Seta Withgodep Wiertz is the Executive Director of Withgodep Foundation and A Better World Organisation. His late father was visually impaired yet a humanitarian, reason why he easily fitted in his shoes to continue his legacy. Since from childhood, Seta has been helping others materially, financially, morally and physically especially the underprivileged, the elderly, the sick and orphans.
After his many years of continuous humanitarian activities, he was on Saturday 14 2024 presented the Golden Awards Certificate of Excellence in the category of Best Humanitarian Organisation. Fah Elvis Tayong is the president of the organising committee of the award that's been running for five years now.
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| Seta Withgodep Wiertz with his Award |
In tracing how it all started, he said "What pushed us into the awards proper is the fact that we felt as media persons being the mirror to the society and having been lambasting on the government for wrong doings, at the end we realised in as much as there are wrong doings, there are also right doings. We decided that while we are hitting hard and going, we should also be appreciative when it is good"
To have selected Withgodep Foundation as winner out of the other nominees in the category of Best Civil Society Organisation wasn't an easy decision to take. How then did the jury come to this conclusion? Elvis answered that "What makes Withgodep Foundation to be above the other three contesters is the fact that though the others were media inclined, comparing their activities, his were far in terms of impact and practical work coupled with the fact that the other organisations had moved out of their zones during this crisis period while Withgodep Foundation remained at their base here in Mbengwi where their impact is greatly felt"
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| Family Photo |
The event to hand over the certificate of excellence to the laureate took place at Abi Fall Resort where Seta doubles as manager. While conferring a badge on his chest, Bih Malvis Chickmana, representative of the award committee in Momo division said "I want to use this opportunity to tell him that the good heart you have towards humanity, may the Almighty continue to be with you and empower you wherever you are."
Present were friends, family members and colleagues of the laureate some of who used the opportunity to also recognise his role model lifestyle especially when it comes to helping others. Tata Valery said "I have learnt a whole lot of skills from Mr. Seta even without him knowing. What I got from him, words cannot say Thank You. I have taken up various leadership positions in church, in my community thanks to the things I have learnt from him, to be humanitarian."
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| Seta and his Biological Family Members |
To Tangyi Chantal, Seta is doing a great job reason why she has only positive observations to make concerning everything he's been doing. Her views were corroborated by Wanye Julius who started by saying "Seta is someone who forgives even the devil, someone that's generous to a fault until some persons have now taken it as a weakness to play over him, someone that doesn't get angry for up to two minutes no matter the crime the person has commited. He's always smiling, very down to earth and treats everyone equally."
Speaking directly to Seta, Julius said "I've come to learn a lot from you; to put what will benefit others first and I pray I'll keep learning to be a good person too just like you are." Khan Marshall Choh is one time president of Mbengwi Driver's Union and has been closed to Seta for years often running driving errands for him. He told Seta "Congratulations sir, I am very pleased to have a son like you. We are proud of you. You instead made me to be humble. I'm a hard man, very very hard but I changed to be humble because I envied your lifestyle."
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| Attendees at Ceremony |
At the end of the event, the awardee dedicated the special recognition he was recieving to all who've helped him this while realise his dreams. Hear him "this award is not just for me. I am unable to do one bit of what you're awarding me for doing without the rest of the people who collaborate with me, who have helped me to be who I am and who I still want to be." He will go on to cite such persons beginning with God, his late grandparents, his late father and stepfather, his mother and step mother, brothers, sisters, wife, children and friends.
Seta Withgodep Wiertz apart from being a humanitarian is also an artist, a diplomat and a leader. He runs A Better World Children's Home in Ka'ajik, Bome where over a hundred motherless and or fatherless kids have been properly raised with at least four of them now out of the country, at least four already recruited into the public service of Cameroon and many are currently pursuing their education. The living standards of the children and structural organisation of the home (he doesn't like calling it Orphanage) are top notch.
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| Fah Elvis Tayong, |
It should be recalled that before recieving the Golden Award, Seta had on 30th October 2024 also recieved Cameroon Youth Award in the category of Leadership and Service to Empower Young People. Organised by Mountain Hub in partnership with UNDP and the German cooperation GIZ, the award ceremony took place at the Yaounde Conference Centre in the presence of Cameroon's Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education, the German and U.S ambassadors to Cameroon and other high ranking dignitaries.
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