{{Infobox settlement , official_name = Ngaoubela , other_name = N'Gaoubela , native_name = , nickname = , settlement_type =

Commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

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Adamawa Region The Adamawa Region (french: Région de l'Adamaoua) is a constituent region of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre and East regions to the south, the Northwest and West regions to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central Afr ...

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Djérem Djérem is a department of Adamawa Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 13,283 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 89,382. The capital of the department lies at Tibati. It is named after the Djérem River. Subd ...

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WAT A wat ( km, វត្ត, ; lo, ວັດ, ; th, วัด, ; khb, 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」(waD+Dha); nod, 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」（w+Da2)) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan, the Southern Provi ...

, utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST = , utc_offset_DST = , coordinates = {{coord, 6, 31, 23.4, N, 12, 35, 56.5, E, display=inline , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = , elevation_ft = , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code = CM-AD , blank_name = , blank_info = , website = , footnotes = Ngaoubela village in the Cameroonian province of

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

, 15 km west from

Tibati Tibati (Fula: Tibati 𞤼𞤭𞤦𞤢𞤼𞤭) is a town and commune in Djérem, Cameroon. The town and region are reigned by a local monarch, the Lamido. The most notable economic activity in the region is the fishery industry. The fish comes fr ...

and 3 km from the "Axe lourde", i.e.

Ngaoundéré Ngaoundéré, or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) is the capital of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. According to the film ''Les Mairuuwas – Maitre de l' ...

. The village has more than 1000 inhabitants, some estimates surpass 1500. For its history it is inhabited by a range of ethnicities, among many others there are mainly Gbaya, Mboum,

Fulbe The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people ( ff, Fulɓe, ; french: Peul, links=no; ha, Fulani or Hilani; pt, Fula, links=no; wo, Pël; bm, Fulaw) are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region ...

and the Haussa.

Hospital

The hospital in Ngaoubela (''Hôpital Protestant Ngaoubela'') forms part of the Cameroonian Lutheran Evangelic Church (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne du Cameroun, EELC). It comprises 150 beds in total, and it is equipped with two operating rooms, an ultrasonic device, an X-ray apparatus, a laboratory, running water and emergency power supply. Thus it is the best equipped hospital in the entire

district. Cameroon lacks a functioning social welfare system; people have to pay for health services. In this extremely poor region of Cameroon, this results in financial issues both among patients as for the hospital itself. It mostly relies upon donations from organizations abroad. It is supported by the American Lutheran Church, the Austrian association "Entwicklungspartnerschaft für Kamerun", but also Care and other organizations sporadically aid to ensure the functioning of the most basic health services. The Catholic community of

Frastanz Frastanz is a market town in the district of Feldkirch in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. In former times it was known for its production of tobacco. Geography Frastanz is located 510 meters above sea level. It is 32.25 km2 in ...

enables and supports young Austrian men to do social services. The Austrian medical practitioner

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has lived and worked in Ngaoubla since 1986.

History

The hospital was founded in 1947 by Norwegian missionaries - originally to be used as a station for treatment of

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. The

Lamido Lamido (Adlam: , pl. Lamibe ) is the Anglicisation of a term from the Fula language or Fulfulde, used to refer to a ruler. In the language it is properly ''laamiiɗo'' (, pl. ''laamiiɓe'' ), derived from the verbal root ''laamu-'' meaning "lead ...

from

at that time offered the land, in order to have the patients treated far from the city, to minimize the risk of contagion to healthy locals. After some time, the focus shifted towards operating as a regular hospital, since the hospital became technically and medically well-equipped as it has always enjoyed foreign support from various organizations. This resulted in achieving the status of "district-hospital" (hôpital de district) in 2003, something uncommon among private hospitals in

. Since 2000, the Chinese have become active in this region. Thus, in about 2007, a new well was built, supplying the village with high quality drinking water from approximately 60 metres below the surface.

Religion

The village is split between the Muslims and Christian Protestant communities. While the Christian community dominates the village in numbers, both are estimated to be equal in the surrounding district. There is one church in Ngaoubela and one small Mosque.

References

Austrian Association "ENTWICKLUNGSPARTNERSCHAFT FÜR KAMERUN"

Auslandsdienst Pfarre Frastanz, religious community in Austria supporting the hospital in Ngaoubela through community servants
Communes of Cameroon Populated places in Adamawa Region