Getting to Know Bafou
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About Bafou: The Geography
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Bafou is the second biggest chieftaincy in the Western Region of Cameroon
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149.035 miles square (386 Km2). About 24 Miles long and 7 miles large.
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With the population of 120.000 habitants, Bafou has the biggest population density in the West region 116 resident per square miles (300 people / km square)
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96% of the populations’ income come from agriculture and animal husbandry activities, in the highlands
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Located in the Western Region of Cameroon in the Menoua Division and Nkongni subdivition
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One of the biggest chieftaincy in the the Western Region of Cameroon
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The Biggest with the largest polulation in the Nkongni subdivition,
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386 Km2 or 149.035 milles square
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300 people / km square ( 116 resident per square milles
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Biggest population density in the entire western province of cameroon
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Bafou has a population of about 120.000 habitants.
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Bafou chieftaincywas was founded in the 16e century by a man named par Tala, a hunter from neighboring village named Baleveng, who beame the 1st chief of de Bafou then named « Menlepeh »
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Bafou has since then been enlarged thanks to the expension capacity of successif king
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Administrative organization and decision making
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Bafou is actually a cluster of 25 villages. At the head of this group reigns a king, Victor KANA III who is the 15th ruler in a dynasty that was founded in the 16th century by a Great Hunter named Tala. Tala came from the neighboring village (Baleveng), he was recognized as an auxiliary of the administration by the 1981 Presidential Decree.
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At the head of each village there is a supervisor « notable » who work closely and under the supervision of the king.
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The villages are grouped into five major sectors that are:
- Ntsingfou,
- Ndzenkop,
- Mbeng,
- Sessa,
- Latsuet.
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To make important decisions, the king consults several organs:
- The Council of nine wise (supreme council),
- The board of seven notables (Advisory Council),
- The council of elders,
- King advisers ( Mo’o Fo’o).
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Bafou : The Socio – Economy
Healthcare
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The village currently has 10 health care centers :
◦Centre de Santé Intégré Bafou Chefferie
◦Santé Communautaire de Tsingbeu
◦Centre de Santé integre de Ndoumbouo
◦CMA DE Nzie
◦Centre de Santé Communautaire de Sessa
◦Centre de Santés Intégré de Lepoh
◦CSI de Kekang
◦CSI de Balefèh et environs
◦Lefeh,
◦ and Saint Laurent High School
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Community health Centers are created and run by volunteers
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The most encountered diseases are malaria, high blood pressure, rheumatism, diabetis, gastric ulcers, HIV/STDs, dermatitis, and parasitosis..
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Equipments, medications and drugs commonly used and needed are microscopes, delivery kits, surgical kits, glucometers, blood pressure monitors analgesics, antibiotics, antifungals, and all essential and first hand drugs and products.
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All the centers lack basic medical equipments and drugs including for emmergency treatment
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Mortality is therefore very high
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Lack of income generating activity makes it hard to access to healthcare aven for the basic treatment
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The Socio - Economy
Education and Computer training
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EDUCATION
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Secondary school ( middle and high schools)
◦12 Secondary “public schools”
◦113 classroom (80 %are built by Parent Association)
◦6794 students
◦ 260 teachers ( 164 are Volunteers recruited by Parents association)
◦It is not unusual to have a class of 60 students
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Schools are in very poor conditions and lack basic equipments
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Students lack notebooks and other educational accessories
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COMPUTER TRAINING
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None of the school in Bafou has a computer although computer classes are part of the curriculum for the High school diploma
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Computer is a luxury and many adults including some students have never touched a computer in their entire life
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