National Organization for Manyu Advancement (NOMA) 2014 Convention, Houston, TX CHANGING LIVES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME
HOUSTON
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CONVENTION
OFFICIALS
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CONVENTION
HOST
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TECHNOLOGY
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WELC OME TO HOUSTON NOMA Houston heartily welcomes you to the 13th Annual Convention. We are not only happy to be the host for the third time but also to be part of a team empowered to change lives through technology. We acknowledge your enormous commitments and generosity in the past years which have gone a long way to assist in the construction of the NOMA Community Center in Mamfe. We continue to count on you for your cheerful donations so that we equip the center with state-of-the-art technologies that will help in enhancing the lives of people in Manyu Division. Let us value this time we spend together and make great memories for a lifetime. We wish you all a fun filled celebration, and at the end of this event , may the Lord guide us safely to our various destinations. Joseph Nchor, NOMA Houston Chapter Administrator Publisher, NOMA Souvenir Booklet
Thank you, and welcome to Houston.
Joseph Nchor
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CONVENTION OFFICIALS
Dr Enow Nicholas Co-Chairperson of the Gala Fundraising
Dr. David Tataw Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mathias Egbe Convention Co-chair, Friday
Mr. Enoh Mbei Convention Co-chair, Saturday
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CONVENTION HOST - NOMA H OU STON
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2013 NOMA CONVENTION — BOSTON, MA
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M ANY U N EED S TE CH NOLO GY TO C HAN GE LIVES By Assumpta Ayuk
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hen the National Organization for Manyu Advancement (NOMA) was formed in 2001, its founding fathers had one vision; to foster collective leadership in the sustainable socio-economic development of Manyu Division. Thirteen years later NOMA’s Vision still holds true now more than ever. In this day and age when an average teenager in the USA has a smartphone, X-BOX 1, PS4, iPad or tablet, and two computers in their rooms, an African teenager in a computer science class can barely hope for 10-15 minutes at a school computer Lab. When an average expectant mother in the USA has to decide on the number of 3-D sonogram baby pictures or videos to share on Facebook, an average expectant mother in Africa considers herself lucky to live and obtain prenatal care within a 100-mile radius of a licensed Ob/GYN or near a clinic with a functioning fetal monitor or at least the appearance of one. Foreseeing the importance and dependence of modern societies on technology, the Board of Director of NOMA USA voted and established the NOMA Community Center (NOMA Center). The center located in Mamfe, ManyuDivision, Cameroon, is a modern structure completed in mid-2013 and is equipped with a business center. The NOMA Center is an anchor project of NOMA-USA. The objective and goal of building the center as vision by the NOMA-USA members, is that of a technology center, a hub for long distance learning, medical diagnosis and consultation. As Cameroonians in diaspora, and well-wishers from around the US meet in Houston, TX in July 25 and 26th, 2014 for the NOMA Changing Lives Through Technology convention, their goal will be to teach/learn, network, workshop and raise funds to equip the NOMA Center into an ultra-modern technology center. The funds will enable the center to operate and function to its full capacity; integrate technology in the life of an average resident of Mamfe in particular and Manyu Division in general. Manyu is a division in Southwest Region of Cameroon. Administratively, it is divided into 4 sub-divisions namely, Mamfe central, Akwaya, Upper Bayang and Eyumojock. Manyu Division covers an area of 9,565 km² larger than the state of Delaware (6,452 km²). 100,000 of 177,389 according to the 2001 census, live in Mamfe the capital city. There are less than five computer science teachers/technicians in the four government secondary/high schools with a combined student population of approximately 4,500. People who own personal computers can fill only a regular church pew. Life serving medical equipment such as defibrillators and dialysis machines are a luxury reserve only for those who can afford to travel the 137.8 mile (222km) to Shisong hospital, Kumbo, the closest city in Southern Cameroon equipped with such technology.
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