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REACH BACK
Welcome to REACH BACK
At REACH BACK, we are committed to transforming lives and building resilient communities.
Our mission is to raise the next generation of leaders and provide an enabling environment to them to effectively reach back and champion change in their own communities through targeted Reach One Teach One (ROTO) programs that address the most pressing needs of schools and local communities.
At REACH BACK, we are dedicated to
- Ensuring Access to Quality Education and Wellbeing of Education Personnels:
We thrive that every child and teacher is healthy through our ROTO WASH-Health Clubs, and have access to quality education and support in both normal and emergency situations.
- Providing Child Protection:
We ensure that every child between the ages of 0 - 17 is; protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence; cared for and given a safe space to flourish in both normal and emergency situations.
- Promoting Vocational Training and Computer Literacy:
Our vocational training and computer literacy programs empower individuals with the skills they need for meaningful employment and deployment.
- Encouraging Active Civic Engagement, Leadership Development and Volunteerism:
We promote active civic engagement, leadership development and volunteerism of youths, by youths and for youths so as to foster the next generation of leaders for a better nation-building.
- Supporting Sports, Talent, Arts, and Culture:
Through extracurricular activities, we nurture sports, talent, arts, and culture so as to enrich the lives of our youths.
- Advocating for eco-friendly Environmental Practices:
We advocate for and implement Eco-friendly practices to protect our planet for future generations.
- Providing Humanitarian Response during Crises:
In times of crisis, we are there with humanitarian aid, ensuring that distressed persons, families and communities receive the support they need.
Join us in our mission in creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Together, we can reach back and lift up.
Impacts We've Made
Through our Sustainable Livelihood Project, Election 4 All Project and Tomorrow Leaders Project, we have been able to make the following social impacts.
Collaborating and supervising the smooth and transparent running of the GHS Buea student government elections since 2019.
Since 2019, through the Elections 4 All project and the Tomorrow Leaders project, we have organized 04 self-funded student government elections, engaged and equipped over 4000+ students, 100 teachers, 16 parents and 20 school administrative staff that have participated in their student government elections as either voters, candidates, whistleblowers, or electoral committee members as trained.
Also, we have trained over 160 student government leaders, registered 70 of them and 20 teachers of ages 20 and above for the February 09, 2022 municipal and legislative elections in Cameroon. 65 of them actively participated in the elections at their discretion despite the deterring death threats to anyone in the North West and South West regions who would participate in that election due to the ongoing anglophone crisis in these regions.
Through the partnership between REACH BACK, the Nsongwa Students Union and Nsongwa village elites, we have been successfully sponsoring and collaborating in organizing their 10-days annual student cultural week since 2018.
This fellowship brings together Nsongwa students all over Cameroon and the diaspora so that they can share their various experiences, learn about the customs and traditions of Nsongwa, benefit from personal and professional workshops, go for excursion and receive excellence scholarship awards for GCE ordinary Level, Advanced Level and University Level.
About 60 Nsongwa students attend this fellowship every summer holiday and more than 8 receive excellence scholarships every year.
Since 2021, in collaboration with the school administration of GHS Buea, we organize the ROTO Interclass sporting competition in football and athletics.
This permits us identify and promote talents within our schools.
We intend spreading to other schools so as to organize the ROTO Interschool tournament for a much broader scouting of talents in these schools.
ROTO Sustainable Livelihood Project
Since 2020, Glory, Immaculate and Pascal have benefitted from this project.
Glory now owns a tailoring workshop in Buea; has trained over 5 apprentices and enrolled in an evening school to sit in for the 2023 Cameroon GCE Ordinary level.
Immaculate owns a manicure and pedicure beauty shop in Buea as well; has trained over 10 apprentices and is properly taking good care of her 4 kids from the proceeds she makes from her beauty shop.
Finally, Pascal an unemployed university graduate but equipped with barbering skills was placed by REACH BACK to operate a barbershop for over 2 years; he now owns his own barbershop, has trained over 7 apprentices, currently providing employment for more than 2 workers and properly taking care of his mother and singlehandedly supporting his siblings.