Editorial
Most African dialects have various versions of this same saying. They all converge on the fact that two heads make a better decision than one at least in most cases. That is the idea behind NAYD.More

AHURTOD - Defending Human Rights in Cameroon
The Association of Human Rights and Torture Defenders [AHURTOD] was set up in 2004 by Nkem Bellamin Fonkeng, a graduate from the University of Buea and 14 other dynamic youths. More

The Pan African Youth Movement, Uganda
The pan African youth movement Uganda chapter traces its roots from the 7th pan African congress that took place in 1994 in Kampala and among many attendants where NGOs, governments, student movements from Africa and Diaspora. More

MAYA Initiatives - Fighting Poverty in remote regions
Maya Initiatives is a two years old project that created by Pochi Tamba of Cameroon and Alexa Gainsburry of Britain. More

Association for Creative Teaching for rural Youths and Women in Development abbreviated as ACTWID KONGADZEM
ACTWID KONGADZEM N.G.O. founded on September 1st 1989 has its head office in Bamenda. More

The Dream of an African Youth
Sometimes, when I think Africa, I ask myself what’s wrong with us. What’s wrong with the mother continent? More

Wisdom from the NAYD Delegates!

• “Before getting into humanitarian projects, have first a humanitarian heart” Simon Check, Bamenda

• “Development is not a project. It is a process”. Asek Stevens.

• “If you want change, know your rights and bear pain” Nkem bellami

• “Change is contagious. You just need to start it”. Asek Stevens

• “Haste makes waste” Christain Tabifor

Editorial
What is the greatest hindrance to development efforts in Cameroon? Without blinking, I'll readily say money. More

BAPESU (Benevolent Association for the Protection of the Environment and the Socially Underprivileged) “Making huge benefits for local community projects with little means”. More

AHURTOD Organise a Training Seminar For Prison Staff on“ Human Rights and Prison”
On Tuesday 24th April 2007 about 50 prison wardens and senior staff from the Central Prison, Buea South West Province of Cameroon, attended a seminar on “Human Rights and Prison” More

Animal Transportation Conference Focuses on Regulations
The Animal Transportation Association, a non-profit organisation, was founded in 1976 and provides an independent forum for the safe and humane handling of all animal species during multi-modal transport More

Adolescent Reproductive Health with Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative
The IBP is a uniquely interactive forum through which policy makers, programme managers, implementing organizations and providers convene to identify and apply evidence-based practices that can improve reproductive health outcomes in their countries. More

Cameroon’s Attainment of the HIPC Completion Point: Cure or Curse?
In recent years, a number of African states have been admitted by the World Bank and IMF into the HIPC completion point resulting in the cancellation of sizeable chucks of their external debts. More

Message to Females
Hello all female youths out there and myriad times thanks to the strong lady in the person of POCHI TAMBA that is leading NAYD and the relentless effort of the persons behind her. More

Wisdom from NAYD Members!

“The more we can share our knowledge the more solutions we can find to the challenges that exist in our societies”
Margaret Usher-Patel
Scientist/IBP Secretariat
Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO

“If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living.”
Christian P. TABIFOR

“Anyone who loves knowledge wants to be told when he is wrong”
Christian P. TABIFOR

Editorial
How many times hhave you asked yourself, “What will it change?”, “What difference does it make that I …” “Does it matter? More

CAPED International: Working to promote Peace & Dialogue on Campuses
For close to two decades now, university campuses in Cameroon have been bedevilled by numerous unrest and upheavals, causing a recrudescence of acts of violence. More

Debt: Who Owes Who?
Debt is one of the most important issues to be discussed regarding the economic situation of the so-called developing world, specifically when focusing on Africa. More

NAYD: Are we Aware of Our Strengths?
We live in a continent where youths make up a significant segment of the population, with unemployment being their greatest predicament. More

NAYD: Are we Aware of Our Strengths? (2)
I love youths who are deeply inspired for change and who are working hard to see that the Network of African Youths for Development (NAYD) and its projects one day be the omega for development in Africa to reflect on this slot. More

Wisdom from NAYD Members!

“Kindness is wisdom”
Christian P. TABIFOR

“An open enemy is better than a false friend”
Christian P. TABIFOR

“Good resolutions are like babies crying in a church, they should be carried out immediately”
CHI Primus C.

“Good resolutions are like babies crying in a church, they should be carried out immediately”
CHI Primus C.

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”
CHI Primus C.

“If you can change it, then maybe it is your destiny to change it”
Pochi Tamba

“IF an elephant is sitting on a rat’s tail and you say you are neutral, the rat will not appreciate your neutrality”
Pochi Tamba {borrowed from Archbishop Tutu}

NAYD CAMEROON makes a Giant Step Ahead Shaping its Future
On the 30th of June 2007 at the “Health For All Foundation” premises in Buea, South west Province of Cameroon, NAYD Cameroon held its very first meeting. More

CAPED-International Organizes Peace & Dialogue Conference
On July 4, 2007, the Campus for Peace & Dialogue (CAPED) International organized a conference in Yaoundé on the theme “Building a Culture of Peace & Dialogue in African Higher Institutions of Learning”, with special focus on best practices, models and strategies. More

Le Réseau E.D.D.A.
Gagnant du concours de prise en charge de la Francophonie Le Réseau E.D.D.A. est gagnant du concours de prise en charge lancé par la Francophonie et concernant la participation au 12e Colloque Internationale d'Evaluation Environnementale et au colloque d'Eté de Genéve, qui se sont respectivement, du 12-14 juin 2007 et du 18-22 juin 2007 More

La Jeunesse Face au Développement Durable
L’humanité fait face aujourd’hui à de graves problèmes environnementaux tes que la concentration accrue des gaz à effet de serre dans l’atmosphère, le changement climatique, l’appauvrissement de la couche d’ozone stratosphérique, la raréfaction des ressources en eau douce et la pollution croissante de l’atmosphère et des eaux. More

Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development
There are already many organizations and institutions addressing agricultural research for development. So why should we need another organization? More

Wisdom from NAYD Members!

“Offrir l’amitie à qui veut l’amour, c’est donner du pain à qui meurt de soif ”
Christian P. TABIFOR

“It is better – even better to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver”
Christian P. TABIFOR

Editorial
About this time, 7 years ago, 189 countries of the United Nation signed up to the Millennium Development Goals. The UN estimated the cost of meeting the targets to be just 0.3 percent of the global income. More

NAYD Liberia on a Training Workshop on Volunteerism
In the wake of community development and volunteerism in Liberia, NAYD-Liberia Country Coordinator, Mr. Andrew Kuwon and NAYD Regional Director for West Africa, Thomas P. Mitchell, Jr. was invited to a one-day workshop on August 11, 2007 held at the St. Nagbe United Methodist Church in Liberia. More

The Importance of AIDS Education for Young People
The epidemic of HIV has been steadily spreading for the past two decades and now affects every country worldwide. More

BAPESU Active Participation at Tunza Regional Children’s Conference on the Environment in Cameroon
WANKE NANGA Tatiana Aminatou from BAPESU was one of the over 300 children from all over Africa and Norway that were present at the Tunza Regional Children’s Conference in Cameroon that took place from the 30th July – 3rd. More

The Role of Justice in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
The violation of human rights of many people particularly in the developing countries has continued unabated as a result of lack of or inadequate justice meted out to the perpetrators. More

African Youth Foundation (AYF)
The African Youth Foundation (AYF) is a non-profit development organization based in Bonn, Germany.. More

Wisdom from NAYD Members!

“Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll”
MUNU Thaddeus

“Evil prospers because good men fail to act.”
Chi Primus

“A leader is he who tells his people what they must hear, not what they want to hear”
Chi Primus