Cosmoproject

🚀 CoSMO Project Milestones from 2023–2025

Across Cameroon, the CoSMO project implemented by the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) improved lives through integrated support in health, safe, schooled, and stable domains.

📌 Total Participants Served: 83,300
🔹 Safe Domain: 82,843 reached
• 603 birth certificates
• 79,481 sensitised on GBV/VAC
• 6,336 adolescents trained in SRH
• 46 Clinical GBV cases supported

🔹 Healthy Domain: 70,659 reached
• Viral load suppression among C/ALHIV under 20 improved to 91%
• The Far North Region led with a 98% rate

🔹 Schooled Domain: 33,563 reached
• 6,471 children retained in school

🔹 Stable Domain: 17,287 reached
• 4,179 households achieved financial stability

This progress was enabled through stakeholder collaboration and localized planning across hashtag 's ten regions.

👏 A huge salute to everyone driving impact on the ground.

NB. The CoSMO Project, originally planned for five years from 2023 to 2027, ended prematurely as of March 2025, due to a change in U.S. Foreign Aid policy.

Strong stakeholder collaboration is key to empowering orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) households! By working together, we can enhance access to sustainable livelihoods, improve well-being, and build resilience, all while reducing the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission. Let’s make a difference together!

Maximizing partnership for sustainable livelihood geared towards resilience for orphans and vulnerable children within CoSMO (Consolidating Systems and Services for the Management of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Cameroon) project | IAS Plus AUTHORSX. Tchetnya1, A.M. Tembei1, I. Mbiekop1, S. Monono1, Y. Kamwa1, T.B.D. Minkemdefo1, L. Wangyia1, F. Teutsong David1, B. Tchaptchet Christelle Lynda1, N. Abalintsina Emmanuel1, C. Rose Fonchingong1INSTITUTIONS1National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon

“In a world where hope sometimes seems lost, the real challenge is to rebuild confidence and guide every young person living with HIV toward a future where stability and success are not merely dreams, but attainable realities,” Engome emphasised.

Experience-sharing fuels dreams for young people living with HIV In Cameroon, caseworkers are making significant strides in assisting teenagers living with HIV to navigate the challenges they encounter through career development and vocational skills training. These adolescents face a dual burden: not only do they grapple with their health status, but they also e

In , USAID - US Agency for International Development and The National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) are uplifting orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) through Cosmoproject. On , CoSMO staff joined other community partners in the fight against HIV/AIDS through a sports walk to encourage and sensitize others to help improve the welfare of OVC.

📷Akem Nkwain

Ensemble, agissons pour une communauté solidaire contre le VIH/SIDA

Let's work together to create a supportive community that stands against /AIDS.

In a bid to enhance the capacities of Sub Recipient-Implementing Partners of the Cosmoproject to identify, track and report success stories that effectively showcase the impact of the project on orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Cameroon, an on-ground training has begun.

Thus far, Maureen Ayok, Accountability and Learning Manager and Akem Nkwain, Communication Associate have trained the staff of NOLFOWOP (No Limit for Women’s Project) and AWA (Africa Women Association) on constituent elements of a great and Picture-taking techniques.

The capacity-strengthening exercise will continue with other SR-IPs in the ensuing weeks.

George Siberry, PEPFAR Deputy Principal (DP) for , and Cathy Nguyen, Senior Country Associate (SCA) at USAID - US Agency for International Development from Washington DC have paid a visit to the Cosmoproject.

"We had such a fantastic visit to MERENSO, a chance to meet the caseworkers who do incredible work there, and even to hear from three program [project] participants talk about their stories," says George

MERENSO (Association Meres et Enfants Solidaires) is a community-based organization and one of the 26 SR-IPs of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC), implementing CoSMO in Cameroon

“CoSMO Project is not just fighting HIV, but making a difference in Lives” The Consolidating Systems and Services for the Management of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CoSMO) Project’s impact on the lives of participants in Cameroon has been highlighted. This was during a field visit by George Siberry, PEPFAR Deputy Principal (DP) for Cameroon, and Cathy Nguyen, Senior ...

The Cosmoproject of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon and Intersos have discussed possible areas for collaboration in reaching vulnerable populations in Cameroon. During a meeting at the CoSMO Coordination Office in Yaoundé, the two organizations extensively discussed the mission, vision and scope of their work.

Dr. Xavier Tchetnya, Chief of Party for CoSMO saluted the initiative to collaborate. “Projects may come and go but communities are permanent, hence the need for sustainable partnership. Collaborating to build resilience in those communities cannot be overemphasized.”

At the end of the meeting, both organizations agreed to move the collaboration forward.

Mr. Musa M. KONNEH, Programme Coordinator at INTERSOS on his part, appreciated the CoSMO team for initiating the collaboration and acknowledged their interventions in the field.

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