Another busy day for the southern region’s most important festival. True to its convictions, The Belinga Foundation has pulled out all the stops to put the spotlight on local culture and talent, and offer the traditions of peoples from near and far a platform for expression worthy of the name. The day begins with a...
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REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024. DAY 4 WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2024 : THE PEOPLE OF THE COAST PUT ON A SHOW.
As we’ve already said more than once, the theme of the 2024 edition of the Bia so Mengong festival is « Unity and Diversity ». How better to mark this unity in diversity than by inviting other ethnic groups to come and showcase their culture and enable the people of Mengong to discover other horizons,...
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024. DAY 2 : MONDAY JULY 15 : SOCCER AND EVENING IN THE VILLAGE.
The second day of the Festival on Monday July 15 featured two main events : soccer and evening entertainment by the Yekombo from Doungou village. As for soccer , the first match between RENAISSANCE from Ngomessan and JERED from Emanemvam kicked off at 10am. After a hard-fought game, JERED finally won one goal to nil....
REWINDING BIA SO MENGONG 2024 DAY 1 : SUNDAY JULY 14, 2024 : REUNION DAY.
This is the big day, the day for which all The Belinga Foundation teams and the people of the entire Mengong county have been working for over a year. It’s the day when, once again, THE BELINGA FOUNDATION celebrates culture and living together. It’s a day of reunion between the people of Mengong and their...
CULTURE : FINAL RUN OF THE ‘’EVENING IN THE VILLAGE’’ INITIATIVE FOR THE 2023/2024 FINANCIAL YEAR
THE BELINGA FOUNDATION’s technical team is preparing to close its activities this year as part of the <<Evening in the Village>> initiative. This final event, to be held this Saturday 08 June 2024 at Ngomessane II, will bring together the Essamane tribe of the Mengong county, particularly those from the villages of Ngomessane II and...
Health : The Health Zero initiative comes full circle in Ekouk.
Second year validated for the Zero Health initiative, which on Wednesday May 29, 2024 completed the 2023/2024 budget year in the village of Ekouk. The raid covered the villages of Ekouk, Mbondo, Ke’eke, Adjab and Ebolebola. A total of 17 people were treated, 14 with modern medicine and 3 with traditional medicine. This brings the...
HEALTH : Health Zero: raising awareness in the run-up to Ekouk
.With just two weeks to go before the Health Zero initiative descends on Ekouk on May 29, 2024, it’s time for communication and awareness-raising. . Following the usual routine, the teams have been in the field since the beginning of the week. As usual, posters have been pasted up, door-to-door canvassing, radio broadcasts and announcements...
A bang to end the schoolyear for the Sikolo Ane Mfi initiative.
After a year rich in activity and innovation, the Sikolo Ane Mfi initiative came to a close on Thursday May 16 in the premisses of the Daniel Akono Nko’o Presbyterian High School. As in March, the visit involved students from secondary schools in the Mengong county. More specifically, it involved pupils from high schools and...
Evening in the village : Ndeng fully set for the 7th outing.
. The village of Ndeng, led by its chief, His Majesty Mendoua Ambroise, is preparing to host the 7th outing of the Evening in the village initiative. . . Scheduled for this Saturday, April 13, 2024, the outing concerns the Yembong villages of the Fale II paramount chieftncy, namely Ndeng, Loum, Banhop, Nkolowon and Melan....
The Health Zero initiative returns to Nyengue.
On February 6, 2023, almost a year ago, the Health Zero initiative made its debut in Nyengue. It will return this Wednesday, February 28. To ensure that this return to its roots is a complete success, teams from The Belinga Foundation have been on the field since the beginning of the month. This trip is...