As a mark of commitment to promoting infant breastfeeding, Mr. Eric Njong SUN Nutrition Ambassador and Founder/Managing Director of “SOCIETE BUNS” will be embarking on a project to construct a lactation room for nursing mothers working in his institution.

This great initiative by the Nutrition Ambassador is part of his solution to curb the challenges of breastfeeding for working mothers.

Studies currently show that breastfeeding rates drop significantly when nursing mothers return to work, due to the unavailability of breastfeeding facilities and short maternity leaves. Mr. Njong’s initiative will also be a timely response to help increase breastfeeding rates in working mothers, and falls in line with the WHO recommended period of six months of exclusive breastfeeding.

Apart from constructing a lactation room, there are several other ways through which companies can promote breastfeeding for working nursing mothers. These include:

• Giving flexible work schedules to provide time for milk expression.
• Providing breastfeeding support services to help mothers with difficulties to continue breastfeeding.
• Raising awareness of the importance of breastfeeding to personnel.
• Extending the period of maternity leave.
• Including colleagues during trainings on the benefits of breast milk, and encouraging them to support breastfeeding mothers.

Mr. Njong cites that the support of breastfeeding in other countries has been important in reducing absences due to childhood illness (breastfed babies are generally healthier), improve staff morale and loyalty, and subsequently increase return-to-work rates.

The SUN Movement and J&A Oben Foundation, congratulate this laudable initiative of the MD of “SOCIETE BUNS” and encourage other heads of Private, Public, and Para public institutions to copy his example.

As part of providing access to good nutritional health service quality in Cameroon, the J&A Oben Foundation has donated office equipment to the National Obesity Center, Endocrine and Metabolic diseases department of the Yaounde Central Hospital.

This gesture from J&A Oben Foundation was an act of gratitude to the department for accepting to train students on internship from the School of Dietetics and Functional Foods (CEFOPDIET)

Nkouna Batanack Michelle Murielle the Head Nurse of the Endocrine and Metabolic diseases department, expressed her gratitude and commended J&A Oben Foundation for the initiative.

Over 170 people receive free dietetic consultations and medical laboratory screening.

As part of its objectives to promote health for all, the J&A Oben Foundation has offered free dietetic consultations and medical laboratory screening to over 170 persons in Yaounde. This took place during a three days Open Day organized on the 29th to 31st of July 2021 in J&A Oben Foundation.

As part of its objectives to promote health for all, the J&A Oben Foundation has offered free dietetic consultations and medical laboratory screening to over 170 persons in Yaounde. This took place during a three days Open Day organized on the 29th to 31st of July 2021 in J&A Oben Foundation.

Pr. Julius Oben Co-founder of J&A Oben Foundation said the foundation thought it necessary to educate locals on the importance of healthy living. “We live in a context where health conditions caused by poor nutrition is prevalent, mainly due to ignorance. So as a foundation, we saw the need to carry out Dietetic consultations and medical laboratory screening to keep locals in check of their health state.” Professor Oben said. He added that the Open Day was an opportunity for the foundation to create awareness on its activities and services.

The free medical laboratory test carried out during the Open Day Included:

• Blood group and electrophoresis tests
• Lipid test
• Chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, liver and kidney disorders.
• HIV
• Hepatitis A and B
• Typhoid and malaria

The Open Day was also an opportunity for the various departments of the foundation, to showcase their various activities to the general public.

As part of the celebration of the International Women's Rights Day in Cameroon under the theme "Digital financial inclusion for women's economic development: challenges and opportunities" inspired by the United Nations theme "Women's leadership: For an egalitarian future in the world of Covid-19", a ceremony was held at the J&A Oben Foundation on March 10th 2021 in collaboration with COSADER (Collective of NGOs for Food Security and Rural Development) in their traditional dynamic of contributing to the development of our country initiated a project that aims at facilitating the insertion of women in entrepreneurship more specifically in the field of nutrition. The objective of the project was encouraged female entrepreneurship in the field of nutrition for sustainable development and well-being in the COVID-19 period.

took part in the event was attended by the Deputy Director of Food and Nutrition of the Ministry of Public Health, the President of the Collective of ONG for Food Security and Rural Development, the head of the advocacy department of Action Against Hunger, the head of COSADER, rural women and other members. As a prelude, a free dietary consultation was held among the participants, followed by training of rural mothers on the composition of local dishes and their benefits, where they received training certificates. This was followed by a round table on Nutrition-Entrepreneurship-Economic Development and finally a presentation of representative dishes from the 10 regions of Cameroon. At the end of this exchange, some recommendations were made, notably: The regularization of informal exports of food products to neighboring countries; Nutritional education to change the behavior of the population in order to reduce malnutrition on the national territory; Nutritional care for external and internal refugees residing in Cameroon; The strengthening of communication on the culture of food in the community for better development; Organization in the community of exchange meetings on the issue of nutrition and the sharing of experiences; And the consumption of multi-colored foods to cover the nutritional needs of the body.

In general, the ceremony and the discussions on Nutrition-Enterprise-Economic Development with the stakeholders went smoothly and in a friendly atmosphere. The participants did not fail to underline their gratitude to the J&A Oben Foundation and COSADER for their continuous support in the fight against malnutrition in the country. The ceremony ended at 3.30 pm at the J&A Oben Foundation.

On February 22, 2021, about thirty students in Master 2, Biochemistry have effectively marked their interest for nutrition, for good nutrition by visiting this place where the leitmotiv is the promotion of health and well-being.

On the occasion of this visit and as a prelude to the big event "Eat Cameroonian" that the Foundation intends to organise, dressed in their traditional outfits, they participated in a presentation of local dishes and their nutritional importance and at the same time benefited from dietary advice to improve their knowledge and eating habits. In an interactive atmosphere with the J & A Oben Foundation's nutrition experts, the visitors were able to describe in detail the preparation of the various dishes from the ten regions of Cameroon.

Representative dishes from each region were presented. In particular Baobab, Foléré, Okra and Moringa sauces accompanied by rice and red millet fufu for the North zone (Far North, North and Adamawa); Egusi pudding, Koki, Ndolè and Mbongo with cassava baton and boiled plantain for the Littoral region; Kondrè, Banane malaxée, Pilé de pomme de terre, Nkui and Ndjapche to be eaten with fufu corn for the West region; Eru with Water fufu, and Ekwang for the South-West region; Corn tchap and Kati kati with fufu corn for the North-West region; and Sweet okok, Kwem Issouk, Nnam wondo and Mbol with boiled cassava tubers and fufu for the Centre, South and East regions. The specificities of each of the dishes were identified, followed by proposals for improving preparation and consumption techniques with a view to a balanced diet.

The day ended with a tasting of the dishes presented and a broad smile could be seen on everyone's face, especially that of the founder.