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BLP 2026 Fundraising Drive! 23 young people (18 women, 5 men) graduate this December at WEFC Buea, Cameroon. Help them turn vocational skills into small businesses! Sponsor a Graduate | Donate Equipment [email protected] #GirlsShallRise #YouthEmployment #SDG8

From Skills to Sustainable Livelihoods! From catering and bakery training to graduation in February 2023, our Girls Shall Rise beneficiaries in Bamenda are now building businesses and securing hospitality jobs. Empowerment beyond graduation! #GirlsShallRise @Entrepreneurship

Turning Environmental Education into Action BLP Cameroon’s “Our Environment, Our Future” program at GBHS Bayelle, Bamenda, is empowering young environmental champions through waste management, recycling & the 3Rs. Building greener schools #GreenSchools @onetreeplanted

In Rosint, Sierra Leone, BLP has collected 60% of expected groundnut seed contributions and is preparing for cassava cultivation. With 30 new VSLA members registered, we're expanding financial inclusion, food security and sustainable livelihoods #SmartAgriculture @WHHSLE #SDGs

Mohamed Conteh joined Amzas Radio 96.9 FM to highlight BLP’s Digital Futures #SierraLeone. Bridging the digital divide, supporting national digital literacy goals, and calling for expansion to underserved communities. #DFSL #DihitalInclusuon @DSTISierraLeone #DigitalLiteracy

Building Young Environmental Champions! BLP Cameroon relaunches “Our Environment, Our Future” at GBHS Bayelle, Bamenda. This year, we're moving beyond awareness to practical green solutions, empowering students to lead environmental action. #ClimateAction #GreenSchools

At Bright Light Projects, impact means transformed lives! Through GSR, YME, digital literacy, and community resilience programs, we're turning vulnerability into opportunity across West Africa. Our mission empowers today. Our vision reimagines tomorrow. #BLP #SDGs @SDGActors

highlights from BLP Cameroon’s 15-day #PSEA pilot at Christ the King School, Bamenda! Empowering students to recognize abuse, speak up and stay safe. We welcome funders and partners to help scale this initiative for greater community impact #BrightLightProjects #GBV #SDG5

Peace begins with empowered youth! On Oct. 23, BLP Cameroon hosts a webinar on youth peacebuilding, building on our Bamenda peace initiatives, PSEA campaigns, and Girls Shall Rise program. Lasting peace is built WITH young people, not FOR them #Youth #BLP #PeaceBuilding

Opportunity changes lives! BLP and WEFC Buea are offering 20 FREE vocational training scholarships through Girls Shall Rise & YME. Learn ICT, Graphic Design, Catering or Sewing. #BLP #WEFC #SDG17 #Buea #Cameroon

Groundnut harvesting is complete in Mano, Sierra Leone! BLP farmers will allocate produce for household food, sales and the new community seed bank. Next: cassava cultivation. Crop rotation #SmartAgriculture #CommunityResilience @onetreeplanted @WHHSLE @WFPS_Leone @SDGActors

On October 9, BLP Cameroon joined MINPROFF and partners in Buea to say NO to femicide. Beyond advocacy. Our #GirlsShallRise program has empowered vulnerable girls & women since 2016 through skills and economic opportunities. One Message, One Fight! #EndFemicide #SDG5 #ENDGBV

From displacement to economic independence! Mirabel, a 2023 BLP Girls Shall Rise graduate, has worked as a decorator at God's Grace Decor in Bamenda for 3 years, supporting her family. Now she's preparing to open her own shop. Resilience in action! @UNFPACameroon #SDG5 #SDG8

From classroom to workplace! A BLP Girls Shall Rise beneficiary from WEFC Buea is gaining practical ICT skills through her internship at Webmaster Documentation. Through training, mentorship and monitoring, BLP builds pathways to sustainable livelihoods #BLP #WEFC #Internship

At Mano Community, BLP’s VSLA Smart Agriculture farmers are stripping and drying harvested groundnuts setting aside seed for the next planting cycle, supporting household needs, and preparing surplus for sale. From harvest to sustainable livelihoods. 🇸🇱 @WHHSLE @WFPS_Leone

From beneficiary to entrepreneur. 🌟 Through BLP’s #GirlsShallRise Program, Hawa Marah gained vocational skills and a pathway to independence. Today, she runs a small bakery in Makeni—and is helping other vulnerable girls rise. Her story is impact in action. 🇸🇱 @UNWOMEN_SL

BLP beneficiary Yousofa Ali Mohamadou is taking his ICT skills from the classroom to the workplace. Through our YME Program at WEFC, he is gaining hands-on experience at Webmaster Molyko-Buea, building skills for employment and entrepreneurship #BLP #YME #WEFC #Skills

From Groundnut Harvest to Community Enterprise! In Mano, BLP’s 4.5-acre groundnut harvest marks the next step in our VSLA Smart Agriculture journey moving toward cassava, value addition and sustainable livelihoods. #SmartAgriculture @Welthungerhilfe #Feedsalone #FoodSecurity

From ICT training to real-world experience. BLP beneficiary Abdul Mani Saidu, under our Young Men Entrepreneurship (YME) Program, is gaining practical ICT & graphic design skills during his internship at Webmaster Documentation Buea. #BLP #YME #ICT #YouthEmployment #acameroon

At Eta Palace Hotel Buea, BLP beneficiary Oben Ayuk is gaining hands-on experience through a 3-month internship. She shares her gratitude to BLP and excitement as she prepares for her WEFC graduation in December 2026 #GirlsShallRise @UNFPACameroon @UN_Women #BAUEA