As part of the Fote Administration’s vision of living up to our mantra as being our brother’s keeper, SOBA America started a new tradition of doing community service during our annual national convention in Dallas 2022. We kicked off Friday’s events with a community service activity. SOBANS from SOBA America Nation volunteered at Crossroads Community […]
Under President Ndiva Mongoh’s leadership, SOBA Carolinas has heeded the call to serve. When the Fote administration challenged all chapters to give back to our communities through community service at least once a year, SOBA Carolinas stood up and took the lead. In 2019, the chapter launched its annual SOBA Carolinas Day. This was a […]
On the morning of January 6th, 2021, just one day after schools resumed for the term, a fire broke out in St. Martin’s dormitory. Thankfully, no student or staff was in the dormitory at the time, as they were in class around 9:30a.m. when it broke. About 70 students lost their property which was covered […]
The SOBA America Lend-A-Hand Initiative has enjoyed early success in its mission to make a difference in the lives of SOBANS and SOBANESE in need. The Fote administration rolled out this program on May 15th, 2020 at the peak of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The initial phase of the program has been focused on providing […]
On October 14th, 2020, SOBA America presented a gift of new sick bay to St. Joseph’s College, Sasse during a ceremony on the campus of SJC Sasse. The newly completed sick bay building was handed over to St. Joseph’s College, Sasse during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Due to a scheduling conflict, Bishop Michael Bibi, proprietor of […]
On August 5th, 2020, SOBA America presented a gift of a state-of-the-art band and orchestra to St. Joseph’s College, Sasse during a ceremony on the campus of SJC Sasse. The gift, comprised of over 70 pieces of professional grade band and orchestra equipment and a 75 piece set of band uniforms was presented to the […]
As a non-profit organization (Sasse Alumni Association), it is important that we do charitable activities in the USA and Canada. Our administration is challenging every chapter to do at least one charitable event annually. The First Lady is also working on an initiative for SOBA America to do a charitable event at our annual national […]
Transforming Lives Through Education: The SOBA America Scholarship Endowment Fund Every act of kindness has the power to change lives. For me, Dr. Bertrand Fote, that moment came 34 years ago when I was a student at St. Joseph’s College (SJC) Sasse, a prestigious boys’ boarding school in Cameroon —and […]
A brainchild of former Soba America President Beltus Ntopi, the Soba America Sponsorship Fund (SASF) was officially launched in May, 2012, during the convention in Phoenix, Arizona. Its main mission is to indirectly alleviate poverty via sponsorship of orphans and/or children from financially poor background through Sasse by mobilizing the power of its alumni volunteers […]
Without the computer lab that was donated by SOBA USA, I would not have the computer skills I have today. Thank you all so much.