Sunday, December 31, 2006
New edition of "From Dreams to Reality"
Saturday, December 30, 2006
New Arrival!!!
Friday, December 29, 2006
Cameroon Baha'i Music Online - NEW Song
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Construction of new Limbe Information Centre flies ahead!
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Join a Yahoo Group for Cameroonian Baha'i Youth!
Saturday, December 23, 2006
REGIONAL CONVENTIONS UNDERWAY
M. Janvier Babounda
M. Fono Theophile
M. Niaz Bushrui
Mme. Fono Marceline
Fako:
Mr. Isaac Leh
Ms. Stella Fuh
Mr. Kamran Frooghi
Here are some pcitures from the Fako regional convention
Thursday, December 21, 2006
NEW song from Gustaff & "The Light Combo"
"Beauty" Performed by Gustaff Besungu and "The Light Combo"
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Monday, December 18, 2006
Update from the New Center in Limbe
Sunday, December 17, 2006
STORIES WANTED!! - send your news
Friday, December 15, 2006
NEW on Cameroon Baha'i Music Online
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Fako Cluster Reflection Meeting - December
Statistics on Core activities
no. of children's classes: 27
Attendance; 246
no. of junior youth groups: 15
Attendance: 208
no. of study cirlces: 22
Attendance: 56
book 1 = 130
book 2 = 97
book3 = 76
book 4 = 49
book 5 = 19
book 6 = 38
book 7= 31
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
NEW on Cameroon Baha'i Music Online
If
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Monday, December 11, 2006
EXTRAODRINARY....from Limbe
The pictures from the site show the progress of the work. A fence has been completed around the land and work on the foundation is already underway. The foreman for the construction is Mr. Chi, who also worked on the Centre of Learning in Buea. Those who have seen his craftsmanship know the quality of work that is to be expected for the new information centre in Limbe.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Cameroon Baha'i Music Online
University Of Buea Baha'i Students Club meets with the Local Spiritual Assembly
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
CHECK IT OUT!!! Cameroon Baha'i Music Online
News and Plans from the Regional Baha'i Council for the Western Provinces
UNIT CONVENTIONS
Buea Unit Convention – It is scheduled on the 17th December 2006.
Tombel Unit Convention – Mr. Noah Bang Wong and Mrs Arrah Roseline made a visit to Tombel and met Mr. Ngobe Japhet, the date is yet to be fixed.
Mamfe Unit Convention – They have chosen 17th December 2006 and all communities in the unit are informed of the date.
Kembong Unit Convention – Material are already dispatched and it may be done on the 17th December 2006.
Tinto Unit Convention – Material for this unit are already sent to them. It may be conducted on the 17th December 2006. The resource person is Oneke Mathew.
Bamenda Unit Convention – It is already scheduled for the 17th December 2006.
Also,
- A Vision conference will take place In Ngoketunjia on the 10th December 2006 at the Bahá’í Centre in Baba 1.
- The Next meeting of the Regional Bahá’í Council is on the 6th and 7th of January 2007 in Bamenda.
Plans for communities without Cluster Coordination Committees
General objective: - to raise-up five tutors in each of these communities in four phases
The second phase of this project will focus on training Junior Youth Animators using Ruhi Books 4 and 5. The estimated duration of this second phase of the project is 4 months.
The third phase will focus on the Training of teachers of the Faith using Ruhi Book 6. This phase will last for two months.
The fourth and final phase will be for the training of tutors. Ruhi Book 7 will be the main tool and the estimated duration is two months. These trained tutors will then expand the base of the pyramid.
Monday, December 4, 2006
New edition of "From Dream to Reality"
Some friends from the Yaounde-Soa cluster gathered at the construction site on 17th Spetember following a reflection meeting
FINANCIAL UPDATE
Total estimated cost of the project (building + land) = 110,596,415 CFA.
Income:
• Total received from the World Centre: = 66,531,896 CFA.
• Total received from individuals from abroad, individuals
from Cameroon, LSA’s, and communities in Cameroon: = 2,130,273 CFA.
TOTAL INCOME: = 68,662,169 CFA.
Expenses:
• Purchase of land, tax, notary, title deed, etc. = 13,821,678 CFA.
• Bank Charges = 11,480 CFA.
• Total expense on project as of November: (materials, labour, utilities, installation, building permit, etc.) = 9,542,505 CFA.
TOTAL EXPENSE: = 23,375,663 CFA.
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT: = 41,934,246 CFA
All this and much more in the second edition of "From Dream to reality" email a request to zionside@gmail.com for the complete issue.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Details from Cluster Reflection Meeting in KUMBA, Nov 19th
The Meeting started at 9:55 am with devotion in the presence of 36 members. Among these were 6 members of the Regional Baha'i Council (R.B.C) for the western provinces and members of two localities in the cluster namely Kumba and Kombone. Mr. Noah Bang Wong made a welcome address on the behalf of the C.C.C, reports then followed:
Children’s Classes: 18
Devotional Gatherings: 10
Home Visits: 02
Juniour Youth Groups: 01
Mrs. Manal Gillette then spoke about "Balancing Material and Spiritual Life" and a document titled "The Days of our Lives" was studied.
This was followed by a presentation made by Mr. Gideon Tem on "Core Activities and Refresher Courses" and "Planning at Reflection Meeting at B Cluster" by Ms Siri Stella Fuh.
Planning
Planning
Devotional Gatherings: 03
Planning
Human Resources, Projected Pyramid:
Book 1: 59
Book 2: 37
Book 3: 26
Book 5: 3
Book 7: 14
Planning
The unit convention was also discussed and fixed for the 16th –17th December 2006 at Kumba. The reflection closed at 1:55 pm with remarks from Mr. Njenke Peter on the behalf of the R.B.C. and Kingsley Fortu on the behalf of the Auxilliary Board Member.
Some of the friends gathered at the reflection meeting
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Sunday, November 26, 2006
Good attendance at Feasts in Buea and............pictures of Dr. Samandari
New pictures from the Construction of the National Centre
In the above picture is the site foreman, Mr. Henock, on the right, and to the left is Mr. Henry, resident of Great Soppo Buea, who also did the wonderful carpentry at the Baha'i Centre of Learning in Buea.
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Friday, November 24, 2006
Auxiliary Board Members appointed
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Statistics from Fako and Edea
Cluster Reflection Meeting In the Edea Cluster October 2006
The reflection meeting took place in the Bessombe Community with 39 participants (10 children included). The Edea Cluster includes over 5 communities and are currently a B cluster, with plans to move to A in the next months.
Some statistics for the Edea Cluster:
Book 1: 42
Book 2: 26
Book 3: 19
Book 4: 17
Book 5: 0
Book 6: 15
Book 7: 15
Study Circles: 13
Participation: 6 Baha’is and 14 Seekers
Children’s Classes: 11
Fako Cluster Reflection meeting 17th September 2006
The reflection meeting took place at the Centre of Learning in Buea, with a participation of 54.
Study Circles: 31
Participation: 21 Seekers and 58 Baha’is
Children’s Classes: 26
Participation: 234
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Sunday, November 19, 2006
Cluster reflection Meeting in Kumba gets treated to a visit from the Regional Baha'i Council
Monday, November 13, 2006
The New Buea Baha'i choir and other news
Also.........the Baha'i Center of Learning got a well deserved faclift with the installation of windows.
The Baha'i centre of Learning has a new Caretaker. You can see below the outgoing oga (Barth) with the incoming Oga (un certain John Oneke a.k.a Galaxy). More manyanga to wouna backfoot dem!!!
And of course, the newest addition to the Buea Baha'i community, Naseem Teku. Daughter to Dibo Akale and Gabriel Teku
And a sneek preview of the site for the new National Baha'i centre in Yaounde.
Here you can see the Foreman, Mr. Henock, who has worked on previous Baha'i projects and has been a friend of the the Faith for long.
Below are views from the site, the first picture show the Yaounde Congress Hall to the West:
And Hotel Mont Febe to the North:A newsletter is being published to detail the progress of the contruction site, here are some extracts from that newsletter:
Cameroon and encouraged it to pursue this Important goal.
Finally, on 22 June 2005, the NSA joyfully informed our Beloved House of Justice that the land for the National Haziratu’l-Quds had been purchased. With humble gratitude to the Blessed
Beauty, we are pleased to inform you that on 25 August 2006, construction work began, starting with the installation of the site.
The land is located in Messa - Carriere and measures 700 square meters. It is bounded by roads on two parallel sides. On the upper side by the main tarred road and on the lower, by a dirt road. The main entrance to the building will be from the tarred road leading to the third floor."
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