First Lady Chantal BIYA, Founding President of the Circle of Friends of Cameroon (CERAC), and members of the humanitarian, apolitical and non-profit-making association, have adopted the 2024 Calendar of activities that are centred on improving their social inclusion actions in Cameroon.
The spouses of members of the Diplomatic Corps and National Dignitaries presented New Year wishes to Mrs Chantal BIYA in a grandiose, colourful and joyous ceremony organised at the East Wing of the Unity Palace on 6 January 2024.
First Lady Chantal BIYA’s traditional end-of-year tour of institutions under her distinguished patronage culminated at the Hospital Centre for Applied Research, Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproduction (CHRACERH) during a colourful Christmas tree lighting ceremony organised on 23 December 2023.
Over a thousand kids from underprivileged families – pupils, orphans, and patients – received special gifts from the First Lady during a Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony organised at the Chantal BIYA Foundation on 22 December 2023.
The First Lady was guest of honour at the second edition of the "Ballon d'Or" ceremony organised by the Cameroon Football Association, FECAFOOT, at the Yaounde Conference Centre on 16 December 2023.
First Lady Chantal BIYA, the patroness of “Les Coccinelles” School Complex at Unity Palace, was guest of honour at the 2023 Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, which marks the end of the first term of the academic year, and officially ushers in the holiday season. The wife of the President of the Republic and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for education and social inclusion was welcomed at the campus on Friday 15 December by the Minister of Basic Education.