Cameroon

In most rural and nomadic communities, children undertake jobs that are imposed on them.

My ambition is to become an entrepreneur being able to serve as a model for young girls of my age in quest of a socio-professional integration which frees them from unemployment and poverty.

Evolution of traditional dance outfits of eastern Cameroon from the view of a training center in Bertoua.

She is called BibineMboy Bin Seke and she is a 23-year-old young mother of 5 children. One day, Bibine was advised by her cousin to start training at CEFAF and without hesitation, she accepted this preposition. However, the big challenge was that the training lasts 3 years; how would she juggle being a mother with being a student?

Our training center (CEFAF) trains young people in Hotel and catering, Sewing and Hairdressing / Esthetics. We have organized with the support of our supervisors the Open Days to present our various activities to the public.

Given the economic and environmental value of beekeeping, it is right and fitting that we teach the young people and farmers to engage in bee farming or Apiculture. We have faced a good number of challenges to which we have tried to seek out solutions and we have learnt to be gentle and friendly with the bees.

The region, where I come from, is located in the Sahelian zone. It is suffering the consequences of the advance of the desert.

It was sad but true that some jobs were considered as man’s jobs in her culture. But she felt that if she was capable of changing her parents’ attitude, she would also be capable of changing others’.

Access to water is a problem and water quality is a major problem in many areas of the world today. In Tatum, in the N.W. Region of Cameroon nearly everybody is without access to safe drinking water. In this video we give some insights on the Solar disinfection (SODIS) program at ACOHOF.

The learning facilitator, Nestor, in Ngaoundere in the region of Adamaoua in Cameroon, says that he wishes to broach the topic of school drop-out rates, which is on the rise in the country.