Mbengwi Online : The Untold Success Story of A Better World Children's Home

In Ka'ajik, Bome not far from the Mbengwi monastery, there planted are structures harbouring motherless and fatherless kids known as A Better World Children's Home, a subset of A Better World Organisation.

Founded in 2010 by Seta Withgodep Wiertz, the children's home otherwise known as orphanage has raised hundreds of such kids and today, some have become doctors, nurses, teachers, business persons and engineers. Others have flown out of the country to Finland, Germany and the U.K for further studies.

Seta Withgodep Wiertz with his Kids

The Day Seta Celebrated his Birthday with Kids of all Orphanages in Mbengwi Including his own

In our quest to shine the light on this little institution that's been impacting lives beyond bounds, Mbengwi Online recently visited Ka'ajik where the children are raised. In a chat with Mr. Seta Withgodep Wiertz, the brain behind the organisation, he said "Our goal is not just to give children shelter and food but to equip them with life skills that will prepare them for a better future so they can be champions of community solutions"

During a guided tour round the institution, we were first shown the office where most of the documentation works about the organisation are done. Then we were led to the agricultural section where table birds, pigs, goats, sheep, fowls and dogs are reared, all hybrid including a fish pond.

The kids are the ones rearing these birds and animals thereby gaining agricultural skills as they grow. We were also shown an ICT workshop equipped with computers, a music workshop equipped with various instruments like guitars, pianos, drums, trumpets, flutes and a tailoring workshop equipped with sewing machines where the kids take lessons in these fields.

In the course of our guided tour, we were also led to the chapel, a magnificent small structure fully equipped and looking like a direct route to heaven. As our guide, Seta explained "We are building moral and academic giants that will help their communities, their country and the world in all fields of life as you can see with the chapel, the workshops." Then he furthered, that "We are also building strong international partnerships that give better platforms and opportunities for the children to develop their skills and achieve their dreams, this by sending them to the best schools in and out of the country"

Aerial View of A Better World Children's Home, Ka'ajik, Bome

ICT Lab at the Orphanage

Tailoring Workshop at the Orphanage

Other sections we were shown included the refectory, hall, parking store and well furnished dormitories with good beds, mattresses, pillows, blankets and bedsheets, all covered with mosquito nets, perfectly clean and arranged. In fact, the living conditions and dressing styles plus appearance of all the kids being raised here, their language power and behavioral patterns leave every visitor wondering if they're really orphans.

As the name implies, all the kids here are actually living in a better world. Apart from proper up bringing, clothing, feeding, education and healthy living, one major breakthrough that awaits almost every child being raised here is an opportunity to fly abroad. Just within the past few years, at least 3 kids that were raised by A Better World Children's Home have gone abroad.

When Paul was first brought to the orphanage as a child, little did he know by 2022, he will fly to Germany where today, he is currently studying import and export management, a five year course during which apart from being trained, he has an apartment, service car and is on a monthly token of about 850.000F CFA. Othnel was also raised at Ka'ajik from where he flew to Romania to study Marketing and later crossed over to the U.K where he is currently studying Food Processing.

Paul at Work in Germany

Paul, from the Orphanage to Germany Where he's Studying Import and Export Management

Fobang MacMillan now looks like Seta Withgodep's elder brother yet he too wasA raised at the Children's Home. Today, he is studying Information Technology Engineering in Finland. These are just some of the untold success stories of that little institution hiding somewhere in Bome, Mbengwi. In addition to those who've gone aboard, there are others who've entered the public service of Cameroon and are today teachers, security officers, doctors while a majority are still in primary, secondary and high schools around.

Made up of a nursery and primary action, more than 100 kids enrolled there are offered free education till they graduate and the teacher's salaries are paid by A Better World Organization. All the parents in the neighborhood and neighbouring villages have taken advantage of this facility and enrolled their kids there thus minimising family expenditure.

A Better World Children's Home and the Children's Learning Corner are better places for you to visit and see things for yourself with your naked eyes. Mbengwi Online might have not really painted the picture the way it is in this report till you yourself go there as a group or individual after which you'll join us in telling the world the untold stories of A Better World.