We are pleased to inform
the general public that our prestigious organization Denis Miki Foundation-DMF
is in need of the services of Project Assistant. Interested persons
should have experience working on Women and Girls Rights, Gender issues, Social
Welfare, Project Management or it’s related fields. The ideal candidate should
have experience working with an NGO and be resident in Limbe.
Applications should
enclose a detailed and updated curriculum vitae and motivational letter, which
should be sent to our organizational email; join@denismikifoundation.cm
or deposited at our office situated at 49 Steps, Mbende, Limbe.
Denis Miki Foundation is a humanitarian and
development organisation with mission to support the development of
underdeveloped communities and groups through health, empowerment, capacity
building, education for sustainable development, emergency education, sports
for development, talent promotion and wealth creation. We have as objectives to
sustainably develop and enhance the capacity of the poor, vulnerable and rural
areas.
On the 23rd October 2019 marked a great day for AWLO( African Women In Leadership Organisation) Cameroon Chapter as they saw the success of their first ever event since its inception on the 2nd of March 2019 in Cameroon.The event that took place at the prestigious Djeuga Palace Hotel Yaounde , under the theme- “Women Leaders , Influencing the Next Generation of Female Leaders ” ,saw Over 200 young female leaders who came ready to overcome the challenges encountered in Leadership Roles and offer holistic mentorship to the next generation of young female leaders .
Speaking at the official opening of the event, the Vice president of AWLO,Cameroon Chapter, Madam Bertha Yenwo challenged women to dare their fears and appreciate the efforts of fellow women rather than run them down.
One of the speakers , Mrs.Marie Paul Niat reminded the women that self branding is primarily the building of a positive mindset which then translates to what we see on the outside. They were also challenged to use ICT innovations in upgrading their competencies and educational level.
Adding her voice to Barrister Onambele Anchang Conceilia’s, who said that, women should look beyond societal constructs which make them think like robots, motivational speaker Marja Motanga asked women to identify skills innate in them, improve on them and brand, then make it a selling point in the corporate world. A world in which many companies are now giving positions of responsibility to women, thus the need for every woman to keep adding value to what she already knows.
To these, the youngest speaker, CEO of Green House Ventures, Roland Fomundam, through practical examples demonstrated to the women that the moment a woman begins to see the value in another, her value also adds, given that a leader is not an island.
To add some colour to the event, the Awlo Cameroon Youth Council, graced the event with a wonderful display of different African Cultures via a fashion parade with different African Country outfits and music..thus celebrating the name African Women in Leadership and the different countries that makeup the organisation.
In all the women left this maiden AWLO event in Cameroon, with a sound understanding that their network is their net worth.. We can boldly say that the event achieved the goals of AWLO which are aimed at building empowering platform for women and harnessing the synergies of alliance..
We extend a big thank you to all participants and everyone who contributed morally , physically , psychologically to the sucess of this event.God richly bless you.
Once more a big thank you to Our Founder Dr Elisha, for this great vision changing the world,
A big thank you to Mommy Bertha Yenwo for her unfliching dedication to the growth of Alwo Cameroon
Thank you to Our Heforshe Boss Mr Gilbert Ewehmeh
And the entire Youth Council Cameroon Chapter.
“Truly together we are stronger” , “Together lets Carry the Ball.”
Long live Awlo Global
Long Live Awlo Cameroon
Long Live our founder Dr Elisha
Long live our Matrons
Long live Youth Council Members.
God bless us All
Reporting For Awlo Cameroon.
MIMI KAYLA .Communicator Awlo YC
Youths Who Run the World was organized by the Cancer Research UK and the Youths Who Run the World organization under the theme “Healthy and Active Lifestyle”. This event was facilitated by the Noela Lyonga Foundation on the 13th of July 2019 for from 7am to 8am at Bongo square. It was an event where youths ran for 10km in 206 countries.
Our Her Voice Club Project Coordinator; Nfomi Laura Berka and our Her Voice Club He 4 She Ambassador; Melony Joseph represented the Denis Miki Foundation Her Voice Club in this year’s Youths Who Run The World Cancer Campaign in Buea.
DMF Volunteer; Sylvia Leku was also among the participants for the July 13th Youths Who Run The World Beat Cancer Campaign.
This event started with a talk on how to live a healthy lifestyle, it was participatory as youths contributed. Some of which include; exercising 21/2 hours per week for people more than 18 years old, thinking and developing positive attitudes, not consuming more than 7 cubes of sugar per week for people more than 18 of age and the importance of rest at least 8 hours for the ages from 16-18. This followed up by some warm up.
Noela Lyonga joined us some minutes into the warm up, where she welcomed all youths and gave a brief summary of the line of activities, the motive and rationale for the program and project. This led to the main part of the program where we jugged round Bongo Square and Clarks Quarters in pairs. This activity was a lot of fun as we sang songs like “who run the world? Youths!!” “Small thing pickam” and others.
We concluded the activity with group pictures, interviews
from radio and TV stations that were present. Organizations represented
included; The Noela Lyonga Foundation, Her Voice Club, BONET, UB fan Club and
others. The CEO/founder of the Noela Lyonga Foundation
appreciated the efforts and initiative and encouraged us to be health
advocates.
Our DMF Volunteers program is a key pillar on which Denis Miki Foundation exists. It is a program that exists to build the capacities of the youth and has as objective to help us achieve our goal of putting Youth In The Picture in key decision making positions and places, jobs, businesses and opportunities. We believe in the added value of volunteerism to both our organisation and those who sign up as Volunteers with DMF.
DMF Volunteers over the years have proven to be the backbone of our nonprofit organisation. Our Volunteers help us with fundraising, administrative tasks and operations, and they help spread the word about the mission of the organisation.
We believe that investing in community members through mentorship and coaching is a way of building a new trend of thoughtful and caring changemakers. Who can Pass-On the knowledge, skills and capacities we transfer to them to more people across different communities both locally and globally.
Our Mentorship Program runs through our DMF’s Financial Empowerment Mentorship Program (FINEMPRO), Hubs and Accelerator Programs, Intergenerational Mentorship Programs and Clubs. The main objectives being mentoring youth, women, girls and other targeted beneficiaries to start social ventures, create jobs, secure funding for projects, encourage job creation and entrepreneurship.
This is done through a 3 months intensive Mentorship program that provides selected Mentees with skills, knowledge and access to critical tools to become impact-oriented changemakers and business and social enterprise creators. The Mentorship program is also aimed at connecting DMF Mentees to available opportunities both nationally and internationally.
The Mentorship program includes:
Training: 3 months of online and in-person (where feasible) training which guides creating and managing a business
Mentoring: A world-class mentor to guide during the business transformation stages
Funding: Training of Mentees on grants writing and lessons on how to secure seed capital to prove their concepts and how to secure further funding for their concepts and ventures.
Network: Gain access to large networks of African start-ups and DMF’s global contacts
DMF Mentee Isabelle Teghen participating at a Consultative Meeting in Nigeria
DMF Mentee Mofor Ghislain Atanga is the Founded of Mofor Green Ventures (MGV); an Agribusiness growing Watermelon, Corn, Plantain, Cassava, Palms, Fish, Snails and Chicken in Cameroon to create employment and contribute to food security for sustainable development. Founded by 28 years old Cameroonian Mofor Ghislain Atanga, MGV has over 2 hectares of farmland employing over 10 staff with women being most of their workforce.
Become a DMF Mentee
Are you ready to join our flagship Mentorship program at Denis Miki Foundation? We receive applications on a rolling basis. To apply request for an application form today at contact@denismikifoundation.cm. Making this decision and signing up at a minimal fee of 25,000 XAF ($50) you are onto the most amazing life and career changing experience.
Our Tech 4 Development programmes play a major role in empowering people to improve their communities via the Internet. These programmes have reached thousandshundreds of people by helping to bring to life community-driven projects that teach digital skills, set up Community Cyber Cafe in remote communities, bridge the digital gender divide, enable continued trust in the Internet, build infrastructure in rural and underserved areas, and connect Indigenous communities.
We currently have running programmes in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon.
We invite you to be part of the Mandela Day (#MandelaDayWithDMF) 2019 Celebration designed to provide humanitarian assistance by Non-Food Items (NFI), Food Items, Health Insurance and SMEs Start-up Capital to identified vulnerable individuals in Limbe and around the South West Region. The event will be hosted by the Denis Miki Foundation under the leadership of 2017 Mandela Fellow and 2018 Obama Foundation African Leader, Emily Miki.
At the event you will have the opportunity to Share Love with our Cameroonian brothers and sisters and lend a hand as a way of Service to humanity. The event will be very interactive and you will have the opportunity to engage with and inspire persons who need a word and a support to make them realize they are loved and cared for.
The event which has support from a large team and family of DMF Volunteers (#DMFvolunteers), DMF Mentees (#DMFmentees), DMF donors, supporters and partners will also serve as a platform of networking at the place of service which is fundamental for key partnerships to be developed.
The event is slated to hold on Thursday 18th July, 2019 at Limbe, South West Region, Cameroon at 11 a.m. The event is entirely free but as a condition of participation we are requesting your support to host the event with a donation from the list below and confirm your availability by emailing us at contact@denismikifoundation.cm or phone calls at 652 975 274. Your 1 or 2 bar(s) of soap will make a change in the project!
On the 21st and 22 of June 2019 Nformi Laura Berka, Chiara Manjo and Nancy Efeme represented Denis Miki Foundation and the Her Voice Club for the UNESCO Peace Ambassadors Training (a sub arm of the United Nations) which was specifically hosted by UNESCO Cameroon. The trainers where Mr Chamago Blaise and Miss Adele Ngole (Pioneer UNESCO Peace Ambassadors) . It was an intense training with theme: “STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES IN SUPPORT OF PEACEFUL ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND SOCIAL COHESION IN CAMEROON”.
The participants were trained on 5 modules
Understanding the Concept of Peace, Conflict, Violence and War
Conflict Prevention and Management
Legal frameworks of Conflict/Dispute Settlement
Women and youth in conflict and reconciliation
Social cohesion in multiple communities
This training was taken part by over 30 volunteers and workers from multiple NGO’s from the South West Region. Our UNESCO Peace Ambassadors learnt a lot and would always be willing to give back to the DMF, Her Voice Club and our community when ever opportunities pop up.
Building
global leaders has been identified as a crucial factor for community and organizational
growth. That makes sense when competition can come from anywhere. Being
globally-focused is now a prerequisite for survival and for community
advancement. Future global leaders must be those who can develop local leaders
with the ability to execute development-wide plans, across nations and regions,
at the local level. Being a global leader today goes beyond having
a “global strategy” and requires an “interface leaders” — or local leaders — to
execute strategies.
The understanding that, programs and projects needs to be distilled down to the community or local level, because understanding local markets still matters. The Local to Global Fellowship program at Denis Miki Foundation will train the Next-generation global leaders on the basic but globally accepted skills needed to become successful in today’s world. The lessons and knowledge shared will come from experts in the development, social entrepreneurship and humanitarian sector. Our goal is to develop local leaders who will represent the voices of local people and communities across national, regional and global communities and sectors. The Local to Global Fellowship is driven by the fact that indeed, the best global leaders are also the best local leaders because within nations and across the world, global leaders need to have local plans.
The Local to Global Fellowship has as purpose to inspire, train, build the capacities of local leaders and transform them to globally recognized and respected leaders. This programme is designed to help rising local leaders identify and refine their personal leadership styles, develop their emotional intelligence, and acquire the skills that will enable them to bring out the best in others.
Over five days, you will gain perspectives on how you are perceived, learn to connect with others, and identify areas of growth. The programme also includes a small group coaching session that will help you establish a personal development plan that you can implement within a three to five-year timeframe for sustained career advancement.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to participants from around the world
Be a young leader aged between 20 to 35
Action oriented and currently running, involved or planning to launch a development initiative or social enterprise
Date and Fees
Both national and international participants will pay a $5 non-refundable application fee
Both national and international participants will pay a $300 participation fee if selected that will cover lodging and feeding
Denis Miki Foundation will not cover transportation for both national and international participants.
Selected international participants will have to cover their visa fee to Cameroon. DMF will be able to facilitate the visa application process for selected international participants.
Date
Venue
Participation Fees
Non refundable application fee
17 June – 21 June 2019
Victoria Guest House, Hotel Limbe, South West Region Cameroon
150,000FCFA ($300)
2500 FCFA ($5)
Alumni / Early Payment / Team Enrolment Benefits
All previous DMF Mentees and Volunteers who are part of our team of alumni are entitled to 30% alumni savings on this programme.
Alternatively, you can enjoy savings if you pay early with MTN Mobile Money, Orange Money, Visa or MasterCard: > 30 days before start of programme: 10% savings > 20 days before start of programme: 5% savings
Team enrolment benefits are also available, please contact the Programme Advisor Nancy Efeme for details at nancy@denismikifoundation.cm
Application Deadline
Deadline for application for the 2019 Cohort of DMF Global Fellows is the 22nd of April, 2019 at 5.00 p.m. GMT+1
Participants are strongly advised to apply at least 2 days to the deadline to avoid challenges that arise as a result of overcrowding.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered
Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) are faced with challenges particularly while engaging in relevant policy and program design processes that directly affect their lives. An example of this is absence and lack of meaningful engagement of adolescent girls and young women in national AGYW and youth related policy and program processes supported by or linked to the Global Fund. Gender inequalities limit the ability of young women to protect themselves from infection.
In 37 countries only 30% of young women had the knowledge to prevent HIV. Young women with HIV also face stigma and discrimination. To respond adequately to the needs of adolescent girls and young women, their voices and ideas must be heard. They must have the opportunity to shape policies and programs that affect them. This report presented is based on information gathered following consultative sessions through Focus Group Discussions with 48 AGYW in Cameroon to ensure their opinions and voices are captured to shape the decision making, implementation processes in the HIV/AIDS respond plans in Cameroon through the Global Fund.
This report presents field consultation and analysis from this target group that represents their voices and opinions on a wide range of methods through which services like education can be provided to them. It provides a platform where we can ensure that they are able to seek and claim their rights to sexual health and HIV services. It highlights methods to contribute to the fight to end gender-based violence, a cause and consequence of HIV infections and proposes ways to create safe spaces for young women to become advocates and leaders in the HIV response and change harmful social norms to empower them.
The sessions that
began with girls from 13 to 18 saw a lot of them having a lack of knowledge on
HIV/AIDS. This was noticed because some of their answers to questions asked were
incorrect and they were lacking on important knowledge about HIV/AIDS for
example when it was coming to the difference between HIV and AIDS. A lot of
them who were shy to speak at the beginning were able to start talking after a
few minutes and we could watch their confidence grow and immediately after the
session and our departure from the school a lot of them went on the internet to
read more about HIV/AIDS and started following us on Facebook. The girls who
participated at the Apostolic Comprehensive Secondary School have now began a
club called Her Voice Club.
The AGYW who participated in the sessions out of the school campus had their sessions in outdoor environments, a choice made to create a space where they were comfortable and felt safe. The discussions created new friendships, exchange of life experiences and situations, knowledges and methods to engage them fully in the Global Fund processes. To be able to continue building on their capacities for their fully engagement in the Global Fund processes they proposed that a Whatsapp group should be created which was done of them and the Expert Trainers and the project team at DMF. A secret Facebook group was also to be created so that participants without Android Phones could be members. The team at DMF regularly shares workshop and consultative meeting opportunities at both the local, national and international levels, coach them in the application process so they can begin the engagement processes. Some are working closely with the team to build the article for the International Journal of Public Health so that they can be introduced to the processes and their capacities built.
