NRC's emergency team is distributing plastic sheeting, rope, hygiene kits, mosquito nets, blankets, sleeping mats and tools for farming to displaced families northeast in Cameroon. Photo: NRC/Philippe Douryan
Flyktninghjelpens kriseteam deler ut presenninger, tau, hygieneartikler, myggnett, tepper, madrasser og verktøy for dyrking til familier på flukt nord-øst i Kamerun. Foto: Philippe Douryan/Flyktninghjelpen

Vårt arbeid i Kamerun

Humanitært overblikk 

Til tross for oppmerksomheten landet mottok da Flyktninghjelpen kåret Kamerun til den nest mest forsømte krisen i verden i 2020, var bare 29 prosent av den humanitære responsplanen finansiert per september 2021.

Siden 2014 har angrep fra Boko Haram-opprørere fortsatt å tvinge et høyt antall mennesker på flukt i Kameruns Far North-region. I de sørvestlige og nordvestlige regionene har en intern krise utspilt seg siden 2016. Dette har ført til at 573.000 mennesker er på flukt innad i landet, og 71.000 mennesker har dratt til Nigeria. Valgvolden i Den sentralafrikanske republikk (SAR) i desember 2020 førte til ytterligere tilstrømning av flyktninger, som sluttet seg til dem som allerede har vært i Kamerun siden 2014. Mer enn 342.000 flyktninger fra CAR befinner seg for tiden i de østlige og nordlige delene av Kamerun.

  • 21.370
    mennesker fikk utdanning
  • 34.486
    mennesker fikk matsikkerhet
  • 15.827
    mennesker fikk husly
  • 25.965
    mennesker fikk rettshjelp
  • 90.103
    mennesker fikk vann og sanitærtjenester

 

Flyktninghjelpens arbeid

Flyktninghjelpen åpnet sitt landkontor i april 2017 i Far North-regionen i Kamerun. Dette ble etterfulgt av et kontor i Sørvest-regionen i juni 2018, og et underkontor i Nordvest-regionen i mars 2019. I disse områdene tilbyr Flyktninghjelpen assistanse på en rekke områder, fra å dekke akutte behov til å bidra med mer langvarige løsninger.

I tillegg åpnet Flyktninghjelpen et underkontor i Øst-regionen i juli 2019 for å gi informasjon, rådgivning og juridisk bistand til flyktninger fra Den Sentralafrikanske republikk.

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Children attend class in Souza Gare primary school, southern Cameroon. Many students have been forced to flee conflict in their home villages in the North West and South West regions. Photo: Daniel Beloumou/ Education Cannot Wait

Vold rammer skolegangen til 700.000 barn i Kamerun

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Miracle is a 17 year old girl that was forced to leave her village in the South-West region of Cameroon and flee to a town just on the outskirts of Buea. Fearful for her life, Miracle's father decided it was no longer safe for her to live in the village and he sent her to live with her mother, just outside Buea. "We were in the house one morning and suddenly we just heard gunshots. We started running. I got lost in the forest and I stayed there for two weeks without seeing my father and it was really difficult for me to cope. When I was in the forest for that good two weeks, I had nothing to eat and it was very difficult for me to cope. I was just crying. Crying and seeing blood on the ground. One day back when I was in the village, I was in school and I got up to go and use the toilet. On may way back I heard people screaming. They they told me that they were removing my friends fingers and that I should run for my life. If not so, they will also remove my fingers. So I had to run for my dear life. I came here hoping that life will be better here but I came and instead, there is no water. here you have to buy water, everything here you have to buy. If you don't have any money here you cannot cope. It is very challenging here because my mother is not working. She struggles to pay our school fees which she has not yet completed. My father is in the village complaining that he doesn’t have money to send us to school, so it is very difficult to be a student here and without money it is very difficult. My wish is that you people should help us. Because there are still many people in the bush, my agemates, my classmates some mother, fathers… So we are pleading that you should help us. Photo: Itunu Kuku/NRC Date: April 6 2021 *All names have been changed and last names have intentionally been omitted.

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