As part of the prevention and management of violence, since March 2023 MdM-CH has been implementing the third phase of a three (3) year project entitled “Strengthening the protection of vulnerable populations in the North-West and West regions of Cameroon”, which aims to contribute to reducing violence and optimizing victims' access to integrated victim care services in the North-West and West regions of Cameroon, targeting internally displaced populations from the NWSW crisis as well as vulnerable host populations. Like with all MdM-CH’s interventions, this project is part of a dynamic that combines institutional anchoring to facilitate the development of service provision and community anchoring to improve demand, all with the aim of eliminating exclusion and moving towards universal access to care.

BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT

To alleviate the difficulties of access to care for victims of violence, the aforementioned project provides free holistic care for victims in hospitals in the North-West (Bamenda and Santa) and West (Bafoussam and Mbouda) regions, with a particular focus on male victims of violence, by supporting the operations of 2 Integrated Support Units (ISU) in the regional hospitals of Bamenda and Bafoussam, and 2 emergency care units in the district hospitals of Mbouda and Santa. The demand for services by victims of violence is guaranteed through the actions of 2 community protection mechanisms: 2 networks of 20 community relay agents (Bamenda and Bafoussam) and 3 multidisciplinary mobile clinic teams of 5 persons each (nurse, lawyer, psychosocial agent, community mobilizer, social worker) operating in communities of the towns of Bamenda, Bafoussam and Santa. These 2 community-based mechanisms, supported by community-based organizations (CBOs), ensure the detection, emergency psychosocial care and referral of victims of violence to specialized care units through awareness-raising campaigns and mobile medical consultations. 

Corporal punishment has been officially banned in Cameroon for over twenty years, both in schools and in communities. However, violence against children is still common in the country, and schools are still the scene of daily violence. It is therefore essential to help schools become a truly safe and protective environment for these children. To address this issue, MdM-CH is implementing violence risk reduction actions in 12 partner schools (4 in Bamenda and 8 in Mbouda) through a network of protection support agents. Specifically, these agents carry out activities to promote living together between internally displaced pupils and those from host communities, to reduce incidents of school violence. These activities include recreational activities, awareness-raising sessions and educational support activities. In 2023, these activities were carried out in 6 schools in the town of Mbouda, reaching 1,101 pupils.

As part of the implementation of this project, MdM intends to hire a consultant to carry out 2 participatory community diagnoses in communities and partner schools of the towns of Bamenda and Santa.

The interested candidates can get the Terms of Reference through the link below:

 https://medmonde-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/raf_cameroun_medecinsdumonde_ch/EWb34J9c2olIoPEZPmdnJJ4B05VsoOolVKgFpYQI8QD9Og?e=sRd5xu

 Submission Deadline:  09^th December 2024 at 12:00 PM