Good Neighbors Cameroon

To achieve a sustainable, self-reliant society, Good Neighbors Cameroon implements community-initiated projects that promote child rights and well-being, focusing on the following areas:

• Child Protection: We work to create friendly environments where child rights are known and respected. Our intervention focuses on advocacy campaigns on child rights to ensure that all children are protected from all forms of violence and discrimination and fully enjoy their rights to identification and a healthy family life.
• Education: We support children in project sites to enjoy the right to education. Our specific actions include improving access to and quality of education for all children in our project sites. This is done through the creation of learning outposts in areas with no schools and supporting existing schools with adequate infrastructure, equipment, didactic materials, and teacher capacity building.
• Health: We support children in exercising their rights to access quality basic health care services. Our initiatives include creating and equipping health outposts in communities and training Community Health Workers. We support national health programs in the fight against specific diseases, especially Neglected Tropical Diseases currently affecting the well-being of children in Cameroon. This is achieved through practical medical support and the improvement of water and sanitation to enhance health outcomes.
• Income generation: We support people in achieving economic empowerment through solidarity and cooperation. Good Neighbors Cameroon has adopted the strategy of empowering community members with the technical and financial means to resolve their challenges. Value is created through investments in the income-generating activities of socio-economic organizations. In turn, these organizations contribute a small percentage of their profits to resolve community problems related to health, education, WASH, environment, and gender.
• Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH): We support people in accessing safe water and sanitation services. Our specific actions include constructing boreholes and toilets in areas that lack water and sanitation facilities, such as schools, hospitals, and communities. This is accompanied by capacity-building sessions for the sustainable management of these water and sanitation facilities, as well as sensitization campaigns for improved hygiene practices.
• Climate Change: Climate change is strongly combated through innovative approaches such as afforestation, agroforestry, and efficient community resource management. Our initiatives include creating awareness through sensitization campaigns on the effects of climate change, mitigation strategies, and introducing various approaches to combat climate change.

Our actions in communities strongly align with Cameroon’s National Development Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In total, we have contributed to 10 SDGs, with the highest contributions to SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).