HOFNA, YALI Fellows Call on Youths to Value and to Get Engage in Service

Looking up to Mandela as the Role Model

Hope for the Needy Association- HOFNA Cameroon has made a clarion call for young people to value and engage in service.  Harping on the Mandela model during Mandela Day celebration in Bamenda last July 12, 2018 the Founder and Executive Director of HOFNA Cameroon Christelle Bay who was flanked by Mandela Washington said “This day is particularly important this year because it should have been Mandela’s 100^th birthday.

The Bamenda mixed boys and girls football tournament that greased the event was described by impressionists as one of the best tools in behavioral change for youths. This was the first time that both boys/girls played a football match in front of many and it was innovative. The YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative) Network also used the occasion to call on YALI members to do something to leave their own legacy, to emulate Mandela’s life. To  Christelle Bay “we choose this day to bring the young people together; we decided to celebrate it in our own way; we call it the YALI-selves event promoting service; we brought adolescents together..” 

The Nelson Mandela International Day 2018 marks 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela. The Centenary according to the UN Secretary General Antonio Gueteres provided an occasion to reflect on his life and legacy, and to follow his call to "make of the world a better place." Mandela the UN notes “embodied the highest values of the United Nations. One hundred years after his birth, Mandela’s example of courage and compassion continue to inspire the world.”
The Nelson Mandela Foundation dedicated this year's Mandela Day to Action Against Poverty, honouring Mandela's leadership and devotion to fighting poverty and promoting social justice for all.

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