Application for Community Curator for October, 2026.

Greetings from Motherland Cameroon, and welcome to my blog as I submit my application for the community curator role for October 2026. It is an honour to apply for the role of community curator for October 2026. Following the announcement made on the steemitblog, my application will be based on the guidelines outlined in the announcement post for recruiting curators for October 2026.

A brief summary of your history on Steem.

I am @chant from Cameroon. I am a native English speaker and also French due to the bilingual nature of the country. I joined the platform in July 2020; since then, I have been an active and committed Steemian for over 6 years.

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

Notwithstanding, my inquisitive nature made it possible for me to join the Crypto Academy to learn more about crypto. Through the academy, I was able to create a good number of crypto-related content and participated in seasons 1-6. However, 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. i organised steemit workshops to talk about steemit to new users, create accounts and guided them on creating quality content and being consistent. Some of them became interested and joined, while others were reluctant. This goes with the adage “...you cannot take a horse to the stream and force it to drink water.”

Details of any positions of responsibility you have held on Steem

I have had the opportunity to perform different responsibilities on the platform as listed below:

• Former Steem Representative.
• Former Country Representative for Cameroon.
• MOD on the @steem-cameroon community.
• Plagiarism leader in the steem-cameroon community.
• Community Curator multiple times.

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

I have worked with several NGOs as a gender, 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 marriage, 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 also a child protection specialist in emergencies trained by UNICEF. I managed cases of child exploitation, neglect, and abuse.

Presently, I am also a gender, peace and security consultant with Oversee Advising Group, working with international organisations.

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

As already mentioned above, I am an English-speaking 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	80,514.01
CSI	13.8
Reputation	80.660
Outgoing Delegated SP	75,837.34

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 creative writing, learnwithsteem, and 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 October 2026 and I wish my application is given due consideration.