Omam Esther Reaches Out To The Underprivileged

For 20 years, “Reach Out Cameroon” has been addressing women’s issues and the needs of other vulnerable people.

The Civil Society Organisation, CSO, “Reach Out Cameroon,” was founded in 1996 with Omam Esther as the Chief Executive Officer. After her life in education and obtaining a degree in Humanity, she pooled funds with people of like minds to care for the less privileged, women and children.

Talking to Cameroon Tribune in Buea recently, Omam said the desire to create “Reach Out Cameroon” began early in life when she saw her mother and father toil to make ends meet. As time went on, her passion for assisting children and women grew. The organisation now has three main areas of assistance - health, gender training and wealth creation. Under health, there are projects on malaria prevention, HIV/AIDS, water, hygiene and sanitation, vulnerable orphans and immunisation of children.

Under gender capacity-building, they work on human, women’s, cultural and the economic rights of women. Presently, they are focusing on empowering many female school dropouts in Tole near Buea. The girls are sensitised on the high rate of Sexually-transmissible Infections, STIs, receive family planning lessons and are offered micro-credits to engage in income-generating activities. “Reach Out Cameroon” has also economically empowered “Women of Faith,” a group o...