{"id":24,"count":57,"description":"Cameroon lies at the interface between the English-speaking part of West Africa and French-speaking Central Africa. This is reflected in a rich cultural heritage characterized by different influences.\r\n\r\nFor some time now, various factors in Cameroon have led to increasing instability in the country: since 2016, a conflict has been escalating in Cameroon's south-west, which has arisen from the political oppression of the English-speaking (Anglophone) minority. The crisis has so far claimed more than 3,000 lives and driven over 700,000 people to flee their homes. In addition, the Islamic terrorist militia Boko Haram is carrying out attacks in the north and displaced people from the civil war in the Central African Republic are seeking refuge in the east. The elections in October 2018 led to a further mandate for long-term president Paul Biya despite considerable doubts about the election result; the opposition leader was arrested a few months later. He has since been released, but the balance of power has not changed.\r\n

Humanitarian aid in the conflict area<\/h4>\r\nMission 21 particularly supports the population in the English-speaking southwest of Cameroon with projects in the areas of education, health and theological education.\r\n\r\nIn order to provide immediate humanitarian aid in the context of the Anglophone crisis, in 2018 Mission 21 launched a Emergency aid program <\/a>which, together with two churches and several non-governmental organizations, enables us to provide aid in addition to our regular projects.\r\n\r\nThe Cameroonian churches and local NGOs have great potential for containing the conflict and supporting the people in need, as they are anchored and accepted by the population. Mission 21's humanitarian aid project uses this potential to establish a comprehensive, sustainable humanitarian aid programme, together with international organizations such as the UN-OCHA.\r\n\r\n\u25ba Background to the Anglophone crisis<\/a>\r\n

Education<\/h4>\r\nMission 21 is convinced that a sound education in theology can help to overcome social tensions of different nature. The focus is on ecumenical openness with the inclusion of local traditions. The educational projects help to ensure a peaceful discussion of different values within the country. The participants deal critically with social issues and questions of faith and can actively contribute to the solution of problems.\r\n

Health<\/h4>\r\nThe state health structures in Cameroon are only weakly developed. The projects of Mission 21 and its partners therefore focus on basic medical care in rural areas. Basic medical care in camps for displaced persons is also part of this. Another focus is on the care of people living with the HIV virus, as well as general education campaigns on the subject of HIV and AIDS.\r\n

Partner on site<\/h4>\r\nReliable and locally anchored partners are of central importance for the successful and professional development and implementation of the projects. In the case of Cameroon, these are the \"Presbyterian Church in Cameroon\" (PCC), with which Mission 21 already has a long-standing relationship, as well as the \"Protestant University of Central Africa\" (PUCA) and \"Aid International Christian Women of Vision\" (AI-ChrisWov). For the \"Emergency Relief and Reconstruction in Cameroon\" program, Mission 21 also works together with the Baptist Church, various local NGOs and the UN-OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). Support for orphans was also expanded by continuing the work of the Martin Stucki Foundation.\r\n\r\nThe constant exchange and cooperation with partner organizations ensures that the projects meet the needs of local people. In Lumumba Mukong, Mission 21 has a coordinator who oversees the projects in Cameroon. He studied agricultural economics in England and then gained work experience with several NGOs in Cameroon.\r\n\r\nThe aim of the cooperation between Mission 21 and its partner organizations is to enable people in Cameroon to live in dignity and to provide concrete aid, especially in the tense situation. Since the outbreak of the unrest, internally displaced persons have also been included in the activities in all priority areas.\r\n\r\nAll information about our project country Cameroon can be found here as a compact pdf in our factsheet.<\/a>","link":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/land\/afrika\/kamerun\/","name":"Cameroon","slug":"cameroon","taxonomy":"land","parent":62,"meta":[],"acf":{"landcode":"CM","spende-link":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/spenden-afrika\/?rnw-purpose=p1","alternative_karte":10126},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/land\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/land"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/land"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/land\/62"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?land=24"},{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?land=24"},{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekte?land=24"},{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?land=24"},{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/veranstaltung?land=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}