Story, Louvier Kindo Tombe
In Cameroon’s Far North Region, a beacon of hope illuminates the lives of women and school children in enclaved areas.
The government-led SWEDD project, supported by local administrative authorities, revolutionizes education through innovative interventions.
The project empowers young girls on how to become independent in life and manage their activities according to their expectations.
It equally provides essential education tools to school children in the form of didactic materials, educational resources, digital learning platforms, as well as teacher training programs.
Financed through the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s Fund for the poorest countries, the SWEDD aims to address the root causes of child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and early school drop-out among adolescent girls and promote young women’s economic empowerment. In Cameroon, it is focused in the Sahel regions.
The project received financial support from the world bank and technical assistance from the United Nations Population fund (UNFPA).
SWEDD’s Vision is that of education for all, regardless of location, equitable opportunities for growth, stronger communities through knowledge.
Besides donating didactic materials, the project has touched lives in diverse sectors.
Over 30,000 kits and materials to promote healthy sexual practices have been donated to the population up North, reproductive health equipments, martenal and neonatal nutrition, among others have equally been distributed.
In total, 16 midwives, 165 health facilities for youths, 2000 literacy kits, and equipments for 67 health facilities with 4500 menstrual hygiene kits. 3 ambulances, 12 Mobil clinics, among others, are some of the products that the population benefited.
“We are very enclaved here in Meri, families can’t afford enough lighting for education, with these kits, we are convinced that. Uch will change,” says HM Godola Avaï, 2nd class chief of Meri.
“since I received these tools, I have seen changes in my education,” a student in Meri told News Upfront.
Just to note that tens of thousand of education kits are being distributed in the Far North Region of Cameroon.
