Ms. Annick Bessawa is a distinguished leader in the mental health sector, with nearly two decades of transformative impact across Africa and Europe. A passionate advocate for human development and social justice. For the past four years, she has served as a Mental Health First Aid Trainer, equipping professionals in London with essential skills to recognize, respond to, and support mental well-being in diverse settings.

Annick founded a charity called Teardryers in 2021 and supports street children to transition into education, training, and employment. Through its flagship program, Teardryers currently reaches an average of 80 children per week with engaging literacy and numeracy workshops, while also delivering vocational training for sex workers in Malawi and music education programs in youth prisons.

Annick holds a strong academic background in psychology and education, complemented by a Postgraduate Certificate in Law (Human Rights). She is currently completing a Master’s degree in Education, Health Promotion, and International Development at a leading institution in London. 

At CVG, Annick plays a critical role in shaping and strengthening the organisation’s Literacy and Library Program, Mental Health in Schools initiatives, and other complementary child wellbeing interventions. Her strategic guidance and lived experience continue to enrich CVG’s mission to nurture children, empower communities, and build sustainable futures.

Evance Ngong Miki is an environmental sustainability and climate governance professional with strong experience in climate-smart agriculture, community-based food systems, and environmental impact assessments. He serves as an Advisory Council Member at Community Vision Group (CVG), where he provides technical guidance to the Nourish2Flourish Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, ensuring that the programme is climate-smart, planet-friendly, and environmentally sustainable.

He currently works as a Project Coordinator on carbon sink initiatives with Revita Hanfkontor GmbH in Berlin, Germany, where he supports the development of carbon project design documentation, carbon accounting processes, and MRV-related data systems in line with international standards. He has also served as a Research Assistant with the German Federal Association for Sustainability, contributing to research on voluntary carbon markets, environmental governance frameworks, and land-use mitigation strategies, as well as coordinating multi-stakeholder forums and supervising research teams.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography and Environmental Studies from the Catholic University of Cameroon and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Governance at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Evance is fluent in English, with working knowledge of French and German.

Njeba Bruna Beri is a public health and nutrition professional with over seven years of experience spanning nutrition programming, pharmacy practice, health systems strengthening, and community-based interventions in Cameroon. She serves as an Advisory Council Member at Community Vision Group (CVG), where she provides technical and strategic advisory support to the Nourish2Flourish Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) program, contributing to the design and scale-up of sustainable, nutrition-sensitive school feeding models. 

Bruna brings strong expertise in public health nutrition, infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM). She currently works as a Hospital Malaria and Pharmacovigilance Focal Point and Supply Chain Pharmacist at Nylon District Hospital in Douala, Cameroon where she oversees malaria commodity management, pharmacovigilance, staff training, and data analysis. She has previously served as District Nutrition Focal Point and Supply Chain Manager in Ngaoundere Urban Health District, Cameroon where she coordinated nutrition programs, supervised the management of RUTF and RUSF, trained health workers on IMAM and IYCF protocols. She has also worked with Action Against Hunger as a Health and Nutrition Supervisor, supporting community-based management of acute malnutrition, mobile clinics, and emergency health responses .

Bruna is the Founder of the BERI-NUT Association, a community-based initiative focused on promoting good nutrition practices and monitoring under-five nutrition status using digital tools. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Yaoundé I and a Master’s degree in Public Health from Atlantic International University. She is fluent in both English and French and is passionate about leveraging local food systems, nutrition science, and health system expertise to ensure that children benefit from nutritious, sustainable school meals. 

Dr. Akosua Wamba (Kossy) is a medical doctor and infectious diseases specialist with strong clinical, research, and public health experience spanning the United Kingdom, Ghana, and global health settings. She serves as an Advisory Council Member at Community Vision Group (CVG), where she provides technical and strategic advisory support to the organisation’s Hepatitis B programme, contributing to evidence-based approaches for prevention, care, and advocacy.

Kossy brings deep expertise in infectious diseases, internal medicine, public health, and health systems strengthening. Her professional interests include hepatitis and other infectious diseases, sexual and reproductive health, clinical research, and quality improvement. In her advisory role at CVG, she supports programme design and implementation, contributes to clinical and public health guidance, and strengthens CVG’s advocacy and research efforts aimed at improving Hepatitis B birth dose coverage, early diagnosis, and linkage to care.

She currently serves as a Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases at King’s College Hospital in the United Kingdom. She has also worked as a Clinical Development Fellow in Glasgow, an Internal Medicine Trainee across the West Midlands, and a Clinical Skills Teacher at Keele Medical School, where she supported medical education, assessments, and simulation-based training. Kossy has also worked at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, and as a Senior Medical Officer. 

She holds an MBChB from the University of Ghana Medical School, a Master of Public Health with Merit from the University of Glasgow (as a Chevening Scholar), and is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP UK). Kossy is fluent in English with intermediate proficiency in French and is skilled in quantitative research and systematic reviews. 

Ngang Fru Delvis is a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) specialist with over a decade of experience supporting evidence-based programming, impact evaluation, and applied research within humanitarian, development, and academic settings. He serves as an Advisory Council Member at Community Vision Group (CVG) and brings advanced expertise in designing and implementing community needs assessments, institutional capacity analyses, experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluations, and mixed-methods research. 

Professionally, Delvis has held senior technical roles with international NGOs, academic institutions, and research organisations. He currently serves as a Teaching Assistant at the Refugee Study Centre, University of Oxford, where he supports online learning, facilitates tutorials, and contributes to academic programme delivery. He also works as a Research and Impact Evaluation Coordinator with A2 Healthcare Solutions, where he leads the design and management of organisation-wide MERL systems, research studies, policy briefs, and donor reporting, as well as research grant development and administration.

Previously, Delvis worked with Action Against Hunger and Plan International in Cameroon, where he supported large-scale humanitarian assessments, emergency health, nutrition, WASH, and food security programmes. His experience includes displacement tracking, post-distribution monitoring, COVID-19 response data systems, donor compliance reporting, and coordination with UN clusters and government stakeholders. 

Delvis holds a Master of Science degree in Data Science at Swansea University, a Master’s degree in Impact Evaluation for International Development from the University of East Anglia and a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Management. He is fluent in English and French and is core to strengthening CVG’s research, evaluation, and learning culture to ensure that programmes are effective, scalable, and responsive to the needs of the communities CVG serves.

Runder Bongfen Kanla is a Senior Ophthalmic Technician with strong clinical and technical experience in primary eye care, diagnostic ophthalmology, and patient-centred service delivery. She serves as an Advisory Council Member at Community Vision Group (CVG), where she provides technical and professional support to the effective design and implementation of the Child Vision and Eye Care Programme, contributing to improved early detection, referral, and management of childhood eye conditions.

Runder brings solid expertise in ophthalmic diagnostics, vision assessment, ocular imaging, and primary eye care service delivery. In her advisory role at CVG, she supports the development of child-friendly vision screening models, advises on clinical standards and referral pathways, and contributes to strengthening the quality and safety of CVG’s eye health interventions within schools and community settings. 

Runder currently works as an Senior Ophthalmic Technician with the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom and has previously worked with the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and served as a Senior Healthcare Assistant in Ophthalmology Outpatients. She has previously worked with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board as an Assistant Ophthalmic Medical Assistant across multiple eye hospitals, supporting clinical consultations, refraction, dispensing, and community eye care services.

Runder holds a BTEC Level 4 Diploma in Ophthalmic and Vision Science from the Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology and a Diploma in Assistant Ophthalmic Medical Assistant, in addition to formal training as a Nursing Assistant. Runder is deeply committed to advancing equitable access to quality eye care for children and supporting CVG’s mission to prevent avoidable visual impairment and blindness through early screening, timely referral, and community-based eye health solutions.

Dr. Mundih Noelar Njohjam is a medical doctor and neurology trainee with a strong commitment to improving health outcomes and access to quality care in resource-limited settings, particularly in rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa. She serves as an Advisory Council Member for Community Vision Group’s (CVG) Hepatitis B Program, where she provides strategic and technical guidance to strengthen community-based, equitable approaches to hepatitis B prevention, diagnosis, and linkage to care.

Currently, Dr. Mundih is a Neurology Resident at the National University Hospital Center in Dakar, Senegal, under the University of Cheikh Anta Diop. She has previously worked as a General Practitioner at Nkwen Baptist Hospital in Bamenda and at the Yaoundé Central Hospital in Cameroon.

Dr. Mundih holds an MD degree from the University of Yaoundé I and an MSc in Global Health from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. She has received numerous international awards and research grants, including recognition from the American Academy of Neurology, the International Headache Society, the World Federation of Neurology, and the Royal Society for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.