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Nest of Hope Cameroon
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Company (0-10 employees)
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Nest of Hope was created in September 2006. Its first General Assembly was held on the February 2008. Nest of Hope was officially recognised by the Senior Divisional Officer of the Fako Division on the 6th August 2009 with declaration receipt n°:46/G.37/D.14/I/Vol.T/T/BAPP, as a female non-political and non-profit making organisation.
Nest of Hope was created by three Cameroonian women determined to improve the living standards of extremely poor women from the rural and semi-urban zones of Cameroon. The founders are; Mme Helen Nalova Ndikum, Mme Honorine Eposi Nseke and Mme Lema Nga Josette. We do not have any social insurance, we do not have access to loans in order to develop productive activities, and we have no rights to land. We lack money to send our children to school. Several needy women and girls have thought it necessary to come together in order to ameliorate their living standards and to come out of the extreme poverty in which they live by taking their fate in their own hands without waiting for the corrupt public officials of Cameroon. More than 51% of the Cameroonian population is comprised of women; that is about 7 800 000 women, amongst which 4 900 000 live in rural areas and about 1 200 000 live in semi-urban areas, in an extreme poverty, living with less than 1USD per day. The aim of Nest of Hope Cameroon is to create a real and ideal framework in order to ameliorate the living conditions of women, widows, orphans, girl mothers and needy young girls from rural and semi-urban zones of Cameroon through self-help activities, conscience awakening and education. The principal objectives are: - Promotion of female leadership ; - Promotion of rights of women and children ; - Help rural women "Head of families" to initiate their own income generating activities; - Reinforce the auto-management capacities of basic female groupings ; - Mobilise women, girl mothers and youths to get vaccinated against diseases and get tested for HIV/AIDS, STIs and Venereal diseases. - Training and integration of orphans and children rendered vulnerable. |
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