COVID -19 Fight: CHRDA Targets IDPs, Pregnant Women, Nursing Mothers





By George Dinga

The Center for Human Rights and Development in Africa CHRDA, has reached out to Internally Displaced Persons, Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Mothers in Bakingili in ldenau Subdivision.

This was during a donation and sensitization campaign against COVID- 19 that took place at the Bakingili Community Hall on Saturday April 25, 2020.

During the ceremony that was presided at by the Chief of Bakingili, HRH Chief Joseph Elive, the population of Bakingili especially internally Displaced Persons, Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Mothers were being sensitized on the importance of the measures prescribed by the World Health Organisation, WHO and the government to fight against Coronavirus by the Executive Director of CHRDA Violet Fokum.

The Center for Human Rights and Development in Africa CHRDA in collaboration with its local partners, Investing in People Worldwide, IPW and Iya Foundation as well as their international partners Femme Actantes based in France and Color of Roses Foundation during the ceremony distributed 200 face masks, washing points and vitamins to Internally Displaced Persons, Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Mothers in Bakingili.

According to the Executive Director of CHRDA, Violet Fokum, the distribution is in the context of the larger project of CHRDA for the prevention against Coronavirus which is affecting the whole society.

She disclosed that as a means to encourage people to boost their immune system, CHRDA and its partners are out to help women take care of their sexual reproductive health right.

As a result of this one of CHRDA’s partner, Color of Roses Foundation sent the vitamins which were distributed to the pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers especially at this time of the COVID- 19 Pandemic to help boost their immune system and protect them in the whole process of pregnancy and delivery.

According to Violet Fokum, the washing points distributed to the Bakingili Community thanks to Femme Actantes  is to encourage them to regularly wash their hands with soap which is one of preventive measures to fight against the virus.

Besides the distribution of health kits to the Bakingili Community, the Executive Director of CHRDA, Violet Fokum, said the mission in the community is also to sensitise the community on violence against women and to help them to put an end to same.

On her part the representative of Iya Foundation, Marbel Mesape said the foundation is involve in the fight against COVID-19  because research has shown that it is also one the risk factor for kidney failure and as a result they came to Bakingili to educate the population of Bakingili about chronic kidney disease and also make them to know that COVID-19  is also a risk factor for kidney failure.

 Investing in People Worldwide Cameroon, IPW, Executive Director Ruth Besong Abunaw also used the opportunity to educate the population of Bakingili on the preventive measures against the Coronavirus. 

She disclosed that they are in partnership with Iya Foundation and CHRDA to mobilize communities and that they are out to distribute Vitamin A to pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers and that besides that they have invested in Young People through capacity building and entrepreneurship 


The Chief of Bakingili, HRH Chief Joseph Elive urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the items collected and to continue to respect the preventive measures against Coronavirus prescribed by the government of Cameroon.

 He also disclosed that besides the pandemic, his community is also facing other challenges such as malaria and typhoid while advising CHRDA and its partners to also visit other communities that are in need of the items.

Since the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus in the country the Center for Human Rights and Development in Africa CHRDA of CEO Barrister Felix Agbor Nkongho aka Balla has been seriously engaged in the fight against the spread of the virus in the country especially in local communities with the distribution of preventive kits and they have promised to do more until the end of the pandemic in the country.

The Center also has a project of producing over 5000 Face Masks to be distributed to the communities.




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