Birthday Celebration: Withgodep Foundation's Executive Director Reaches Out to Some Special Persons

The Executive Director of Withgodep Foundation, Seta Withgodep Wiertz has reached out to 53 year old Madam Nengang Regina of Zang Tembeng village in the Tondig Zone of the Meta clan, Mbengwi. Ma Regi as she's fondly called has been visually impaired for 13 years now and to make ends meet she manages her life by selling cooked food by the roadside at Tonzang, near the famous bar/provision store known as Facebook.

On Monday 28 August 2023, Seta clocked another year old and to mark his birthday this year, he decided to reach out to some randomly selected persons as beneficiaries of his love, care and concern. Ma Regi was offered the biggest package worth 71.000F that is a bag of rice, flower and a jug of vegetable oil plus 20.000F cash. Coincidentally and interestingly, Madam Regina also celebrated her 53rd birthday a week before Seta's and thus she shares same birth month with him.

Madam Nengang Regina 

Madam Nengang Regina With an Envelope of 20.000F in Addition to the Bag of Rice, Flower and Tin of Groundnut Oil

Taken unaware by the surprise, she went down on her knees and was quickly held back up and almost in tears, she thanked Seta Withgodep Wiertz wishing he never lacks. The gifts came just in time when she was already wondering what becomes of her small business in the days ahead as she was running out of stock due to limited capital.

Chiato Leonardo is a 21 year old student that had his GCE Advanced Level Certificate this year 2023, passing in 4 papers. The youngster is renowned in Mbengwi for peddling groundnuts, pears, bananas, plums. On daily basis, he crisscrosses quarters with a fully loaded tray on his head. He always catches customer's attentions firstly with the way he dresses and secondly the way he markets his products orally. Many at times clients buy from him just because of his convincing language power making one feel like if you don't consume his groundnut or plum or banana or pear, then your missing a lot.

Chiato alias the Groundnut Boy relocated to continue schooling in Yaounde due to the Anglophone Crisis and comes to Mbengwi every long term holiday to hustle. Having noticed his uniqueness and focus in life,  he was offered an envelop of 50.000F from Seta. "In fact, I'm really surprised till I don't know what to say as I wasn't expecting this. From the bottom of my heart I say thank you very much and I pray that wherever you got this money from to give me, may God replenish it. This means a lot to me." These were the words that came out of his mouth in appreciation to the donor.

Chiato Leonardo (on the right) Recieving 50.000F from the Coordinator of Withgodep Foundation Activities in the NW Region

Chiato Leonardo Hustling at the Mbon Motor Park in Mbengwi

He will later disclose that due to limited finance, he may likely not continue school this year to pursue his dream of being a trained fashion designer. He had seen a private university in Yaounde that offers training in this specialty and the fees is about 400.000F which he can't afford for now. Consequently he will spend this year out hustling so that by the next academic year, he would've saved some reasonable amount of money that can help him return to school.

The third beneficiary of Seta's 2023 birthday reach out is a Douala based business guy and musician, native of Ngyen-Mbo, Mbengwi. He has been selling dresses and shoes for years now in a small container but not without the challenges of urban life. At first, the council cleared off his small container from Ancien Route, Bonaberi as part of keeping the streets clean. He managed to secure another small space elsewhere but of recent, thieves made their way into the structure and swept away everything.

The youngster whose girlfriend recently put to birth saw his life crumbling to zero and a thousand thoughts ran through his mind as depression was beginning to set in. Faced with this predicament, he opened up to Seta on what he was facing in life and in respond, a little token of 50.000F was also forwarded to him via Mobile Money to help him restart from somewhere.

Seta Withgodep Wiertz, Birthday Celebrant

Seta Withgodep Wiertz the Executive Director of Withgodep Foundation

The birthday reach out by the Executive Director of Withgodep Foundation came barely some weeks after the successful staging of the Soccer for Hope Tournament, maiden edition whose final pitting Tondig FC against Mile 1920 FC played on Sunday 30th July 2023 went down into the annals of history as the highest crowd puller in this crisis period in Mbengwi. It is estimated that at least 5.000 fans where on the Mbengwi Municipal Stadium that fateful last Sunday of July to watch that crucial match that ended in favour of Tondig at penalties shout-outs.

Seta Withgodep Wiertz is a humanitarian, musician, diplomat, traditional title holder and influential youth. Reaching out to humanity is part and parcel of his life eversince he was young. He is Cameroon country representative of some international brands and institutions like S.T.A.M.P.S based in Germany, Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, Director of Humanitarian Affairs for Ex Animo based in Germany just to name these few. He also runs another organisation known as A Better World and an orphanage in his native Ka'ajik quarter somewhere in the Bome zone of the Meta clan not far from the Mbengwi monastery.

At press time, we learnt that through his influence, Bernard, one of the sons he has raised at his orphanage since 2011 succeeded to fly to Germany early September 2023 to study electrical engineering. He goes to meet Paul, another child raised at the Orphanage and sent to Germany last year 2022 to study import and export management. Before Bernard and Paul, Fobang Macmillan who was also raised at the orphanage had flown to Finland where he's been pursuing studies in ICT. 

Bernard in Germany