November 10, 2024, marked another milestone in The Belinga Foundation’s « Soir au Village » initiative, aimed at preserving cultural heritage. The foundation’s team chose Ma’anmeyine village as the venue to reconnect the populations with their cultural roots and instill pride in their origins. Despite challenges due to poor road conditions, the team of volunteers...
On November 5, 2024, The Belinga Foundation team conducted the second « Sikolo âne nfi » outreach program for the 2024/2025 academic year at Mvangue School Complex, Mengong, South Cameroon. A total of five public primary schools (Ebap, Emanemvam, Edam I, Nyengue, and Mvangue) and two kindergarten schools (Mvangue and ENDAM I) were visited.The event...
There was a cocktail of sounds and colors this wednesday, october 9, 2024 at the ABIETE YEKOMBO school complex to celebrate the return of the SIKOLO ANE MFI initiative. It was a day rich in activities, marked by the presence of many distinguished guests, including His Majesty OYONO EKATA’A BULU NORD paramount chief. 8 schools,...
The penultimate day of the Bia so Mengong festival has as always, a rich program of activities. On the soccer front, the action was a little more subdued, with only two matches on the program, one in men’s soccer and one in men’s soccer, all vying for third place. On the cultural side, however, the...
It’s harvest time in the various fields of the Bia so Mengong festival, which today enters its home stretch.On the program for the day is an ascent of Mount Ondondo, the semi-finals of the two soccer tournaments, the final of the Miss contest and an evening at the Yemfek village. From the first light...
You had to get up early on Wednesday to make sure you didn’t miss anything. At around 6 a.m., the day kicks off with the marathon. If you had to sum up the race, you could call it the fall of kings. Indeed, it was disillusionment for the champions of this traditional marathon. In the...
The third edition of the BIA SO MENGONG festival effectively started its countdown today with the soccer quarter-finals, the gospel competition final, the start of the women’s soccer tournament, the Songo game and tourism. As usual, in the morning the festival village is decked out in its finest colors, with food and drink stalls filling...
.Another busy day for the festival as it enters its second week. For this second Monday of the festival, it’s time for lovers of fine literature, with the programming of a cultural seminar led by luminaries of the intellectual world. Placed under the theme <<The importance of thé Mask in Africa >>, the conference...
.It’s day seven when children aged 4 to 10 from all over the Mengong county wake up and arrive at the festival venue. THE BELINGA FOUNDATION, in its program of activities for the BIA SO MENGONG festival has dedicated them a whole day. A beautiful one indeed, a day of fun with a merry-go-round and...
The day is as busy as ever ; the temporary cessation of soccer doesn’t prevent spirits from remaining focused on activities in the festival village, where a number of motivating events are taking place. In keeping with the festival’s theme, a third cultural group marking national unity is eagerly awaited by the people of Mengong....
