Our Vision
To build empowered, peaceful, and prosperous communities across Africa where every young person has the opportunity, skills, and confidence to realize their full potential.
Our Motto
Empowering Youth. Transforming Communities.
Our Impact Since 2018
Since our establishment, New Dawn Foundation has designed and implemented initiatives that improve lives and strengthen communities throughout Cameroon.
Youth Empowerment Centre
Our flagship initiative is the New Dawn Foundation Youth Empowerment Centre, established to provide practical vocational skills that enable young people to achieve economic independence.
The Centre currently offers training in sewing and fashion design, providing young women with marketable vocational skills. Over the past three years, we have provided free one-year vocational training to more than 50 vulnerable young women and girls, many of whom have gone on to establish their own tailoring businesses after receiving start-up support. Their success demonstrates how skills development can transform lives, strengthen families, and contribute to local economic growth.
As demand for our programs continues to grow, we are actively expanding the Youth Empowerment Centre to reach more young people with additional vocational and employability training opportunities.
Health Promotion and Menstrual Hygiene
New Dawn Foundation has implemented community-based health promotion programs with a strong emphasis on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and menstrual hygiene management.
Working alongside organizations such as Girls Excel, we have trained adolescent girls and young women in the production and use of reusable sanitary pads, helping improve menstrual health, reduce school absenteeism, and promote dignity while encouraging environmentally sustainable solutions.
Research for Development
Research is a cornerstone of our work.
In collaboration with The Washing Machine Project (United Kingdom), New Dawn Foundation conducted baseline research in Limbe, Buea, and surrounding communities to understand household washing practices and challenges. The findings contributed valuable evidence to support the design of more effective and context-appropriate WASH interventions.
We believe that high-quality research provides the evidence necessary for governments, development partners, and communities to design policies and programs that respond effectively to local needs.
Civil Documentation for Internally Displaced Persons
Through collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) and its partners, New Dawn Foundation supported community mobilization, household registration, and baseline data collection for internally displaced persons (IDPs) requiring civil documentation. This initiative helped identify vulnerable families in need of birth certificates and national identity documents, enabling them to access essential public services and legal recognition.
Entrepreneurship and Community Outreach
We have delivered entrepreneurship and life-skills education in schools, community groups, and faith-based institutions, equipping young people with practical knowledge to create sustainable livelihoods and become agents of positive change within their communities.
Education Support
Recognizing the impact of conflict on education, we organized free revision classes for conflict-affected and internally displaced learners who had missed significant periods of schooling. These classes helped students strengthen their academic performance and continue their educational journey despite challenging circumstances.
Partnerships
We believe that collaboration creates greater impact. Over the years, we have partnered with local and international organizations, including:
- The British High Commission in Cameroon
- Girls Excel
- The Washing Machine Project (United Kingdom)
- Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA)
These partnerships have enabled us to expand our reach, strengthen our programs, and improve outcomes for the communities we serve.
Our Core Values
Empowerment
Empowerment
Integrity
Upholding transparency, honesty, and accountability.
Excellence
Delivering quality programs that create measurable impact.
Innovation
Developing practical solutions to complex challenges.
Inclusiveness
Ensuring equal opportunities for all.
Service
Putting communities at the center of our work.
Collaboration
Building partnerships that strengthen collective impact.
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Testimonials
Testimonials
Years ago, I was internally displaced from Mamfe because of conflict, which disrupted my education and forced me to continue my studies in another town. During this difficult period, New Dawn Foundation supported me with free revision classes, giving me much-needed academic support at a critical stage of my education.
With their support, I successfully prepared for and passed my GCE Advanced Level examinations. I went on to earn a degree in International Relations and today I am actively building my career while contributing to community and social-impact work.
I founded the Pad for Girls’ Initiative, which promotes menstrual health education, dignity and empowerment for girls and young women in underserved communities. I have also participated in humanitarian and community-based initiatives supporting vulnerable women and girls.
I remain grateful to New Dawn Foundation for helping me take an important step forward after conflict disrupted my education. Their support strengthened my belief in the importance of investing in young people and helping them reach their potential.
“The opportunity they gave me through their free revision classes helped me take an important step forward, and that support has remained a meaningful part of my story.”
My Journey: From One Skill to a Growing Business
In 2018, as a teenager, I participated in New Dawn Foundation’s One Youth, One Skill Project, where I discovered bead transformation and learned how to turn beads into beautiful and useful products.
Eight years later, that training has become much more than a skill—it has become a source of income and a small business of my own. I continued practising and developing my bead-making skills after the training, and today I run my business alongside my university studies.
I am currently studying Management at the University of Buea, while creating and selling products such as bangles, bracelets and necklaces. My business helps me meet some of my academic and personal financial needs and has given me a greater sense of independence and confidence as a young entrepreneur.
Looking back, I am grateful for the opportunity New Dawn Foundation gave me in 2018. What started as a training opportunity has become a skill, a business, a source of income and a pathway to greater independence.
Eight years later, that one skill continues to make a difference in my life.
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