Blog

This blog carries practical guidance and evidence rather than announcements. It is written by the team delivering the programmes, and it exists because a great deal of useful knowledge about working in Cameroon's development sector is held informally and passed on by word of mouth, if at all.

What you will find here

• Guidance for people trying to enter the NGO sector in Cameroon — where vacancies are actually advertised, how volunteering works, and what gets an application shortlisted.
• Practical information for small Cameroonian associations on funding, registration and donor requirements.
• Evidence-based analysis of the issues our programmes address: gender-based violence, girls' school retention, water and sanitation, and women's economic exclusion.
• Explanations of how we work and why, including the reasoning behind decisions that are not obvious from outside.

How we handle evidence

Statistics are attributed to their sources. Where we state a figure from our own programmes, we say what it measures and over what period. Where the evidence is thin or contested, we say so rather than presenting a convenient number as settled.

On gender-based violence specifically, we keep prevalence data and service data distinct. A rise in recorded cases after a safe space opens reflects improved access, not worsening violence, and reporting the two as one misleads badly.