Nation Builders International Award Ceremony Bamenda Congress Hall
July 10, 2011

In an address made by the NATION BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL (NBI) commissioner he talked of their objectives which are to inform and not deform and inspire and not expire. The CEO of NBI, Dr. Bernard Etta in his own remarks brought to limelight the criteria for the selection of Dr Chris Fomunyoh as awardees which were:

1. He was first of all nominated by some responsible individuals for his unique accomplishments, not financially or materially but his positive contribution in the community.
2. A vox pop was conducteded to get popular opinion and confirmation was done by NBI workers.
3. There was proof of positive impact in the general society by the activities he is carrying out
4. He has passion for humanity
5. He is very patriotic

Award recieved by Ms. Susan Okwen, board member of TFF. Besides her are friends and workers of the Foundation.

All these were done with the aid of newspapers, vox pop, interviews from some administrative officials. Their intentions being to encourage those who make things happen and spur those who could do something for the nation but are not doing so. Dr Chris Fomunyoh according to NBI is one who has asked himself what he has done for the Nation not what the nation has done for him. Giving reasons why he has to look back home.

Some of the awardees include:
1. Fon Agwafor the 3rd of Mankon who was there in person as seen in one the picture. He was awarded for the level of peace maintained between the Mankon people and their neighbours.
2. Dr Bernard Fuzong, the founder and proprietor of Afrique Nouvelle FM for being the first to introduced private media in the NWR.
3. Barrister Kemende Henry; NW president of Bar Association for bringing peace between the Bali Kumbat and Bafanji in Ndop.
4. Mr Simon Nkwenti who has been the brain behind the good working condition of teachers and the creation of the teachers trade union-CATTU.
5. Mr. Donatus Njofony, Mayor to the Kumbo council for outstanding works in the council. He did construction of farm to market roads thereby increasing the income of the citizens and standards of living.
6. Dr Nick Gwanyam for reducing unemployment among youths by creating the St Louis Clinic.
7. Justice Mbaku Roland Kivain, the president of High court Kumbo for bringing street children together and giving them shelter, sponsoring them in school, and the brain behind the Kumbo football club through which some of the street children are redirected.
8. One other Fon from Kumbo and one from Awing names not taken.
9. Others (academicians, beauticians, technicians etc)
10. TFF was awarded for its outstanding contribution towards nation building in all spheres (the Radio which is being used to disseminate information; on the 4th Dec 2009 Foundation Radio one of the arms of TFF was awarded by the Confederation of Cameroon Trade Unions for their spirit of peace, social dialogue and solidarity in the community. The philanthropic activities, the workshops on journalism and HIV/AIDS , their partnership with women as the minority, the partnership with the Fons as being so remarkable and most importantly is that of their level of informing and inspiring to the community, not leaving out the humanitarian part of it. Dr. being a mentor to many both in and out of Cameroon. In the general remarks it was brought to the attention that TFF was created in 1999 by Dr Chris Fomunyoh a son of the soil who is out and about helping our continent of Africa promote and strengthen democracy, human rights and good governance; and who wanted to give something back to his community and his people and our country.

Since 2001, The Fomunyoh Foundation has, among other things:
� Conducted free capacity building training programs for civil society leaders, including representatives of disadvantaged groups such as women, youth and minority communities like the Bororro people whose rights have been trampled upon;
� Sponsored skills building and orientation courses for journalists, here in the North West Region, and in partnership with John Hopkins University of Washington DC, USA;
� Contributed to improving community-based social activities in partnership with traditional authorities and women organizations in the North West, Western and Littoral regions;
� Organized seminars to improve citizen's knowledge about the HIV/AIDS pandemic; bringing together medical and legal experts and practitioners to share knowledge with citizens on their rights and ways of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS;
� Launched a community radio station -- Foundation Radio, FM100 -- to raise citizen's awareness through educational, socio-cultural and informative programs which also give voice to the voiceless; and
� Taken steps to launch a community public Library which already contains over 20,000 volumes of books in all fields of study for all levels from primary through Secondary, University and post-doctoral research, to meet the needs of students, academicians and other professionals, especially as Bamenda and the North West Region in general are fast becoming hosts to Universities and other institutions of higher learning.
� About to launch the ITC in which the optic fibers are already being planted for the network to commerce.
� In the nearest future TFF also intends to run a physiotherapy clinic at the Foundation headquarters in Mankon, Bamenda.
� Foundation Radio also has other foreign radio partners like the Radio Deutsche Welle which through their Learning by Ear programs have educated many on internet, computer studies environment, agriculture to name just a few.
� At the end of the academic year 2010/2011 TFF awarded some meritorious pupils some reading and writing material to encourage reading during holidays. Some few French books were also handed to encourage bilingualism which also is a major tool in our society to day.
� Most recently TFF hosted some intern students from the John Hopkins University who came in to educate NGOs and CIGs on raising funds for their organizations online.

Dr. Chris Fomunyoh and all of us affiliated with the Foundation believe strongly that if we aspire to a better world, we would each individually have to nurture the best of ourselves, in our daily relationships with each other, and with society as a whole. It is through these positive vibes which we project individually and receive from each other in return, that we become a better people, a stronger community, and a more equitable, caring and compassionate country.