Bright Light Projects Cameroon (BLPC) began mapping for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Buea municipality in the South West Region of Cameroon since April of 2021 in collaboration with the regional delegation of the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family in Buea Southwest region of Cameroon. The ongoing Anglophone crisis for about four...
The Generation Equality Forum is part of a series of World Conferences on Women organized by the United Nations since 1975. The Generation Equality Forum is a landmark global initiative, driving commitments that embed gender equality as a central component of Building Back Equal from COVID-19 and fuel significant and lasting change for generations to...
Replacing a cycle of despair with a cycle of hope and opportunity. Empowering victims of Gender-Based violence and Commercial Sex workers through our flagship program GIRLS SHALL RISE (GSR) in Sierra Leone. From April 15 – April 27, 2021, about 10 students all beneficiaries of BLP’s GSR program completed Practicals as part of their Certificate...
Fatmata M Koroma is staying at Masuba community, she came into BLP during our vulnerability assessment together with the Ministry Of Social Welfare Gender And Children Affairs. Her case was recorded by the ministry as a result of her abuse, she was then recommended by the ministry as one of the most vulnerable victims. Fatmata...
Watch with BLP Founder Mr. Franco Bonghan meets with Beneficiaries in Waterloo (Sierra Leone). It is one moment to meet and encourage the beneficiaries, encourage them and also understand how they are fairing with the program.
Watch Bright Light Projects Sierra Leone Girls Shall Rise Campaign share their transformation experience.
![Girls Shall Rise [GSR]: Finah Marah:](https://d0b56e.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/blp7.jpg?time=1726695571 "Girls Shall Rise [GSR]: Finah Marah:")
Finah Marah came from an interior vulnerable village setting to stay with her aunty in an urban city to acquire education, unfortunately, her dream did not work as she expected from her aunty, and then became a school dropout. Finah Marah then took her decision to become a sex worker which she used as a...
As part of BLP’s efforts in scaling our key programs creating strategic partnerships in the domain of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) advocacy and support for victims, BLP finally secured a Memorandum of Understanding with Rainbo Initiative in Sierra Leone on February 25, 2021. Rainbo Initiative (RI) is a national NGO that is passionate about...
In an effort to complement Government effort in delivering quality education, the 2020/2021 Annual Back to School Event was a great success with Phase 1 on December 10, 2020 in Waterloo, and Phase 2 on December 17, 2020 in Makeni. This year, a total of about 80 beneficiaries attending primary, secondary and vocational training were...
