Cameroon

Cameroon sits along the Gulf of Guinea in Central Africa and slightly smaller than the U.S. state of California.

267¹ of approximately 3,213² Catholic Sisters in Cameroon have been served by ASEC programs.

CAPITAL
Yaounde

POPULATION
≈25 million

TOTAL SERVED
267¹

ALUM FUNDS RAISED
≈$977,000

¹Total participants served; some Sisters may have been served by more than 1 program.
²2017 Statistical Yearbook of the Church, Libreria Editrice Vaticana

Sisters Leadership Development Initiative (SLDI) in Cameroon

SLDI has been working in Cameroon since 2012.

ASEC has served 237 Catholic sisters from Cameroon through the SLDI program.

26% of 2019 SLDI participants in Cameroon report teaching as their ministry (N=55)
46% of SLDI participants were trained in finance and 45% in administration , 2007-18 (N=177)

SLDI Partners of Cameroon

Conference of English-Speaking Religious (CESR) (Cameroon)
Pan-African Institute for Development-West Africa (Cameroon)

Recent SLDI Reporting

SLDI Phase V, Year 1 (2019) (PDF)
SLDI Phase IV Key Outcomes (April, 2019) (PDF)
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Higher Education for Sisters in Africa (HESA) in Cameroon

HESA has been working in Cameroon since 2015 (August).

ASEC is supporting 30³ Catholic sisters in Cameroon to study for degrees and diplomas through the HESA program.

20% of HESA participants in Cameroon report teaching as their ministry (N=9)
47% of HESA participants in Cameroon are studying economics & business administration (N=19)

HESA Partners of Cameroon

Catholic University Institute of Buea (CUIB) (Molyko, Buea, Cameroon)
Catholic University of Cameroon Bamenda (Cameroon)
Conference of English-Speaking Religious (CESR) (Cameroon)
Catholic University College of Ghana (Ghana)

³HESA total served is reported by the country of the institution where the sister is studying. Some sisters travel to a different country to attend specialized programs of study.