CADEF Cameroon · Programme pillar
Healthy children. Safe water. Community wellbeing.
Programme overview
CADEF connects health and nutrition awareness with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and community wellbeing. The approach supports practical information, local engagement and coordination with qualified health and response partners.
Why it matters in Cameroon
Access to healthcare, nutrition, safe water, sanitation and hygiene is connected to children’s learning and family wellbeing. Rural and hard-to-reach communities, and households affected by emergencies, may face additional barriers to information, facilities and services.
What CADEF does
- Support community awareness on health, immunisation, nutrition and hygiene.
- Work with health districts and relevant partners to connect communities with appropriate services.
- Promote safe drinking water, household hygiene and community WASH practices.
- Support mobilisation, needs assessment and coordinated WASH or health-response activities during emergencies.
Programme background and context
Health, nutrition, safe water and hygiene are interconnected foundations of children’s wellbeing. CADEF’s community approach combines practical awareness, local mobilisation and coordination with qualified health and response partners.
Families can face overlapping barriers to healthcare, nutritious food, safe drinking water and sanitation. Emergencies add pressure by damaging facilities, disrupting livelihoods and making services harder to reach. Community engagement helps partners understand these needs and organise appropriate support.
- 2026 humanitarian needs: UNICEF identifies 1.4 million people needing health services and 1.6 million needing WASH support in crisis-affected regions.
- Nutrition update, 17 July 2026: a UN/WFP report describes nearly 400,000 children aged 6–59 months facing, or expected to face, acute malnutrition in Cameroon.
These needs underpin CADEF’s health and nutrition awareness, safe-water and hygiene work, and response mobilisation. Clinical services remain the responsibility of qualified providers; project records explain CADEF’s contribution and each partner’s role.
Sources: UNICEF Cameroon appeal, 2026; UN Cameroon/WFP nutrition update, 17 July 2026.
Featured projects and programmes
Documented programme record · 2022
Drinking Water Safety and Security
Community hygiene information, household water-treatment sensitisation, local mechanisms and practical WASH supplies.
Explore this work →Documented response · 2023
Limbe flood response and WASH
Community assessment, hygiene awareness and distribution of essential WASH supplies.
Explore this work →Documented response · August–October 2026
Limbe mobile-clinic response support
CADEF supported access and mobilisation; Plan International Cameroon’s mobile-clinic team delivered the clinical services.
Explore this work →Explore selected programme records and learning from CADEF’s work.
Results and stories
From community hygiene activities to mobile-clinic mobilisation, CADEF helps connect families with practical support. Explore our WASH and health-response stories, including healthcare access, nutrition screening and essential supplies delivered with qualified partners.
Partners and resources
Documented WASH work includes coordination through the WASH Cluster and relevant public authorities. The 2026 Limbe response record describes CADEF’s contribution alongside Plan International Cameroon. Clinical services are attributed to the clinical provider.
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