Christelle Bay Chongwain: The Exemplary Human Right Advocate

Behind every woman is an inspiring story. Meet Christelle Bay Chongwain one of the few women who has moved beyond artificial male barriers and she is changing lives as rights and peace advocate. On this special day,  the inspiring stories of women cannot be be told with mentioning her name. Christelle Bay is a woman of the future who was born with the knack to cater the need of 

others.  She is a Mandela Washington Fellow. She is the CEO of  Hope for the Needy Association-Cameroon. HOFNA  Accompanying rural women, advocating for gender equity, violence against women and rights of children as well as providing support has been her line of action in fostering the empowerment of the poor as well as building a better future for all. And providing scholarships to orphans as well as encouraging the education of the girl child is what has made HOFNA Cameroon the Best of the Best in Child result orientation. It is also this art of reaching out to the needy that has catapulted Christelle Bay Nfor in various communities in the North West Region of Cameroon. What makes her dissimilar from others is that she does uncommon things in a very common manner.

With the collaboration of funding partners and with donations from members, HOFNA has reached out to over 500 primary schools pupils in the North West Region by donating didactic materials. In her move to encourage communities realize their worth through the education of the girl child; HOFNA has offered scores of scholarships to little intelligent girls in the region. She started ten years ago by providing scholarship to pupils  at CS Ngwanri in Nkambe Central. This she said is a way to raise hopes in communities and build a better future for the next generation. 

Today, she has reached out to hundreds of children accross the country. Coming closer to Christelle Bay is discovering a pictogram in child welfare and an advocate for the right to education for the girl child. As a matter of fact, she is putting and has been putting HOFNA Cameroon on the ladders of the trusted NGOs that Cameroon needs to achieve the Vision 2035. HOFNA Cameroon from all observations inspires hope given that her devotion to work for a sustain future is what is making her to think of moving climate change issues from workshops and symposium to the classrooms for children to be informed and empowered on mitigation strategies. 

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