ABOUT OPEF
Optimus Education Foundation Cameroon (OPEF) is a non-governmental organisation of seasoned educationalists, IT professionals and medical practitioners, dedicated to improving the quality of health, education and training for all young people and adults, essentially through the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies in order to fight extreme poverty in Africa by and large and Cameroon in particular, especially in socially deprived areas:
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- By empowering local communities socially and economically especially women: i.e combining financial capital with local community expertise and resources for educational and community improvement;
- By developing and optimising an effective partnership between schools and their local communities designed to find practical ways and means of tackling the unavoidably difficult socio-economic problems schools and communities face; and more importantly tackling social inequalities.
Mission Statement
Optimus Education Foundation’s mission is to develop social and economic capacity and empower local schools and communities in which we live and work to fight extreme poverty through good quality education and training with a specific focus on practical ICT Solutions. We strive to create a socially, financially and environmentally self-sustaining model of school-community partnerships that is genuinely beneficial to all educational stakeholders and non-stakeholders.
We aspire to this so successfully that we can make a real and lasting difference to the lives of young people in schools and their communities, in order to give every child, every adult, every community, the opportunity to fulfil their true potential and achieve socio-economic and academic excellence.
Organisational Structure
Optimus Education Foundation is a not-for-profit organization governed by a Board of Trustees selected on the basis of the skills and experience they would bring to the organisation.The Board has responsibility for the overall policy direction and control of the organization.
OPEF is managed on a day-to-day basis by a Senior Management Team headed by a Chief Executive Officer who reports to the Board of Trustees on a regular basis. Roles and responsibilities for Trustees and members of the management team are outlined in a separate document.