Felix, standing fourth from left.
As we say goodbye to our former director, I am taking the unusual step of posting our reference for all to see as we owe so much to Felix for having brought the work in the village to its present level, and for having provided for his succesor such a solid foundation to go on to the next level.
EL PROYECTO MALIMA
THE MALIMA PROJECT
CIF: G97910012
C/- General Pastor, 36
46183 L’Eliana
Aptdo 168
46183, L’Eliana
(Valencia)
July 1, 2007
To Whom it may Concern
This is to introduce Mr. Felix Ngambou Ngadeu, (Felix), a teacher and native of Cameroon, West Africa.
After several years of teaching in the Cameroonian educational system, in the year 2000 Felix was appointed Head teacher at the non/profit Malima Primary School, a charitable private school authorized by The Department of Education for the Extreme North of Cameroon. Malima Primary School serves the children of the village of Gouria, as well as their parents through adult education courses.
The remit that Felix accepted was to create something from nothing. We had hoped, with the modest financial backing at our disposal that he would build the very finest elementary school in the Extreme North of Cameroon. That he has achieved just that in only seven short years stands as testimony to the caliber of person that he is.
The Malima Project has the backing of The Malima Support Group of Valencia, Spain. It is this group that is responsible for funding and general guidance of the project. We have worked closely with Felix over the years, and together we have accomplished many things for the village of Gouria that extend well beyond the boundries of providing education. With the involvement of Felix,
· the school had to be built, one classroom at a time.
· Our students had to obtain birth certificates, as the custom in that village had been not to bother with such formality.
· The students had to be immunized against the usual childhood diseases.
· When funds became available Felix arranged with the electrical supply company to connect the village to a power supply for the very first time in its history.
· The first use of electricity was to install a milling machine as a major labour-saving device.
· Funds were provided through The Malima Support Group to rehabilitate old public school buildings so as to turn them into facilities for the government to resume its responsibility of educating its young people. Felix took the lead and provided his deputy head teacher to the government.
· In April, 2007, funds became available to try to solve the age-old problem of sufficient, potable water for the village. On April 18th, a successful borehole brought in a sustainable flow of clean, potable, and abundant supply of water for year-round use.
· Finally, his crowning achievement as Principal was to preside over the three successive year’s graduating classes wherein 100% of those graduating passed their final exams, as well as their entrance exams into secondary education. This has to be seen against a backdrop of 20-30% results from other learning institutions in the area.
Felix leaves Malima Primary School and the village of Gouria with a sterling record of achievements. He has set very high standards to be followed.
Having enjoyed such high caliber of cooperation from Felix, and having achieved so much in our collaboration, we are naturally unhappy to be losing him, but we do understand that it is to be expected that he would want to move on to other challenges.
We take this opportunity to publicly and sincerely thank Felix, and to wish him well in his future endeavours. This is surely an unusual letter of recommendation, and a bit longer than most, but Felix Ngambou Ngadeu is a most unusual person.
The Malima Support Group
