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YADEF

(YOUTH ACTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION)

YADEF is a Cameroon based non-governmental, apolitical and non-profit youth and women led and youth founded humanitarian and development Association advancing and promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). YADEF intervenes in Cameroon within core thematic areas such as; quality education, capacity building and ICT, poverty and hunger alleviation, and economic empowerment (livelihood and wealth creation), human rights, social protection and peace building, gender based violence.

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The number of climate displaced people will increase globally in the coming years – countries must act NOW to better protect the #RightToEducation from the impact of climate change and environmental uncertainties

“Decisions are data driven” using research to diagnose and understand community challenges will inform effective programming of humanitarian and development projects

IF CHANGE MUST COME, US THE YOUTHS MUST ACT AND ACT NOW

Leveraging ICT for personal and professional development should be first priority for rural youths.

We make use of our expertise to go miles away in securing a better future for women, girls and youths in underdeveloped communities.

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GENERAL OBJECTIVE

Promote sustainable development through mobilized-youth actions

OUR VISION

‘Secure an inclusive society while empowering youths to fly to a world of opportunities”

OUR MISSION

“Nurturing talents and initiatives, removing constraints and impediments, stimulating sustainable actions and promoting development – Acting and reacting proactively not just about today and tomorrow, but about days, weeks, months, years and centuries to come – with endless commitment to championing and amplifying the fight against socio-economic and political discriminations, social vices. This is what defines what YADEF aspires and vision to achieve. We‘re open to partnerships: synergies and movements which are inclusive and exclusively void of gender bias and leave no youth action behind. We strengthen the capacities of the youths strategically, enhancing their skills to leverage ICT while mobilizing the goodwill and support of the international community and the youths themselves. We appeal and call on all development stakeholders to join us and be part and parcel in building and empowering vibrant – versatile youths, the pillars of our economy”.

Who we are

ABOUT US

We are a power house for youth development.

WE EDUCATE

We increase access to quality education and information while helping youths, women, children in low resource communities leverage ICT for development. We also go further to mentor, coach including individually tailored orientations on academic and career trajectories for life enhancement

WE PROTECT

We mitigate protection risks including; GBV, child protection and road crashes, promote respect for human rights while championing peace building, living together and inclusion so that we can have a conducive and convenient environment where youth and women initiatives and development will flourish

WE EMPOWER

We socio-economically and politically empower youths, women and less privileged persons to break the chains of poverty, live happy and fulfilling life within environmentally friendly communities

OUR CORE AREAS OF INTERVENTION

OUR 4 STRATEGIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

OUR METHODOLOGY/APPROACH

At YADEF, we use the Community-based Development (CBD) – motivating women, girls, boys and men and the community to participate and contribute in the development process. This allows them to express their needs and to decide their future with a view to their empowerment. This implies that we engage and work inclusively with communities themselves and their leaders to identify development priorities and needs, develop strategies and implement solutions that are tailored to their specific needs.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals, To Which We Contribute

Meet Our Team

Chelsea Kunbid Gamvah-Pasiah
NATIONAL COORDINATOR

Juliette Ndiseh
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

EBONG Lovert EWANG
PROJECT MANAGER/ PARTNERSHIP DEV.

NHON LINUS ABANDE
TECHNICAL ADVISOR - PROGRAMS & PROJECTS

Alegejuh Anna Bezua A.
HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER ADVISOR

Dr Jean Baptiste FANKAM FANKAM
PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT

Nkumbe Anna NZONG (msc)
WASH COORDINATOR

Ntoko Collins Ejabe (msc)
ACCOUNTANT

ESAPE JOJOE ESEH
Coordinator of Education & Capacity Building

Etah Ngwese Eunice Dione Project Manager eunice.dione@yadef.org

Etah Ngwese Eunice
Project Manager

Metuge Nzegge Anselm
Protection Officer

ZUMBI CALVIN A.
WEB DESIGNER/DEVELOPER

OUR PARTNERS

OUR ROADMAP

YADEF’s projects and Programs covers the following geographical areas of Cameroon;

SOUTH WEST REGION

Kupe-Muanenguba Division
Fako Division
Meme Division
Manyu Division
Ndian Division
Lebialem Division

LITTORAL REGION

Melong
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Latest News

GET UDATES ABOUT OUR LATEST NEWS AND ORGANISED EVENTS.

Our blog

Peace Weavers – mobilizing youth leaders to counter hate speech and violence in crisis zones in Cameroon

YADEF through our Executive Director is glad to join the community of peace weavers in [...]

03
Aug

YADEF Commemoration – Day of the African Child, June 16th 2024 in Cameroon

YADEF on June 16th 2024 joined other local and international Child Protection Area of Responsibility [...]

16
Jun

YADEF joins the Education Cannot Wait Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) for Cameroon to provide education in emergencies through e-learning in temporal learning spaces

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07
Jun

Limbe Landslide Incident Report, 22 July 2023

Incident: On Friday 22 July 2023, at about 3:00 am according information gathered from the [...]

22
Jul

Field assessment at Tiko Airport Area – New Layout Likomba – 28th June 2023 by YADEF HLP Team following government plans to extend the Tiko Airport

Youth Actions for Development Foundation – YADEF Housing Land & Property – HLP Program Project [...]

17
Jul

Training of Humanitarian Actors on Protection & Restitution of Housing, Land and Property Rights of Displaced and indigenous Population

Summarized training reports on “Training of Humanitarian Actors on Protection & Restitution of Housing, Land [...]

21
Jun

“Residential workshop towards a humanitarian response that better addresses the specific protection and assistance needs of adolescent boys and men” – 1st of June 2023, Buea, South West Region – Cameroon organized by GenGap

Summarized Report; Residential workshop towards a humanitarian response that better addresses the specific protection and [...]

01
Jun

WASH Cluster Coordination Meeting

Summarized WASH meeting report organized on the 27th of April 2023 at UNICEF Field Office [...]

27
Apr

Incident Report; The effect of environmental hazard (heavy rains & storms) on Housing, Land and Property (HLP) and children’s safety in Bangem Town on the 10th of March 2023

INCIDENT Following heavy rains witnessed in Bangem Town on the evening of March 10th 2023, [...]

10
Mar

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Welcome to

YADEF

EDUCATION IS THE MAIN TOOL needed TO ERADICATE POVERTY

Access to clean water is a huge problem in Rural Communities in Cameroon. It is increasing vulnerability to water borne diseases such as Cholera.

The number of climate displaced people will increase globally in the coming years – countries must act NOW to better protect the #RightToEducation from the impact of climate change and environmental uncertainties

REMOVING STREET CHILDREN FROM THE STREETS TO SCHOOL

Leveraging ICT for personal and professional development should be first priority for rural youths.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

Who we are

ABOUT US

WE EDUCATE

WE PROTECT

WE EMPOWER

OUR CORE AREAS OF INTERVENTION

POVERTY AND HUNGER

ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND ICT

HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND PEACE BUILDING

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

SOCIAL RESEARCH

OUR 4 STRATEGIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

WASH (Water, hygiene and sanitation) program

child protection including reducing road crashes & safe mobility

Housing, Land and Property (HLP) Rights of Women and Displaced Persons

environmental Friendly Initiatives

OUR METHODOLOGY/APPROACH

The UN Sustainable Development Goals, To Which We Contribute

Meet Our Team

Chelsea Kunbid Gamvah-Pasiah NATIONAL COORDINATOR

Juliette Ndiseh FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

EBONG Lovert EWANG PROJECT MANAGER/ PARTNERSHIP DEV.

NHON LINUS ABANDE TECHNICAL ADVISOR - PROGRAMS & PROJECTS

Alegejuh Anna Bezua A. HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER ADVISOR

Dr Jean Baptiste FANKAM FANKAM PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT

Nkumbe Anna NZONG (msc) WASH COORDINATOR

Ntoko Collins Ejabe (msc) ACCOUNTANT

ESAPE JOJOE ESEH Coordinator of Education & Capacity Building

Etah Ngwese Eunice Project Manager

Metuge Nzegge Anselm Protection Officer

ZUMBI CALVIN A. WEB DESIGNER/DEVELOPER

OUR PARTNERS

OUR ROADMAP

SOUTH WEST REGION

LITTORAL REGION

Latest News

Peace Weavers – mobilizing youth leaders to counter hate speech and violence in crisis zones in Cameroon

YADEF Commemoration – Day of the African Child, June 16th 2024 in Cameroon

YADEF joins the Education Cannot Wait Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) for Cameroon to provide education in emergencies through e-learning in temporal learning spaces

Limbe Landslide Incident Report, 22 July 2023

Field assessment at Tiko Airport Area – New Layout Likomba – 28th June 2023 by YADEF HLP Team following government plans to extend the Tiko Airport

Training of Humanitarian Actors on Protection & Restitution of Housing, Land and Property Rights of Displaced and indigenous Population

“Residential workshop towards a humanitarian response that better addresses the specific protection and assistance needs of adolescent boys and men” – 1st of June 2023, Buea, South West Region – Cameroon organized by GenGap

WASH Cluster Coordination Meeting

Incident Report; The effect of environmental hazard (heavy rains & storms) on Housing, Land and Property (HLP) and children’s safety in Bangem Town on the 10th of March 2023

First of its kind youth focused, youth managed, women led and youth founded development foundation in Cameroon.

We make use of our expertise to go miles away in securing a better future for women, girls and youths in underdeveloped communities.

If one’s community is going to get better the youths, the women, the girls must act and act NOW.

To change the world, educate the world – but this change must start now.

The system of education we need in Cameroon today is one in which pupils and students should be able to articulate ideas and choose trajectories for life enhancement.

Leveraging ICT for personal and professional development should be first priority for rural youths.

Being educated today is beyond going to school but being able to leverage ICT for life enhancement.

If change must come, us the youths must act and act NOW – Change starts now.

“See something say something” – Break the silence to ignite change in ending GBV.

Quality Education is the key solution for change, for peace, and for help in the fight against poverty, racism and discrimination in general.

Access to opportunities is determine by quality of education received.

Education is fundamental for a positive and humane transition into the future and for development that is sustainable.

If you want to empower society, empower the girl child.

“Decisions are data driven” using research to diagnose and understand community challenges will inform effective programming of humanitarian and development projects.

If you want to build strong and accountable society, start by building strong families.

Poverty is the worst enemy of mankind; if eradicated, life will be better but if not, the society soles a seed for its own implosion.

We are very devoted to promoting quality education that we make the future of students our mission.

A book is a force for creating and sharing knowledge - donate a book to help children from poor and underdeveloped communities’ access quality education materials.

The number of climate displaced people will increase globally in the coming years – countries must act NOW to better protect the #RightToEducation from the impact of climate change and environmental uncertainties.

Everything we do and every action we make has an impact on the world around us.

“There are just no two ways to peace, peace is the way”.

Poor quality of education will affect the lives of young people in this decade and the next - which is why we are mobilizing actions, committing resources and bringing youths up to speed bringing their dreams and actions to life.

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Chelsea Kunbid Gamvah-Pasiah
NATIONAL COORDINATOR

Juliette Ndiseh
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

EBONG Lovert EWANG
PROJECT MANAGER/ PARTNERSHIP DEV.

NHON LINUS ABANDE
TECHNICAL ADVISOR - PROGRAMS & PROJECTS

Alegejuh Anna Bezua A.
HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER ADVISOR

Dr Jean Baptiste FANKAM FANKAM
PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT

Nkumbe Anna NZONG (msc)
WASH COORDINATOR

Ntoko Collins Ejabe (msc)
ACCOUNTANT

ESAPE JOJOE ESEH
Coordinator of Education & Capacity Building

Etah Ngwese Eunice
Project Manager

Metuge Nzegge Anselm
Protection Officer

ZUMBI CALVIN A.
WEB DESIGNER/DEVELOPER