Two Foundation team members speak to participants in the Youth Centre hall

Women's Light Foundation

Lighting the path for women and girls

A Cameroonian association working at the intersection of gender justice, education, health, environment and economic empowerment — beginning in the Northwest and Southwest Regions.

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Lighting the Path for Women and Girls

Women's Light Foundation empowers women, girls and underprivileged communities across Cameroon through integrated, community-led programmes — so that every woman and girl can live with dignity, safety and opportunity.

300

Girls we aim to return to school in our first year.

10

Village Savings and Loan Associations forming for women.

5

Community water points to be rehabilitated.

50,000

Trees to be planted with schools and communities.

Protecting Women & Girls

Nearly one in two Cameroonian women has experienced physical or sexual violence, and girls still face early marriage, school fees and unsafe journeys to class. We work on both fronts at once — safety and schooling.

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Foundation team members in logo shirts lead a session in the Youth Centre hall Gender-Based Violence Prevention & Response Three members of the Foundation team, two in its logo polo shirts, outside a school building Girl-Child Education & Protection Two Foundation team members speak to participants in the Youth Centre hall Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights

Building Resilient Communities

Women and girls carry the heaviest burden of water collection and are most exposed to poor sanitation and climate shocks. We invest in the infrastructure and the environment that communities depend on.

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The association's banner, showing its mission and values Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Volunteers gather along a roadside during the community clean-up Environment & Climate Resilience

Creating Opportunity

Women make up the majority of Cameroon's smallholder farmers and informal traders, yet face systemic barriers to land, credit and training. We build the savings groups, skills and evidence that change this.

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A Foundation team member speaks into a microphone to an audience in the Youth Centre hall Women's Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment A Foundation representative and a UNFPA staff member hold up an orange End Violence Against Women and Girls T-shirt in front of a UNFPA banner Advocacy, Research & Policy

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Be part of the light

Whether you give, volunteer, or bring your skills to our team, you help a woman or girl in Cameroon move from survival to opportunity.

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