"Women in Action against Gender-based Violence (WACameroon) is a recognized multiple award-winning Women-led organization both nationally and internationally in the promotion of Gender Equality cutting across SRHR, political participations, economic empowerment and environmental protection. It promotes rights and responsibilities of local residents to determine effectively and collectively the change they desire in their communities through social mobilization, active engagement and promoting accountable in governance. I admire their non-violent approach of empowering and engaging GBV perpetrators in promoting Gender Equality in the society."

I have been collaborating with WACameroon for more than 10 years through my career of serving the government as Divisional and Regional Delegate in the Ministry of Women Empowerment and the Family (MINPROFF), and I found in them the zeal to promote a gender just society through multiple approaches including leadership for citizen led development in the promotion of Gender, Health, Political Participation, Economic Empowerment and Environmental Protection, Hygiene and Sanitation. Their approaches have generated interesting results that have made them multiple award winners from Local, National and International scene. They master collaboration with stakeholders and as one of their collaborators I can testify that the community has gained a lot from their actions in the field.

While a student in Form 5 in the year 2015, I was opportune to be trained as a Peer Educator on adolescent SRHR through one of WACameroon’s project titled “Safe the Adolescence and Young Womanhood”. I was amazed how SRHR was presented and it was my first time of being exposed to such an important thematic to adolescents and I being someone dreaming to acquire terminal degree with huddles of adolescent’s challenges on my path. I emerged with skills such as public speaking, mobilization, leadership as I was functioning as peer educators among my peers. This position has spurred me as I found myself changing the lives of my peers and today am advocating for girls. I see this organization as a mentor mentoring adolescent and young girls.