Learn how children across a divided nation are confronting conflict, poverty, and trauma — and meet the changemakers helping them reclaim peace, education, and childhood.
Ongoing conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions has displaced over one million people, including hundreds of thousands of children. Many are living in temporary shelters, far from their schools, friends, and extended families.
In conflict zones, schools have been burned or abandoned, and teachers threatened. Entire generations of children are growing up without access to safe, continuous education — especially in the Anglophone regions.
Children who have witnessed violence or experienced displacement often carry silent trauma. Yet across most of Cameroon, there are no structured mental health systems in place for young people in crisis.
In Cameroon’s Southwest Region, where violence has forced thousands to flee their homes, Reach Out Cameroon is providing critical support to displaced children. From temporary learning centers to mobile health clinics and legal advocacy, the organization offers both short-term safety and long-term hope.
Children receive books, uniforms, psychosocial care, and access to trained teachers in environments adapted for trauma. The organization also works closely with local communities to fight child trafficking and ensure safe relocation.
For families caught between conflict and poverty, Reach Out offers not just services — but dignity, protection, and a path forward.
Better World Cameroon is pioneering an approach to trauma healing that reconnects displaced youth to the natural world. Through eco-villages, youth gardening projects, and restorative arts programs, the organization offers emotional healing and life skills in safe, sustainable settings.
Children and teens affected by war work alongside mentors to grow food, share stories, and rebuild their sense of identity and purpose. In a time when many feel disconnected from their homes, families, and selves — this reconnection is powerful.
Better World’s model proves that healing doesn’t always start in a clinic. Sometimes, it starts with your hands in the soil and someone listening beside you.
In 2023, a group of educators and local leaders hosted the Peace Learning Camp in the hills outside Buea. Designed as a retreat for children displaced by the Anglophone crisis, the camp focused on healing through education, creativity, and open dialogue.
Children painted peace murals, wrote poems about their villages, and learned conflict resolution skills through games and storytelling. For many, it was their first time feeling safe enough to express their experiences.
The camp has since expanded, becoming a traveling model that brings emotional and educational relief to more communities each year.
With schools closed in large parts of the Northwest due to conflict, a coalition of teachers, volunteers, and NGOs launched a Mobile Learning Unit in 2024 — a classroom on wheels. Outfitted with chalkboards, books, and learning tablets, the unit travels to settlements and IDP camps where children have been out of school for years.
Children come running as the van pulls in. Lessons begin in the open air, with makeshift mats and songs that double as language lessons. Parents say it’s the first time they’ve seen their children smile while learning.
It’s a reminder that education doesn’t stop — even when buildings fall.
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