Nchofon Tagha Ghogomu

As a teen, I realized educating a child was the pride of most parents but overwhelmingly a burden for these same parents. As we grew older, our dreams of getting a world-class education and greatly impacting  our community through our seemingly impossible aspirations, gradually faded. We began to create boxes of limitations for ourselves. During the summer of 2015, together with a few other smart minds from schools in Bamenda, I was invited to the Open Dream Centre. That was the beginning of a new chapter.

At the centre our dreams were rekindled. We were groomed to access world-class education. A whole new way of perceiving our community opened up for us and we knew we could be change agents in our community. We benefited from a lot of resources, like laptops, books, college preparation lessons, and the list goes on. It sounds like a fairy tale and that’s exactly how it felt to us and our parents. With time, the good news started pouring – full-ride scholarships as the community grew. Indeed, Open Dreams Equalises Access to Educational Opportunities.

I continued as a home scholar. I studied Industrial Robotics at École Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Douala. Because of this community of a kind, I was outstanding in school. I love improving systems through healthy technology and in the past, I worked on a medical device – The Health Pad, for automatic health data collection, storage, and management. Through Open Dreams, I have participated in international programs, onsite and online, geared toward innovation, leadership, and social change. We are global at Open Dreams.

I am currently an Open Dreams Fellow and the Regional Coordinator of the Douala hub. As I reach out for quality education, I delight in mentoring, guiding, and helping scholars in their pursuit for quality education. Also, I lead and organize activities in the Douala, geared towards community impact like Aviva day, school outreaches, and community engagement.