OFF TO THE RACES!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Well...most of the festivites of the holiday season are finished now and its back to work for the start of another year. No 'ho-hum' for us here with CFDP!! We are still celebrating!! We anticipate a groundbreaking year in 2011...one for the record books!

Today we had two kick-off meetings going on - separated by only a few hours...and a few thousand miles.

In Kumba, our team was busy working out details and assigning responsibilities for a number of tasks essential to operations early in 2011:

Coordinating our first PEN PAL program - connecting 16 young boys and girls in Cameroon with 16 young soccer players in Montreal, Quebec.

Maintaining our after-school programs with the same two schools in Nkalikum and Kosala.

Branching our after-school program to another village, Nkambe, in the North West Region.

Registering as a Legal Non-Government Organization in Cameroon and Coordinating Logistics for the 2011 Expo set for June and July of this year.

In Pittsburgh, we held our first US Team Meeting. We are a team of around 12(+) with a few constituents currently in other cities...and countries. Our goals for the first half of 2011 are simply summarized as follows: empower our team in Cameroon with capacity and resources to own and operate CFDP through 2012. More on our meeting later...Cheers to A Great Year!