COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTIONS
Our work centres on community-based interventions. Each project aims to alleviate a specific pain point and enable access to specific resources such as Malaria medication, computers and books. These resources are key to saving and transforming lives in our target communities.
Country profiles
FAST FACTS ON CAMEROON
Official country name: Republic of Cameroon
Region: Central Africa
Population: 28.6 million
Official languages: French, English
Issues of concern: Armed conflict, access to education, access to healthcare, access to employment, poverty.
FAST FACTS ON ENGLAND
Official country name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region: Europe
Population: 56.6 million
Official language: English
Issues of concern: Cost of living crisis, Access to food, Rights of migrants and asylum seekers
FAST FACTS ON WALES
Official country name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region: Europe
Population: 3.1 million
Official language: English, Welsh
Issues of concern: Cost of living crisis, Access to food, Rights of migrants and asylum seekers
Everyone deserves
Past projects
School benches
Date: 15 April 2007
Background Information:
In our continued careful needs assessment, we have identified that 98% of schools in Loum were lacking the basic furniture needed to support children's education.
One of those basic needs was the alarming lack of school benches/desks.
Recognising the classroom as a vital space in a student’s life where they spend most of their time, it was then clear to us that:
1. Classrooms should be a catalyst in their learning process.
2. Seating can very well impact learning.
3. Students should be able to sit comfortably for long hours.
4. The right kind of school benches will make students sit in a good posture.
5. A good classroom environment and seating arrangement will help students concentrate on their learning process.
Solution Provided:
One of our core beliefs is that education/knowledge acquisition is the strongest tool to empower people.
In line with our social engagement, we distributed a total of 250 benches/desks to 10 Primary schools in Loum, each bench with a capacity of seating 3 children comfortably (for a total of 750 children).
Health Campaign
Start Date: 14 August 2014
Frequency: One-off
Background Information:
We were contacted by a few health practitioners from the city of Loum (Cameroon) highlighting the lack of everyday medicine such as Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, and Aspirin to only name a few.
A survey was conducted which revealed the alarming facts below.
1. Two in five people attending the hospital could not afford regular paracetamol.
2. The use of counterfeit medicine is preferred as an alternative option because they are cheaper.
Contribution Provided:
As Arthur Schopenhauer once said, “The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness”.
Believing that health is the key to everything in life and in line with our framework, we identified 4 of the most frequented health facilities and provided them with 5000 tablets (mixture of Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Aspirin) each, for a combined total of 20000 tablets.
Present projects
Loum library project
Background Information:
We are raising money to make a difference and further our cause by implementing a library in the city of Loum in Cameroon.
The link between access to libraries and a good level of literacy and reading has long been proven. But for residents of Loum, the benefits that public libraries offer remain a dream.
Goal: £60 000
Excellence Scolaire
Date: July 2019
Frequency: Yearly
Background Information:
We were contacted by a group of young people from Loum (Cameroon) who act every year to provide intelligent but deprived children, the opportunity to return to school with basic school furniture. As this action falls into our social drive, we were prompted to act.
Contribution Provided:
We provided these young people with 10 small bursaries of £20 each, which were then awarded to the 10 best-performing pupils in the official examinations, in a public awards ceremony that took place in Loum.
WHY WE WORK
Climate crisis, civil unrest, conflict, gender inequality, historic exploitation and more have left communities around the world with less access to safety, healthcare, housing, food and water, education and employment than their peers. At CELA, our work is centred on reducing this gap until all have equal access to essential skills and resources.
