Upper Nyong Division : Maman Rosette Women’s Empowerment Centre Inaugurated

July 27, 2019 is a date that will forever remain engraved in the hearts of inhabitants of the Upper-Nyong Division of the East Region, particularly those living in Dimako, the birth place of the First Lady of Cameroon, Chantal Biya. It was a day to honour and remember the mother of the First Lady, the Late Mrs Rosette Marie Ndongo Mengolo epouse Mboutchouang fondly called “Maman Rosette”. On that memorable Saturday afternoon, the “Maman Rosette” Women Empowerment and the Family Centre of Dimako was presented to the world by the Circle of Friends of Cameroon (CERAC). Representing the First Lady at the event was the General Coordinator of CERAC, Linda Yang. In the presence of the Governor of the East Region, government ministers, family members of Maman Rosette and several other dignitaries, Linda Yang unveiled the commemorative plaque which read: “Maman Rosette Women Empowerment and the Family Center of Dimako, the year two thousand and nineteen and the twenty-seven of July, the Circle of Friends of Cameroon (CERAC), on behalf of its Founding President, Madam Chantal Biya, Spouse of the Head of State, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, UNAIDS Special Ambassador, officially inaugurated and handed over to the State of Cameroon the Maman Rosette Women Empowerment and the Family Center of Dimako, built and equipped by CERAC. CERAC went further to donate diverse gifts to the orphanage “La Maison De L’esperance”, the Dimako Health Centre and women association of the Upper-Nyong Division that is Dimako, Doumaintang, Doume, Lomie, Messok, Mindourou and Ngoyla. 
Constructing a women’s empowerment centre in honour of Maman Rosette is not an error,  said the personal representative of the First Lady, because she was a beacon of hope for many under the yoke of afflictions, illnesses and poverty. Reason why Linda Yang said it is no surprise she could offer to Cameroonians and humanity at large, a replica of her in the person...