Fighting STI, HIV and Teenage pregnancy
Comprensive Sexuality Education
Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
Our Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program provides adolescents with age-appropriate, accurate, and evidence-based information on the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive aspects of human sexuality. The program equips young people with the knowledge, life skills, attitudes, and values needed to make informed, responsible, and healthy decisions about their bodies, relationships, and overall well-being. Through interactive and participatory learning approaches, participants develop confidence, respect for themselves and others, and the ability to build safe, healthy, and respectful relationships.
Key topics covered include:
Puberty and adolescent development
Menstruation and menstrual hygiene management
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Healthy relationships and effective communication
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
HIV prevention, testing, and treatment awareness
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
Gender-based violence (GBV): prevention, response, and referral
Consent, personal boundaries, and protection from sexual abuse
Menstrual Hygiene Education and workshops
Why Menstrual Hygiene Matters
Our menstrual hygiene education program promotes the health, dignity, and well-being of adolescent girls by helping them:
Prevent infections and maintain good hygiene.
Feel comfortable, confident, and respected.
Stay in school during menstruation.
Reduce stigma and promote positive attitudes toward menstruation
We support girls to manage menstruation safely and confidently by:
Providing education on menstrual health, puberty, and hygiene.
Improving access to girl-friendly sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools.
Producing and distributing reusable eco-friendly sanitary pads.
Engaging parents, teachers, boys, and communities to reduce stigma and strengthen support for girls.
Our menstrual health approach includes both infrastructure and behavior change.
Our infrastructure approach focuses on ensuring access to girl-friendly sanitation facilities that are
gender-segregated, clean, well-lit, ventilated, and equipped with water for personal hygiene, waste bins for product disposal, doors that lock to ensure privacy, and in-stall components such as stall hooks and shelves.
We factor in broader considerations like the sanitation block location, the location and positioning of the external door, and provision of in-block features such as full-length mirrors to ensure accessibility, functionality, and safety
Fighting Teenage pregnacy in girls living in vulnerable communities
Teenage pregnancy remains a major challenge in Cameroon. Nearly 1 in 4 adolescent girls (15–19 years) has been pregnant or given birth, and many girls—particularly in the Southwest Region—drop out of school due to unplanned pregnancies. Teenage pregnancy often results from limited access to sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services, as well as unequal power to make informed decisions about one’s body and future.
Our program empowers adolescents with comprehensive sexuality education, life skills, and access to accurate reproductive health information, enabling them to make informed choices, stay in school, and build healthier futures.
Preventing Sexual Violence in teens through education
Sexual violence is any sexual act or behavior that occurs without a person’s full and informed consent. It can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or background, and can have serious physical, emotional, and psychological consequences. As a violation of human rights, preventing sexual violence requires awareness, education, survivor support, and safe reporting mechanisms.
Common forms of sexual violence include:
Rape
Attempted rape
Sexual harassment
Unwanted touching
Forced marriage
Sexual exploitation
Sharing intimate images without consent
Online sexual abuse
Our Approach in preventing sexual violence in cameroon
Our approach to preventing sexual violence in Cameroon is community-centered, survivor-informed, and focused on prevention through education, empowerment, and collaboration. We work with children, adolescents, parents, teachers, community leaders, and local authorities to raise awareness about sexual violence, promote gender equality, strengthen child protection systems, and encourage safe reporting of abuse.
Through life skills education, comprehensive sexuality education, psychosocial support, and community dialogues, we help individuals recognize risks, understand their rights, and build protective environments. We also collaborate with schools, health services, law enforcement, and civil society organizations to ensure survivors have access to appropriate support while promoting accountability and fostering communities where sexual violence is prevented, reported, and never tolerated.
