Aidez une association à but non lucratif au Cameroun

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    I'm Sandrine, married with children.
    Originally from the west of Cameroon, I grew up in a French-speaking area, but as Cameroon is a bilingual country, I like to speak in English whenever I can.
    My favourite activity is humanitarian aid. That's why I set up the organisation in 2009. Our mission is to improve the lives of people with mental illness in Cameroon and to support their families and carers.

    The vision is to create a network for people in need. We put them in touch with therapists and pharmacists.

    We work on :

    1- Raising awareness / Education
    - Fighting against the stigmatisation and isolation suffered by many Cameroonians with mental health problems, particularly in rural areas.
    - Promoting positive attitudes towards mental health.
    - Organise seminars/workshops, awareness campaigns and free consultations in collaboration with mental health professionals.
    - Help patients' families to live together and improve the patient's life.
    - Explain patients' rights - many are rejected, mistreated and treated inhumanely. Some are separated from their children.

    2-Create a mental health structure in Cameroon
    - Encourage local research into mental illness (mid-term);
    - Build the capacity of psychologists by organising capacity-building seminars;
    - Enable psychology students to work as local therapists (mid-term);
    - Create a knowledge base to encourage research in collaboration with universities:

    3- Socio-professional integration
    - Integration through discussion groups between patients, recovered people and families (medium term);
    - Offer skills training in collaboration with vocational training schools;
    - Donate essential equipment.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Bénévolat
    Pratique d’une langue
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Enseignement
    Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Centres d’intérêt

    Centres d’intérêt

    Vidéographie
    Dev. durable
    Dev. personnel
    Mode et beauté
    Ferme
    Événements/vie sociale
    Langues
    Art et design
    Cuisine et alimentation
    Musique
    Photographie
    Yoga / bien-être
    Activités en plein air
    Nature
    Danse
    Fitness
    Cyclisme
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    You will really experience the Cameroonian culture by living together with me and my family in Yaoundé and take part in our everyday life. Learn to cook our meals, speak our mother tongue etc.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

    Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

  • Aide

    Aide

    It can use all the help available. We want to give you a meaningful experience and allow you to help us with what you find most enjoyable.

    We can therefore discuss any activities together.

    We surely look for volunteers to:

    - Organise workshops for young people with the aim of::
    ✅ Raise young people's awareness of *mental health issues* and reduce stigma.
    ✅ Develop psychosocial skills for better emotional management.
    ✅ To create a ‘space for listening and exchange’ for young people.
    ✅ Strengthen *self-esteem* and the feeling of belonging to a group.
    ✅ To promote *mutual respect* and benevolent communication between young people.

    - Setting up campaigns to raise mental health awareness.
    - Building collaborations with local Universities to drive research.
    - Field research to map the needs and difficulties of patients and their families. We will visit patients in their homes.
    - Setting up an emergency helpline for mentally ill people.
    - Helping to write grant applications.
    - Extending our website and the national website on mental health we built.

    We also look for clinical psychologists or psychiatrists - especially those willing to come and provide consultation on the ground in Cameroon.

    Please ask for more details about our projects or look on our website. We would be happy to answer further questions or hear your ideas on how we can achieve our mission more effectively.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Français: Courant
    Anglais: Intermédiaire

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    Interested in learning English and I can teach French

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    We can host female volunteers but males need to find their own accommodation in Yaoundé. We can of course support finding something suitable.

    Accommodation
    The worker will sleep in a room provided in our family home. Toilets and washing facilities are inside the house. Remember, this is Africa and you may not have the luxuries of your home country. There is usually running water, but there are occasional mains water cuts (but they don't last long, sometimes less than 24 hours) and you will learn to wash with a bucket of water and soap (it's not difficult). Clothes and sheets are also washed by hand.

    Food.
    The workawayer will have meals with the family. Simple dishes are prepared including sweet potato, beans, peanut soup, rice, fried or boiled ripe plantain, corn porridge, cassava, cassava stick, some vegetables and sometimes fish or meat etc. If you want special meals, you can buy your own food and prepare it. It is inexpensive compared to Europe and US prices. We can definitely accommodate vegetarians and vegans!
    During the workdays, lunches are delivered by a lovely catering lady.

    Water.
    Tap water is used for laundry and cooking. We usually drink filtered water in the house, but you may also easily buy your own bottled water to avoid any risk.

    Security.
    The house is surrounded by a metal gate for security, and the district we live in is safe and walkable. I usually accompany my workawayers wherever they need to go (bank, post office, etc.), as it can be difficult for foreigners to navigate the taxi system alone.

    Electricity.
    Power cuts sometimes happen, but it soon returns to normal. So no worries here.

    Internet.
    We have WiFi but with limited access. It is recommended that workawayers buy a Cameroonian SIM card with an Internet package. There are several different providers of SIM cards with internet and minute plans, but CAMTEL, MTN and ORANGE are the most common.
    For computers, you can use your laptop at my workplace which also has limited WiFi access (1G per day), but there will not always be WiFi at the house.

    NB: Cameroon is mainly a cash economy. If you do want to buy your own items here (including sim cards/phone credit/clothing/food), it is important to have an ATM card that will work here so you can withdraw some money!

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    You will be at the forefront of improving lives of the mentally-ill Cameroonians. You will have a direct impact on the work of our organisation. You will see the impact of your work on a daily basis.

    You will experience a socio-cultural integration in a multi-ethnic environment and take part in the daily life of an ordinary Cameroonian citizen. You will discover our traditional recipes, music, dances etc. and by also sharing yours we will make your stay an experience of intercultural exchange.
    I am open-minded, dynamic, always joyfull and very curious to get in touch with you.

    Thank you!

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Deux

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