Foundation Library Takes Shape

Foundation Library (FL) is one of the latest projects of The Fomunyoh Foundation (TFF) at its headquarters in Bamenda, Cameroon. The 25,000 book collection covers the areas of health, computers, business and management, law, social sciences, science, engineering, English, physics and math at all levels of education: nursery, primary, secondary and high schools, and universities at the graduate, post-graduate and doctorate levels. Some of the books are being distributed to learning institutions around the country. Already in line are nursery, primary and secondary schools in the Northwest Region, the Catholic and Presbyterian Universities of Bamenda and the University of Maroua in the extreme north. It is also hoped that this library will be of use to the students and staff of the newly created State University of Bamenda.

Recently, TFF Founder and President, Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh inaugurated the law component of the Foundation Library. This collection of recent titles by West Law Publishing on environmental law, tort, intellectual property, copyright law, sport law, business law, international law, legal ethics and drafting, patent law, criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, alternative dispute resolution and many others is at the service of lawyers, magistrates/judges, human rights activists, law students and researchers within/and outside of Cameroon.

On his motivation for the Library project, Dr. Chris told the press in the TFF office in Bamenda, "It was born of our mission here at The Fomunyoh Foundation to be able to help raise citizen awareness and provide avenues for Cameroonians to discuss issues such as democracy, good governance, rule of law, human rights. It will also give our younger generation, which has become hooked to the internet, the opportunity to return to the traditional culture of reading; the ability to be able to go into a community library, check out a book in a subject area, read it for a couple of weeks and return the book.”