I was skeptical about applying for it because I had never applied for anything of this sort and I didn’t want to “waste” my time. But with some encouragement I finally decided to apply for it and told myself “what better way to gain experience?...