1. THE BACKGROUND OF THE PERIOD COVERED

This Activity Report covers the period from January, 2018 to December, 2018. During this period, a lot has happened in the South West and North West Regions of Cameroon where MUNED principal activities are carried out. This involves the socio-political crisis that is affecting these regions since 2016. The crisis has hindered the implementation of some earmarked projects of MUNED including visiting school children  and the needy in M’muock (Fosimondi) village as part of the organization community support program. Due to the socio-political crisis in the village, the team of MUNED representatives who were to visit the village to provide support to our children undertaking education and the elderly people in our community could not do so. This has caused many to believe that MUNED is just a “Social Media” project because they are yet to actually see the organization engaging in “fieldwork” to support the M’muock community in various ways as actually envisage in the constitution of the organization that embody its mission, vision, principles, activities and the strategies.

2. ACTIVITIES COVERED

Despite the challenges of fieldwork (not visiting the village for community support and researches), MUNED organization however succeeded in different areas involving:

a. Building of its Website

During 2018 financial year, MUNED successfully built the first website for the M’muock people. This website became the organization main interface of interaction with the world. Statistics shows that averagely a good number of people visit the MUNED website on daily basis for information and the organization is now a reference centre as far as research and publication is concern in the M’muock area and very soon Lebialem Division of the South West Region of Cameroon. As of December 31^st 2018, the MUNED website has had 5, 613 pageview, by 374 users in 1, 142 browsing sessions, each user spending an average of 8 minutes and 13 second per session. MUNED  did expanded its website to involve world issues like globalization, climate change, illegal immigration, local development, etc. which are issues that are currently been debated at international fora of world leaders. This was done to internationalized the MUNED initiative. MUNED Information and Technology department (MUNED-IT) team leader, Mr Njofie Wilson shall continue to build the website as a routine process. MUNED look forward to leveraging its website for online donations and fundraising, as well as through ads monetization.

b. Social Media Activities

MUNED as an educational and developmental network, highly employ social media technology into its activities. In 2018, MUNED facebook page and group continue to grow in numbers thanks to various important information the MUNED team had been publishing there to educate the world about the M’muock area of the Lebialem Division of the South West Region of Cameroon and also sensitization of the world about some community sensitive issues like HIV/AIDS stigmatization, racial discrimination, gender and domestic Violence, etc. which are human right principles and values that an educational network like MUNED should educate communities and people about. Such sensitizations took the forms of Facebook live programs and Facebook postings. Presently, both MUNED facebook page and group has at least 1,300 Followers being the most followed M’muock social media platforms.

c. Information Documenting, Research and Publication

Even though during 2018 MUNED was unable to go to field for research and publication in various sectors of the M’muock community due to the socio-political crisis, the organization was able to document enough information through Live facebook interview strategy of some notables and elders of the M’muock community. These involve:

• The live facebook interview of Ndi Nkemezao Johnas of Nkongsamba on the origin and growth of MUDECA
• The live facebook interview of Pa Nkweteyim Asobo on the origin and growth of the M’muock community in Buea
• The live facebook interview of HRH Fofietso on the origin and growth of education in M’muock.

All these live Facebook interviews helped to document vital information about M’muock that will be used in the days ahead to produce both M’muock documentary and as well as articles for publications.

Also, MUNED organization took active part in the realization of the book published by Mr Nkwencha Aloys title: “Discovering the people of M’muock (Fosimondi)” which covers a lot about the M’muock people particularly their history, dynasty, culture, tradition, economy, etc. This book became the lone publication about the M’muock people in  2018 authored by a M’muock citizen.

d. The Coverage of the MUDECA Executive Meetings

As an agent of education and development, MUNED has been very active in working with MUDECA to push for the development of the M’muock community.  MUNED took an active part in the Executive Meetings of MUDECA both in Yaounde and Nkongsamba in which live Facebook coverage  was done. The live facebook coverage helped to re-assure the M’muock community both at home and abroad that despite the socio-political crisis in the South West and North West Regions of Cameroon which has hindered the organization of MUDECA Congress for 2017 and 2018 everything is under control. MUNED largely publicized that MUDECA is alive despite all odds and equally the MUDECA Congress that is scheduled in Nkongsamba for April 2019.

e. The Registration of MUNED as an NGO

It was the decision of the MUNED Constitutive General Assembly (MUNED-CGA) that the organization be registered as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Cameroon. A file was compiled and filed to the government of Cameroon to that effect. Mr Tianguam Rosetang has been to the government office on several occasions to follow up and the process will soon be completed latest March, 2019.

3. CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED

During 2018 financial year, MUNED organization also witnessed some setbacks. These involves:

The non participation of some of its members. It was observed that even though MUNED had 16 members, some of them were not active. Some members deliberately refused paying their dues and were stripped off their right of membership as stipulated in the organization constitution. Their behavior however brought a lot of setbacks because many people became discouraged.

Also, limited finance hinder a lot of work. A lot was to be done by getting field agents to assist in the collection of information for M’muock documentary and also preservation of information from the M’muock elderly people who are gradually passing away. Due to lack of finances to get these field agents involved, nothing was done in that area. There is an absolute need to build M’muock documentary that embodies our history, culture, tradition, etc. This is a project that needs time and equally financial and human resources to be executed. This project has been table to MUDECA twice but their reply is that MUNED should present the sketch of the documentary before funding can be released.

4. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

MUDECA Congress for 2019 has been announced to begin on April 4^th, 2019 to April 6^th, 2019. Based on this, MUNED General Assembly (MUNED-GA) has adopted that:

• Regarding the production of M’muock documentary, MUNED shall actively take part in the MUDECA Congress in 2019 at Nkongsamba to document enough information as the starting point for the M’muock documentary envisage.
• MUNED shall have a stand at the MUDECA congress in 2019 with printout materials like T-Shirts and pens that carry the logo of MUNED.

The MUNED-GA also adopted community support of giving humanitarian aids to children in primary schools, Secondary schools as well educate the youth in the village through MUNED community support program.

5. FINANCIAL REPORT

In 2018, MUNED funding came from its members. MUNED-GA thank all the members that paid their dues as stipulated in the constitution of the organization. Some members went extra miles to do a good gesture of giving a special support for the organization. With this funds, the organization was able to achieved that which was achieved in 2018. During 2019, MUNED envisage to get more funding both from within and without to foster the mission of the organization.

Attached to this report is the MUNED financial report produced by the financial secretary, Dr. Asobo Elvis

MUNED FINANCIAL REPORT AS AT 31/12/2018