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CAMEROON

CONFLICT BACKGROUND

In 2013, thousands of people were forced to flee the Central African Republic (CAR) due to an outbreak of violence. Ongoing conflict has forced many to remain in neighboring countries. Currently, there are more than 345,000 refugees from CAR living in Cameroon. Basic needs such as food, health, shelter, and water are all primary concerns for the refugee communities, and access to other social, protective, and education services remain severely limited. In 2016, with our partner Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), we launched Refugees United Soccer Academy in the town of Gado. And in 2019, iACT again partnered with JRS to launch the Little Ripples program in 4 villages in eastern Cameroon.

FACTS

737,925

Central Africans displaced as refugees due to violence (UNHCR)

345,798

Central African refugees living in eastern Cameroon (UNHCR)

658,265

internally displaced (UNHCR)

iACT IN ARMENIA

16

community-based pre-schools implementing Little Ripples pedagogy

58

Central African refugee and Cameroonian teachers trained in pedagogy

2,250

Central African refugee and Cameroonian children reached

MEET OUR COMMUNITY

Meet Hadija
Little Ripples Teacher, Cameroon


Hadija is a trained Little Ripples teacher and works in a preschool community-based center in a village in eastern Cameroon where refugees from the Central African Republic have been integrated with the local community. When Hadija became a community-based preschool teacher two years ago, very few refugee children were attending. She explained that now, “Parents see the children of their neighbors and see how they are changing and growing because of preschool. And so parents become more willing. This year, before the school year, many refugee parents were looking for me and asking me when school would begin for their children.”

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