HISTORY
ORES was granted authorization on
the 14th of July 1998 with registration number 2012/E, 29/1111/vo/7/APPB
as a charity organisation in Cameroon under law No. 90/053 of 19/12/1990.
It has its headquarters in Bamenda, Cameroon.
The organisations motto is Light to All.
ORES
Was Born
ORES was the brainchild of three secondary school teachers who happened
to be posted as science teachers to Government High School Nwa. Nwa is
a small town in the North West Province of Cameroon perching at the frontier
with neighbouring Nigeria. At that time (1998) Nwa was difficult to be
reached by vehicle because the road was simply, dangerous. Nwa is one
of the oldest subdivisions in the country but one of the most neglected.
Poverty grew, the town found itself diminishing. Even today the town has
neither pipe borne water nor electricity .There was pessimism everywhere.
The people of Nwa had not been blessed
with fertile soil. Agriculture which is the main occupation of the people
was low yield. Parents could not sustain the education of their children.
Underscholarization was very high. Even when the children were enrolled
in school, payment of fees and the purchase of essential textbooks, were
nightmares. The result was early school abandonment and mass exodus to
cities like Bamenda and Douala The unfortunate thing the teachers noted,
was that these people migrated to towns with the hopes of acquiring jobs
and a better living but most often because of their low level of education,
they could not cope with the life there. The result was, the boys took
up banditry while the girls indulged in prostitution. This is a typical
trend in most rural zones in Cameroon today. These teachers were very
moved by the circumstances. They realised the problem could not be solved
by just one individual. It needed an organisation of persons to raise
awareness, to advocate for the people, to stimulate them into self-reliant
development. If the people had to migrate, let them be armed with a certain
threshold level of education.
When ORES was born, the teachers were
quick to realise that the problems of Nwa had a global dimension typical
of the third world. We had to broaden our target zones. We were happy
to learn that there is the Global Campaign for Education NGOs. We
went into networking coming to the forefront of the Education for All
program as laid out in the world conference on education in Jomtien and
recently, Dakar.
ORES is founded on the moral principle that: a
way of serving God is to serve man. ORES is a nonprofit apolitical
organisation.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman: TATAH Hycenth Dzelamonyuy
Secretary General: Julius Shenga T.
Resource Persons:
Dr. SHOUASHA Princely
Agnes Lem
TCHESHIE Stanley
YENGO Henry
SIFE Jerome Baninla
ASAH Hippolyte Fombi
FONYUY Ivo
SINJU Fidelis
WIRMVEM Peter
GRACE Achirri
Currently there are twelve (12) board members, most of whom are educationists.
Membership is open to honest individuals who show genuine concern for
people held down by inadequate level of education.
CONTACTS
ORES P.O. Box 5165, Bamenda, Cameroon.
Tel: (237) 752-5472 (237) 761-7604 (237) 750-1470 E-mail:
[email protected]
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