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BCA NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER By Ma Judith Gwanvalla-Fokum President, New England Chapter
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CA-New England covers the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and has 28 registered members. We kept in touch with each other during the pandemic by reaching out through phone calls and our WhatsApp forum. We had monthly meetings using Zoom which were always the highlight of each month. It was not unusual for members to stay on the zoom call until past 1:00am while enjoying their favorite beverages (daddy’s juice). The pandemic was also a time to remember the less fortunate and it was in this light that 2 of our members, Ma Mercy Fokwang and Ma Bobmia Galega, brought gifts which we donated to the food pantry. It was not all rosy. We lost one of our members, Ma Odilia Nwana late last year. We sincerely thank the association for all the assistance given to us and the family. We could not wait for the opportunity to have an in-person meeting which finally took place in the month of April 2022 hosted by our newest member, Ni Lidwin Nyonka. It was a day to remember.
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We have celebrated kids’ graduations and the birth of my first grandchild. It is still a challenge to get some members to commit to and participate in the monthly meetings but we continue to work hard on that in hope that we improve our participation rate. We plan on inaugurating our new uniform which had to be put on hold the last 2 years hoping we will still fit in them given our growth in the abdominal area! Executive • President: Judith Gwanvalla-Fokum • Vice: Ni Isaac Fombuh • Treasurer: Ma Beatrice Tchouta-Niboh • Secretary: Ni Conrad Fomuso • Chief whip: Ma Mercy Fokwang • Secretary General: Ma Anne Domatob.
