Internet Connectivity for the Mankon Project

The Mankon team is one of our partners in Bamenda. This project is not very far from the CABTAL office. In fact it is the nearest project so far to the office. One can actually drive there through the backroad in 30 minutes. A week ago when I was in Maroua, I got a call from their translator Folera Fon that they were having issues with ParaTExt software not coming on so they could hardly work. When I returned to Bamenda, I had plans of traveling again pretty soon but I was determined to meet this team before traveling. First to solve their problem and secondly, to setup the Internet for them because if they have Internet access, I could have solved problems remotely.

Tuesday November 14, I was to travel to Kumba on the night bus. I took the pains to visit the Mankon team. This was a difficult decision because I was not very ready yet but I equally know that from Kumba, I am going to Yaounde so it will take me two weeks to see the Mankon team. I drove there and meet them. Took care of their software issues and other problems. Got the modem installed for them and showed them how to use it. I also educated them on the limited nature of the Internet and gave them some good counsel on how to value and use it wisely as a gift from God to do His work.

The team members were so happy to receive this gift and expressed that it will truly help them to backup, send reports, do literacy classes online and send/receive ParaTExt files as well as download ParaTExt updates and antivirus updates. The needs they have for this equipment is just the reason for which we are providing.
It is our prayer that this will be a blessing to the team and speed up the work of Bible Translation and language development among the Mankon people.
The translation coordinator and the literacy coordinator deeply express their appreciation to CABTAL and to the donors for this gift in time.
I personally thank Bill Mayes, the Africa Focused ICT Services Coordinator for doing everything possible that CABTAL projects can benefit from this Internet Connectivity funding.