Cameroon

Our Work in Cameroon

JRS supports refugees and local communities across Cameroon through education, livelihoods, psychosocial support, and youth and women’s empowerment programmes. Our work fosters social cohesion and resilience by encouraging collaboration between displaced and host populations.

Key Activities include:

  • Eastern Cameroon: Vocational training, professional integration, and environmental conservation for Central African Republic refugees and locals.
  • Far North: Livelihoods support, economic inclusion, and natural resource protection with UNHCR for Nigerian refugees and IDPs.
  • Bertoua and Yaoundé: Education and psychosocial support for IDPs affected by the anglophone crisis.
  • Northwest and Southwest Regions: In 2025, JRS will begin operations in the Northwest and Southwest Regions to address conflict-related needs, focusing on peacebuilding, livelihoods, and essential services based on an ongoing needs assessment.

See our work

A student of the JRS Adult Literacy programme in eastern Cameroon aimed at helping refugees and local adults learn basic French, counting skills and money management.
The Jesuit Refugee Service runs an Adult Literacy programme in eastern Cameroon to help refugee and local adults learn basic French, counting skills and money management. Many women participate in the programme. (Jesuit Refugee Service)
Primary students supported in Bertoua.
Learning the mechanisms of computers as part of JRS IT training in Bertoua.
Young local and displaced youth receive training on farming techniques to improve social cohesion and boost food security in Eastern Cameroon.

Stories





Refugees and local communities live peacefully together in Cameroon 26 Jun 2023
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Creating a safe space for Internally Displaced Women in Cameroon 25 Apr 2023
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Shimon, the Cameroonian refugee girl who found happiness in Nigeria 20 Oct 2022
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