Application for Community Curator for January 2023

Salutation

Compliment of the season dear friends on the steemit platform. It is with honor to apply for the role of community curator for January 2023. Following the announcement made on the steemitblog, my application will be based on the guidelines outlined in the announcement post of recruiting curators in January 2023.

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A brief summary of your history on Steem.

I became a member of the steemit platform on July 2020. During that period, the office where I was working had issued us with letters, suspending work till further notice when the COVID-19 outbreak started. I was doing nothing to earn a living.

I was introduced to steemit by @fombae who constantly explained every detail about steemit to me and he also assisted to create my account.

I am an inquisitive person and I believed that information is power. This was what made me explore the newcomer community to know more about the platform. I engaged in the achievements program and completed it within a shorter period and was labeled a pro-verified newcomer. This program helped me to better familiarise myself with the platform and improved the quality of the content I created.

During my early days on steemit, I subscribed to the @steemafrica community where I shared a good number of articles. In December 2020, the Cameroon CR at the time @saxopedia and assisted by @fombae decided to create a country community account where all Cameroonian bloggers on steemit could share their content. That is how I became a member and participated in the growth of the community via the njangi program by sending 5 SBD every week to the community account.

Notwithstanding, my inquisitive nature made it possible for me to join the Crypto Academy to know more about crypto. Through the academy, I was able to create a good number of crypto-related content and participated in seasons 1-6. Even though I was not participating in all crypto assignments due to circumstances beyond my control.

With all the benefits I got from the platform, I decided to talk to friends, family, and colleagues about the platform. Some of them became interested and joined while others were reluctant. This goes with the saying “you cannot take a horse to the stream and forced it to drink water.”

I became more committed and consistent on the platform, producing quality content. This made me gain support from both the steemit team and other users on the platform. Today, I can also support other content creators with my accumulated SP.

Throughout my stay on the platform, I have always supported all initiatives by the Steemit team for the growth of the platform. I am a proud Club100 Member since March 2022, I have been participating in the engagement challenge contests organized in different communities, I am a supporter of the burnsteem25 initiative and for over two months, I am fully into 100% power up.

Details of any positions of responsibility you have held on Steem

The following are some positions I have been opportune to serve on the steemit platform;

• Country Representative for Cameroon.
• MOD on the @steem-cameroon community.
• Plagiarism leader in the steem-cameroon community.
• Community Curator with the Industrious Seven curation team led by @vvarishayy for several months using SC06 account.
• Member of the Lucky Dip team led by @patjewell in August using SC09 account.
• Presently a member of team 5 led by @pelon53 using SC08 account.

Details of specialist or professional skills or expertise you have in ‘real life’

I have worked with several NGOs as a conflict and peace expert in Cameroon.

I am a certified Gender Based Violence (GBV) case manager by the UNFPA. I used this skill to manage several cases of GBV specifically, rape, forced marriages, forced prostitution, physical abuse, and psychological trauma. I offer psychosocial support to survivors.

I have expertise in human rights monitoring, documenting, and reporting. This skill was learned during my master's program in Conflict, Peace, and Security studies.

I am equally a child protection specialist in emergencies trained by UNICEF. I managed cases of child exploitation, neglect, and abuse.

Presently, I am a supervisor with the Ministry of Decentralization and Local Development. I supervise developmental activities carried out by the divisional council. I am equally a gender, peace and security consultant with Oversee Advising Group working with all UN agencies and other international organizations.

What country you live in and what languages you can read fluently?

I am an English speaker Cameroonian. However, the bicultural nature of the country has made it possible for me to read and understand French fluently. Pidgin English is equally a common language in Cameroon and I speak and write it fluently.

Your key stats - own SP, CSI, Reputation, Delegations.

Own SP	15,549.56
CSI	13.8
Reputation	74.277
Incoming Delegations	5,063.27
Outgoing Delegated SP	3,085.11
Effective Power	17,527.72 SP

Any subjects you particularly enjoy curating.

With my experience on the platform, I love curating content related to acts of kindness, the diary game, my town in 10pics, and protection-related content on GBV, human rights, and child protection. However, I am an opened minded person, always willing to read new concepts. Therefore I can easily curate all content if it is worth reading through.

I am willing to continue serving the platform as a community curator for January 2023 and I wish my application is given due consideration.