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Our mission is to support community development by building bridges to sustainable solutions inclusively in health, education, agriculture, technology, peace and environmental protection solutions.
Our Vision
- We envision communities where individuals live harmoniously and peacefully, harnessing their full potential to support sustainable development, growth, prosperity, health and well-being for all.
Our Value
We do more than what you think.
Excellence Transparency & Accountability, Confidentiality, Evidence basis ,Holistic Inclusiveness, and Respect for others
Quality of Life:
Improve Quality of Life of Cameroonians (QoL)
Inclusion:
Ensure meaningful involvement of people with lived experience and beneficiaries of our programs and services
Technology
Leverage technological potential through advancement and collaboration to address community problems
Literacy and Entrepreneurship:
Improve literacy and Entrepreneurship and Service (L) (E)
Sustainable Peace:
Improve sustainable peace in communities (PB)
Environmental Protection:
Reduce the negative impact of human activity on the Environment (EP)
Why we do this.
- We believe that our problems are opportunities to advance community development in disguise
- We believe that every human being has the potential to add value to the community in which they live.
- We believe that hard work is a crucial factor to success for any endeavor that adds value to individuals and the community
2007
RADA was founded in 2007 by young and dynamic youths with the interest in community development
2017
By 2017, RADA was legalized as an Association within the North West Region of Cameroon.
2020
RADA went operational in 2020, started implementing their office based programs and Projects.
Our Journey
RADA are a not-for-profit community development organisation founded in 2009 and legalised in 2017.
We are a community of young professionals and experts who believe in the potential of everyone to add value to themselves and the communities where they live, thereby contributing to sustainable community development.
We work hard to lend our skills to communities and relevant stakeholders who drive sustainable community development and improve the quality of life in communities where we engage.
We currently engage in Cameroon inclusively across health, education, agriculture, technology, peace and environmental protection.
Testimonials
OUR IMPACT DOMAINS
RADA is structured into nine (9) departments, 30 programs and 23 staff/volunteers dedicated to its work. Click on each department to know more about what we do.
There is no community development without health. We focus on Non Communicable Disease, Neglected Tropical Disease and Emergency responses especially for the most at risk and vulnerable, facilitating access to life saving services and programs within our communities. The mission of the health department is therefore to support community development by building bridges to sustainable solutions in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) prevention and control, Neglected Tropical Diseases and emergency health responses. The health department is working on the following programs.
- Advocacy on Front of Package Warning Labels in Cameroon
- Youths and NCDs: National Youth NCD Action Network.
- Alcohol Control Program
- Breast Cancer Program
- Home-base Complementary Diabetes and Hypertension
- Healthy Ageing Advocacy
- Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH)
- Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
- Humanitarian Relief Program (Trauma and Livelihood Support)
- Bonin Health Foundation (chronic disease protection programs)
- Biomedical Research Laboratory
Click on each program to know more.
Contact the Health department by reaching out to the following email address: health@recdev.org
Education is the sum total of how one gets themselves able to fit as a valuable member of society. Our educational programs/ institutions support the building of an informed, motivated and service oriented population, especially the young and vulnerable in our communities. The mission of our education department is to support community development by building bridges to inclusive human capital development through sustainable formal and informal educational programs. The education department is working on the following programs
- Circles Volunteer Program (CVP)
- Academic Clubs (ACUBs)
- Community Circle Program (CCP)
- Jobs Hub Program (JHP)
- Self Reliance School of Management, Accountancy and Computer Studies (SEREPSMACS).
Click on each program to know more.
Contact the education department by reaching out to the following email address: education@recdev.org
Given the health and dietary risks from food insecurity, our Agricultural department seeks to answer a key question: How might we improve access to healthier food options? Check out what we are doing in this regard including some of our innovative approaches towards food security. The mission of the Agriculture Department is to support community development by building bridges to sustainable agriculture and food security. The agriculture department is working on the following programs:
- Green ConneKt (GC): Improving access to healthy food options especially for low income communities.
- Geologic Agriculture (GeoAg): Growing Food on rocks
- Lemon grass processing and transformation
- Waste Management (Fecal and Solid Waste Management )
Click on each program to know more.
Contact the Agriculture department by reaching out to the following email address: agriculture@recdev.org
Technology now is the lens through which the whole world sees true community development. We hope to leverage the power of technology to support the inclusive community development in Cameroon. Learn how we are also using technology to facilitate our work as an organization. The mission of the Technology Department is to support community development by building bridges to innovative technologies. The technology department is working on the following programs:
Click on each program to know more.
Contact the Technology department by reaching out to the following email address: technology@recdev.org
There’s no community development without peaceful, harmonious societies. Truth and Justice make reconciliation possible; strong systems make sustainable peace t possible. RADA supports community development by building bridges that seeks to bring sustainable peace. The mission of the Peace department is to support community development by building bridges to harmonious and peaceful societies with justice for all. The peace department has the following programs:
- Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Youth Voices and Civic Engagement
- Protection and Access to Justice
- Gender-Based Violence Education and Mitigation
Click on each program to know more.
Contact the Peace department by reaching out to the following email address: peace@recdev.org
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