Mission
Our mission is to provide counseling, quality education and training,good health, nutritious food and psycho-social support to children in Cameroon as well as empower girls for sustainable development.
Core Values
Transparency, respect, integrity, accountability and positivity
Vision
A country where all vulnerable children and girls are educated professionals with strong minds.
The fundamental program objectives include:
- To improve the mental health and emotional health of orphans/vulnerable children undergoing violence from caregiver or society, sexual abuse, slavery and other human right violations.
- To provide trauma counseling to girls who have suffered sexual and domestic violence.
- To fight to the use of illicit drugs by adolescents and to provide psycho-education to children and families with psychological disorders.
- To train social workers in trauma counseling and psychotherapy
Counseling
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- To provide quality education to orphaned children using modern educational technologies for sustainable development.
- To empower children with special needs as well as to train more teachers in special education to reduce the gap for children with special needs.
- To foster inclusive education to ensure all learners, regardless of their abilities or challenges, have equal access to quality education and participate fully in learning environments,
- To empower girls in entrepreneurship and business management to improve professionalism.
Education
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- To fight malnutriton in children through rehabilitation programs and education.
- To fight diseases in children through improved sanitation and hygiene programs.
- – To educate girls on sexual and reproductive health rights to prevent teenage pregnancy, STI, as well as sexual violence like rape.
- – To provide access to health care for children in rural communities.
Health
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Theory of change
HFOIC believes that when vulnerable children and adolescents have access to quality education, mental health and psychosocial support, child protection services, life skills, and caring community networks, they are better able to heal from adversity, remain in school, build resilience, and reach their full potential. By strengthening the capacity of families, schools, community leaders, and local institutions to protect, support, and empower children, we create safer and more inclusive communities where every child can thrive. Through integrated, community-led interventions and sustainable partnerships, we aim to break cycles of poverty, violence, and exclusion, enabling children and young people to grow into healthy, confident, and productive adults who contribute positively to their communities.