He was shot during the Kumba Massacre. He is back on the pitch. He wants to continue to do what he likes - play football.

Tetuh Larris is an IDP from Small Ekombe. In the heat of the ongoing crisis in 2017, he ran away with his family and settled in Kumba. The family found a home in Fiango Kumba. He was enrolled into the Mother Francisca Bilingual Secondary school at Bamilike Street. With his passion for football, his mother enrolled him into the U12 team of the Nkamanyi Football Initiative (NFI) in 2018.

He was enjoying the sports at the NFI and attending school until the 24th of October 2020 when unidentified gunmen stormed their school and massacred children.As he (Larris) struggled to escape, he was shot on the buttocks. Crying for help in the pool of his own blood, he was rushed to the Presbyterian General Hospital Manyemen Annex in Buea road for immediate treatment where Doctors Without Borders took very good care of him.

He was unconscious for 4 days with tubes connected to the buttocks. He stayed in the hospital for two weeks and was discharged. God protected him as an IDP who ran away from a war zone.

After his recovery the NFI family, with the president at the head, including some U12 players visited the family at their Fiango residence to offer their support and wish him all the best. The family especially the father and the Mother were so happy to see the NFI family by his side. Larris was so excited as he was missing training sessions and wanted to come back.

Not long after that visit he resumed training in his new NFI outfit. We thank God for his life and the lives of all the NFI players, coaches and managers. We must continue to pray against accidents or problems in this football family.

This report was written by his coach, David Fonkeng.