On May 28, 2026, LICHA Cameroon in partnership with COSSA International, commemorated World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026 through a community sensitization campaign in a rural area of Bamenda III Municipality.

Under the theme “Flow with Confidence,” the initiative brought together adolescent girls aged 10–16 years to learn about the menstrual cycle, menstrual hygiene management, and the importance of maintaining good health and hygiene practices during menstruation. The sessions provided a safe and interactive space where participants could ask questions, share experiences, and gain accurate information to help them manage their periods with confidence and dignity.

The activity also engaged adolescent boys and parents, helping to promote understanding, reduce stigma, and encourage a supportive environment for girls both at home and in school. As part of the outreach, sanitary pads were distributed free of charge to the girls, and safe kits were established in the schools visited to provide ongoing support for menstrual hygiene needs. The initiative was warmly welcomed by students, parents, and community members, who applauded LICHA Cameroon and COSSA International for their efforts in promoting menstrual health awareness and empowering adolescent girls to stay healthy, confident, and engaged in their education.

           

LICHA-CAMEROON and XHUMA AFRICA  facilitated a one-day peacebuilding workshop in MOMO Division under the theme “The Classroom as a Vector for Peace: Institutionalizing Non-violence Conflict Resolution and Cohesion through School-Based Youth Clubs in Cameroon.” The workshop brought together student teachers and teacher trainers from ENIET and ENIEG Mbengwi, alongside community leaders and youth leaders. The initiative focused on strengthening the role of education as a foundation for peacebuilding, especially in conflict-affected contexts.

The workshop provided a participatory platform for dialogue, experience sharing, and capacity building on non-violent conflict resolution approaches. Participants were equipped with practical skills on how to integrate peace education into classroom practice and how to establish and sustain school-based youth peace clubs. It also emphasized the importance of collaboration between schools, communities, and young people in promoting social cohesion. This intervention was particularly timely, given the ongoing armed conflict affecting the English-speaking regions of Cameroon, where education systems and community structures continue to face significant challenges.

       

As part of our continued commitment to community development and humanitarian service, LICHA, in partnership with Christmas in Peace, successfully carried out a field outreach activity aimed at empowering young people and strengthening community awareness. This joint initiative reflected our shared vision of fostering informed, resilient, and socially responsible communities through meaningful engagement and collaboration. The outreach brought together students, community members, and key stakeholders in an interactive and impactful forum. Through open discussions, mentorship sessions, and practical demonstrations, participants were sensitized on core values that promote personal growth, positive decision-making, social responsibility, and community resilience. The sessions created a safe and engaging space for young people to ask questions, share experiences, and gain insights that inspire positive change and long-term impact. A key highlight of the activity was the direct engagement between facilitators and students, which helped bridge gaps in knowledge while encouraging critical thinking and leadership among the youth. Community members also actively participated, reinforcing the importance of collective responsibility in nurturing and supporting young people. The success of this outreach was made possible through the strong collaboration between LICHA and Christmas in Peace, alongside the invaluable support of partner organizations. Their technical expertise, logistical assistance, and unwavering commitment to sustainable development played a vital role in the smooth implementation and overall impact of the activity. Together, LICHA and Christmas in Peace remain dedicated to building empowered, informed, and resilient communities. Through continued partnership, service, and action, we will keep working to create opportunities that uplift young people and strengthen communities for a more sustainable and peaceful future.

      

Back to School with LICHA Cameroon 2025/2026 Academic Year: Supporting Vulnerable People in Crisis Areas
LICHA Cameroon is launching a back-to-school campaign to support vulnerable students in crisis areas. The organization has a tradition of providing relief materials, including writing supplies and didactic support, to schools in Baminda III, Nkor subdivisions in the Northwest, and Bankim in the Adamawa region. By providing essential materials, LICHA Cameroon aims to bridge the gap and create a more inclusive learning environment, believing that every child deserves access to quality education regardless of background or circumstances.
The organization is calling on humanitarian lovers of education to join hands in supporting this initiative. Any contribution, big or small, can make a significant difference in the lives of these students, empowering the next generation of leaders and change-makers. LICHA Cameroon is grateful for any form of support, whether financial, material, or volunteer-based, and believes that together, a brighter future can be created for these students, helping them overcome the challenges they face. 

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The more than 5-years collaboration between COSSA International- LICHA-Cameroon has continued to bear humanitarian fruits to the vulnerable in the society. 
Some weeks ago, COSSA and LICHA teams led a powerful delegation to donate fifty-five 3-weeks old table-birds to an internally displaced woman in the city center of Bamenda III Nkwen. This donation from COSSA- International was meant to boost the benevolent efforts of the said woman, who herself is hosting fourteen other less privileged children who are all internally displaced in her home.
This woman whose health condition is not at its best hale from the far-off Bui Division of the Northwest Region. She happened to have found herself in Bamenda town during the early days of the ongoing sociopolitical crisis bedeviling the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon. Having received a free accommodation from a goodwill Cameroonian abroad to live and take care of his house in town, this humanitarian IDP resolved to reciprocally begin lending a helping hand to many more internally displaced persons she has been encountering in her struggles. The current more than fourteen IDP’s who share the same roof with this woman do range from pupils, students, single mothers, apprentices and other elderly women. As LICHA in her fieldwork expedition encountered this woman in dire need of assistance to sustain herself and help other persons of her kind, her desperate cry was transmitted to COSSA International whom for a start responded favorably by donating to her 55 table-birds, — 5 bags of feed and a good number of poultry equipment in order to enhance her ongoing generous initiative of taking care of vulnerable persons, herself inclusive.
Receiving this significant donation from COSSA-International through LICHA, the recipient joyously thanked her donors praying to the Almighty to replenish their source umpteenth times. Adding that apart from his benevolent host, she has no sponsor and this debut bequest from COSSA/LICHA, she strongly believes shall serve as a door opener to her and many more under her tutelage of humanitarian Aid. Meanwhile, as LICHA continues to hail COSSA her arch partner for often reacting to her clarion calls of such a nature, Life Changing Humanitarian Association is calling on goodwill persons in the public to kindly come to the aid of this kindhearted woman and her numerous beneficiaries.

 

       

 

 

On July 22, 2025, the LICHA Cameroon team congregated at the Baptist Centre Nkwen to officially receive a generous donation of a Double Cabin Toyota Hilux from CBC Health Services, funded by the Liliane Fonds and Miva as a means of transportation for the humanitarian organization. This vehicle will enable LICHA to effectively carry out her outreach activities in the domains of health, education, livelihood, and skills acquisition programs for vulnerable communities in the Northwest and Adamawa regions of Cameroon.

The donation is a significant boost and milestone to LICHA’s operations, particularly in accessing remote and hard-to-reach areas. The vehicle will reduce costs associated with renting cars and enhance the organization’s ability to respond to emergencies, humanitarian responses and serve humanity.

Handing the precious gift to LICHA was the deputy Director in charge of Administration and Finance who was deputizing for the CBC’s Director of Health Board Services. The visibly elated representative of the CBCHS hailed the recipient organization for her footstool in humanitarianism while urging LICHA to strictly use the means of transportation for the purposes of which it has been donated in order to reach out to more vulnerable persons.  Through her team lead, LICHA reciprocated by expressing her enormous gratitude to CBC Health Services, the Liliane Foundation, and Miva for their support while adding that they look forward to maintaining a strong partnership with the trio facilitators and donor to continue serving disadvantaged communities.

LICHA-Cameroon in one of her humanitarian interventions recently came to the rescue of a 23 years old mobility impaired lady who is suffering from multi-handicapping conditions as a result of a muscular dystrophy.  The young lady located in the interior village of Mbelewa Nkwen, Bamenda III sub Division who lost the father some six years ago became disabled in her early years of secondary school. Until the donation of a modern bed, mattress, pillows, blanket and a set of bedsheets to the Orphan lady, she was sleeping on a hard-wooden chair in their dilapidated house. LICHA had earlier donated a wheelchair to ease her mobility in and around the house and considering that her environment is not disability-friendly, LICHA pleads on any well wisher to come to our aid, so that we can construct a ramp in order to render their doorway and the environment accessible. 

  

The LICHA, HSUVI, CHRI and COSSA International detergent trainees have started bearing fruits. A fraction of the trainees mobilised themselves in a group to produce the detergent together, to ensure that they share their acquired knowledge practically in order to avoid making mistakes that can cost them their seed grants.