:: CAMSA-USA.ORG | Website of the Cameroon Students Association in the U.S.A

MISSION STATEMENT :
We seek to achieve success within ourselves, Cameroonians, our local chapters, our community, our nation, and the world

GOALS & OBJECTIVES :
As an organization and a united front, we work to:

Address challenges facing Cameroonian students in the United States by organizing programs, forums to help promote professional and career development and enhance opportunities for academic success.
Address concerns and problems facing Cameroonian students in the United states by serving as a voice representing them and acting as a liaison to appropriate authorities including, but not limited to, the Embassy of Cameroon to the United States.
Promote cooperation between American educational institutions and educational institutions in Cameroon for the mutual benefit and development of our brothers and sisters back home and here in the United States.
Promote in Cameroon the awareness of the opportunities, possibilities, and potential of the American educational system.
Foster unity, friendship and camaraderie among Cameroonians in the USA.
Contribute in an organized manner to the economic, cultural, and social development of our fatherland, Cameroon.
Develop friendship and understanding through cultural interaction and communication among ourselves as well as with students of other origins, nationalities and cultures.
Promote amongst ourselves the constant awareness of the realities of life back in Cameroon, particularly by affording our children the means of becoming acquainted and identifying with the culture of their ancestral fatherland.
Obtain for our membership the services, benefits, and advantages that a united and strong student body might be able to achieve particularly through the formal representation of the interests of our members and membership wherever and whenever there is need.

Through our various projects, we hope to positively impart the lives of our brothers and sisters in Cameroon, to be a voice for a more rewarding and student-friendly educational system in Cameroon and to directly confront the plight of young Cameroonians most notably the devastating effects of the HIV-AIDS pandemic.

As a non-profit association, our projects are funded by goodwill donations from people like yourself and we hope that you will help us achieve these projects by donating generously. CAMSA-USA is a 501(c)3 incorporated association and therefore all donations to us are Tax-deductible in accordance with Code Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Service.

Cameroon Students Association in the United Sates

P.O. Box 180096

Dallas, TX 75218

www.camsa-usa.org

09/07/2008

Dear CAMSANs, Cameroonians and Prospective Members,

Accept greetings from your new Executive board and committee members for 2008-2010. I will like to thank you all for the vote of confidence as I assume the presidency of the Cameroonian Students Association in the United States of America. At the same time, I will like to thank the outgoing president Ms. Martha Peghebe (Pufong) and her administration for their accomplishments during her tenure, the Judiciary and Electoral committee led by Mr. Samuel Ndinjiakat for their efforts in upholding the laws and culture of our organization.

Ladies and Gentlemen: We have a difficult task ahead of us, which is rebuilding our organization and taking it beyond the foundation laid by our founders. In the same token, we need to re-energize and engage our youth by getting them involved in current activities organized by the association, and maintaining a membership database allowing us to grow our organization. Growth and expansion are now necessary by including our alumni, Cameroonians and Americans under the umbrella of associate membership. Your new administration is very diverse and does not believe that there is any such thing as an Anglophone Cameroonian or a Francophone Cameroonian. We are all Cameroonians first and together we’ll achieve great results for the community.

The needs of the Cameroonian student in the United States are many and we cannot pretend that we will resolve all of them in just one term. With your support, we can tackle some of the issues together and make the Cameroonian students in the United States proud of their accomplishments. The goal of this administration is to work with other Cameroonian associations in the United States that share our vision to accomplish common goals. Some of these organizations include but are not limited to, Professional associations such as the CSE, Cameroonian Schools Alumni Groups, Socio-Cultural groups and businesses just to name a few. The greatest challenge that we have is the reality that, many of us sit back, criticize and complain while a few take that extra step to do something about correcting the wrongs in our society. We have had some courageous Cameroonians come-up with ideas and projects that can benefit Cameroonian students in the United States and Cameroonians at large. We know that there are many Cameroonians out there with brilliant ideas like you, reading this message; we look forward to hearing your ideas as to how we can grow and take our organization to the next level.

During the mandate of 2008-2010, with your support we intend to accomplish the following projects to benefit the Cameroonian student population, Cameroonians and the public. These projects include but are not limited to, the First Aid Kit project, Donate a Book Project, Aids and Substance Abuse Awareness, Urban America Volunteers, Scholarship/Grant Awareness/ “Fall Bush” campaigns and other programs deemed necessary by Cameroonian Students in the United States. Details on these projects will be released in the weeks ahead.

You are probably asking yourself the question, “How does your team intend to accomplish these goals?” First, your support and involvement is crucial. Secondly, we will actively seek funding and financial support from organizations and businesses. Committees are also being created to handle these projects some of which are led by NEC members. If your strength or major is in any of the fields below and you’ll like to be a committee member, I strongly recommend that you contact us. CAMSA-USA NEEDS YOU!! These committees include but are not limited to:

1. The Education Committee

2. The Fundraising Committee

3. The Membership Committee

4. The Convention Planning Committee

The Soccer/Athletic sub-Committee

5. The Recovery Committee

6. Marketing/Communications Committee

Let me seize this opportunity to introduce my 2008-2010 administration. Please join me in welcoming this team of dedicated individuals who have shown their leadership qualities. I urge you to collaborate with them so we can grow our organization.

President: Felix LeShey II, fleshey@yahoo.com

Executive Director: Eric Befidi, ebefidi@gmail.com

Vice President: Emmanuel Tabi, etabi2@hotmail.com

The Secretary: Franklin Fru, franklinfru@yahoo.com

Public Relations Officer: Linda Ndze (Lila), llndze@viterbo.edu

Treasurer: Guilleume Macfongim, macfongim@hotmail.com

Financial Secretary: Martin Mboe, chiefmboe@yahoo.co.uk

The position of Executive Director was created pursuant to Article 19, Section 19-3 for execution of goals and our vision. I want to express my gratitude to the following enthusiastic individuals for accepting to serve in committees under this administration:

Joyce Mumah, (Education)

Alice Tomdio, (Education)

Linda Vakunta, (Fundraising)

Lora Fogam, (Marketing/Communications)

Anabel Ngonga, (Convention Planning)

Fuh Bertold (Recovery)

We have a great year ahead of us, and I look forward to working with each of you in accomplishing a milestone for our most cherished organization.

Sincerely,

Felix LeShey II

National President: CAMSA-USA Inc.