Beng Primus PhD.

GBV Project Officer, UNDP Cameroon

[UNDP West and Central Africa 🇺🇳 @UNDPWACA]

“Let this Creatives4Peace Youth Forum therefore be more than a celebration of African creativity. Let it be a working session for change. Let us leave with stronger partnerships, practical recommendations and a shared commitment to ensure that creative talent can become sustainable opportunity.”

Martin Hart-Hansen, Deputy Resident Representative, Officer-in-Charge,
@PNUDCameroun, addressing young creators at the Creatives4Peace Youth Forum.

#Creatives4PeaceYouthForum @undp4youth @Gen17YL @gen17 @gen17 @undpafrica @mharthansen
#generation17 #GlobalGoals @UNDPAfrica

[UNDP West and Central Africa 🇺🇳 @UNDPWACA]

Creatives4Peace Youth Forum:

“It’s nice to be a star, but it is more important to use your star power to empower. Go beyond art for art, to art for impact.” @Stanley Enow, Founder of the Stanley Enow Foundation, emphasises the importance of leveraging stardom to empower people beyond family circles.

#Creatives4PeaceYouthForum @undp4youth @Gen17YL @gen17 @undpafrica @StanleyEnow
@UNDP Africa

[UN_Cameroon @UN_Cameroon]

@PNUDCameroun & @VNUCameroun convened a mini-conference at # PlaYce on #GBV as part of #SDGWeekOfAction, with participation from MINPROFF, activists and partners. Facilitators included UNDP Deputy RR Martin Hart, UNV Country Dir. Raoul Bersha & Afiri President Yvonne Balema.

[UN_Cameroon @UN_Cameroon]

🎥 Three mini-conferences. One shared commitment to action.

As part of #SDGWeekOfAction, the @ohchr_caro , @VNUCameroun & @PNUDCameroun brought together youth, activists, government representatives & partners to discuss human rights, GBV, gender equality & the SDGs.

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

🚨 #GenderBasedViolence continues to threaten the safety, health, and future of women and girls across Cameroon🇨🇲

Our RR, @Ciowela, accompanied by our DRR, @MhartHansen, UNV Coord. @RBersha, and the gender team, visited the #AFIRICentre and its permanent site in Yaoundé, led by Ms @YvonneBelema, to learn about the Centre’s activities and identify opportunities to strengthen survivor-centred support.

#GenderEquality being one of the accelerators of the @UNDP Strategic Plan, the mission reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to working with CSOs and development partners to expand access to care, strengthen pathways to recovery, and help survivors rebuild their lives with dignity.

#EndGBV #StopFemicide #GBV
#LNOB #SDG5

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

As schools in 🇨🇲 prepare to reopen next week, students of #GBHS Bamenda will return to a transformed learning environment.

Through the #PPRD_NW_SW, implemented by @PNUDCameroun🇨🇲, the rehabilitation of the school has restored 27 inclusive classrooms and provided 810 benches, teachers' tables and chairs, gender-sensitive toilets, paved walkways, a dining shed, and other essential infrastructure.

Beyond the physical improvements, this intervention is helping create a safer, more inclusive, and conducive environment where students can learn and grow.

[Clacla❤️ @Clarise_Ringyu]

Let me ask you something…
When you hear the words Gender-Based Violence, what comes to your mind?
If you immediately think of physical assault, you're right but that's not the whole story.
Understanding what GBV looks like is important because we cannot prevent something we don't recognize.
So join me and other Online UN Volunteers during the next 12 weeks in the Amplify Against GBV: Digital Voices for Change in Cameroon campaign.

We'll be having important conversations about GBV, prevention, support and what each of us has to contribute to fix our society
What comes to your mind when you hear “Gender-Based Violence”? Tell me in the comments.
#AmplifyAgainstGBV
#DigitalVoicesForChange
#100VoicesAgainstGBV
#CameroonAgainstGBV
#OurVoiceOurAction
#UNDP_Cameroon
#UNV

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

#UNDP 🇨🇲 brought together three selected #MunicipalCouncils, Gov't ministries, UN agencies, #CSOs and development partners for the Pathfinder Portfolio National Sense-Making and Consensus Workshop, opened by our Deputy Resident Representative @Mharthansen.

Using #Malaria as a tracer, participants explored how collaboration, innovation and systems thinking can turn vicious cycles into virtuous ones.

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

#PPRD-NW/SW: Women are not just part of the recovery, they are building it.

Across the #NW/SWRegions of 🇨🇲, women are rolling up their sleeves and working alongside men to rebuild schools, health centres, water systems and other essential infrastructure under the #PPRD-NW/SW.

They are breaking barriers, challenging stereotypes and proving that rebuilding communities is a shared responsibility. Every structure completed reflects their skill, dedication and resilience.

Their work is doing more than restoring infrastructure, it is creating stronger, more inclusive and more resilient communities, where women are recognized not just as beneficiaries, but as builders, leaders and drivers of recovery.

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

At the #NationalYouthEconomicForum, @PNUDCameroun reaffirmed that young people are not beneficiaries of development; they are drivers of development.

Opening the forum, our DRR, @Mharthansen, emphasized the need to unlock young people’s potential by expanding access to #Finance, #Innovation, #Skills, and inclusive opportunities, while advancing #GenderEquality and creating an enabling environment where talent, merit, #Entrepreneurship, and equal opportunities for young women and men can thrive.

Together with the Government, the private sector, and development partners, UNDP remains committed to empowering #YoungPeople and building a more inclusive, gender-equal, and prosperous Cameroon.

[Beng Primus PhD. @beng_primus]

@VictorineAndeng Great, you would have visited the United Nations stand. Lots of interesting discussions.

[UN_Cameroon @UN_Cameroon]

Did you know @PNUDCameroun works with gov’t, civil society, & NGOs to deliver local solutions in tech & development across all regions of 🇨🇲?
Resident Rep. @ciowela had an enriching exchange with youth & the public at the #PROMOTE2026 stand, shedding more light on this mission.

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

At #GBHS Bamenda🇨🇲, our RR @Ciowela checked progress on the ongoing rehabilitation and met with contractors, workers and the Principal on site.

The Message was clear: maintain quality, deliver on time.

Set to reopen in September, these upgraded facilities will welcome students for the new school year.

Investing in quality education infrastructure = investing in the future.
@UNDP remains committed as #SDGs integrator.

#SDG4
#Education
#PPRD-NW/SW

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

At the Full Gospel School of Health Personnel in #Bamenda🇨🇲, our RR, Mathieu @Ciowela, had discussions with school authorities on how education contributes to peacebuilding, strengthens community resilience, and why sustaining these institutions is essential to preserving the gains achieved through the #PPRD.

#Health
#Education
#Peacebuilding
#Cameroon

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

In #Bamenda, we visited #PPRD interventions with our partners: Islamic Primary School, Old Town #Bamenda & CBC Special School, Nkwen.

The result:
- Enrolment up, results improved
- 100% pass rate for Islamic Primary School in the Common Entrance Exam
- CBC Special School’s capacity strengthened to support learners with disabilities

Proof that better learning environments = real transformation.

Every child deserves quality, inclusive education. #LeaveNoOneBehind
#InclusiveEducation
#PPRD

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

18+ schools rebuilt/rehabilitated. Thousands of kids back in class.

That’s what UNDP’s partnership with the Bamenda Archdiocese under the #PPRD-NW/SW looks like on the ground.

Our RR @Ciowela met with Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea & Bishop John Berinyuy Tata in Bamenda to review @UNDP’s partnership with the Archdiocese of #Bamenda under #PPRD-NW/SW. We also explored how UNDP 🇨🇲’s new #CountryProgramme can deepen this collaboration for #ResilientDevelopment.

Government + Local faith leaders + development partners = faster, more trusted recovery.
#SocialCohesion
#InclusiveDevelopment
#SDGs

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

At a courtesy call to H.E. Adolphe Lélé Lafrique, Governor of the #NWRegion & President of the Regional Follow-up Committee of the #PPRD-NW/SW, our #RR Mathieu @Ciowela expressed deep gratitude for the Governor's stellar leadership & steadfast support, which has been pivotal to PPRD’s achievements.

The Governor commended @UNDP’s impact, while the RR reaffirmed our commitment to the region's long-term recovery. Discussions also highlighted UNDP's broader work in 🇨🇲 to support national priorities

#SDGs
#PartnershipsForDevelopment #Recovery

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

In Bamenda, @UNDP Resident Representative Mathieu @Ciowela met with Prof. Fru Fobuzshi Angwafor III, President of the North West Regional Assembly, to reinforce collaboration and explore new partnerships.

The dialogue centered on the #PPRD, North West Regional Development Plan, the Peace Development Initiative (#NWRA-PDI), and digital transformation. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to boosting local governance, peacebuilding, and inclusive development under the upcoming Country Programme Document (CPD).
#PPRD-NW/SW #LocalGovernance #DigitalTransformation #Peacebuilding
#SDGs

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

Strong local institutions & strategic #partnerships are key to advancing inclusive and sustainable development.

In his working visit to #Bafoussam, Mathieu @Ciowela and team were received by Dr. Focka Focka Jules Hilaire, President of the West Regional Assembly, to discuss the region's development priorities and opportunities for deeper collaboration.

The exchange included discussions on priorities for the upcoming @UNDP Cameroon Country Programme Document (CPD), highlighting the importance of decentralized cooperation, digital transformation, good governance, women's empowerment, social inclusion and peacebuilding in driving sustainable economic transformation and improving livelihoods across the West Region.

#LocalGovernance #DecentralizedCooperation #InclusiveGrowth #Peacebuilding #Cameroon

[PNUD Cameroun @PNUDCameroun]

In the #EastRegion, Mathieu @Ciowela and UNDP’s technical team met with stakeholders supported by the ACP-EU #MineralDevelopment Programme to review progress in promoting sustainable mining, #GreenJobs, and local economic development.

At the Lycée Technique de Kpokolota in Bertoua, discussions with technical education leaders focused on equipping young people with skills in #LowCarbonBrick production and expanding market opportunities for these innovative construction materials.

In #Batouri, Mayor Auberlin Mbellessa d’Abou led a visit to low-carbon brick production and #MiningSites. Discussions highlighted opportunities to strengthen responsible mining, create decent jobs, restore degraded land, and increase local value addition from the region’s mineral resources.

#MiningSector #GreenJobs #LocalDevelopment #EastRegion #Cameroon #LeaveNoOneBehind