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...
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...
On behalf of the Board of Directors, team members, beneficiaries, and friends of BLP, we wish you and your families a prosperous New Year 2021. Congratulations Class of 2020. On December 12, 2020, some Bright Light Projects Sierra Leone (BLPSL) beneficiaries graduated from Komra Training Center located at 25 York Road, Waterloo -Western Area Rural...
Covid-19 brought enormous economic and social stress, the academic disruption was not excluded. Schools were shutdown in Sierra Leone like in many other countries in Africa. The difficulties were even more challenging as most African States could not afford the luxury of home schooling due to lack on infrastructure and access to the internet. People...
On October 15, 2020, seven Bright Light Projects Sierra Leone (BLPSL) beneficiaries, all students at the Sierra Leone Opportunities & Industrialization Centre (SLOIC) in Makeni fulfilled their Academic Matriculation protocols. This event usually marks the validation and official academic acceptance after fulfilling the required credits and practicals hours to be recognized as a full student...
Welcome to Bright Light Projects September 2020 Newsletter, Upholding Sensitive Prevention and Control to Curtail the Spread of COVID-19 Virus in BLP operational Communities” is part of our WASH Initiative in helping communities improve long-term proper Hygiene and Sanitation practices in their communities thereby encouraging healthy living improving the livelihood for all citizens. The month...
Welcome to Bright Light Projects August 2020 Newsletter, BLP’s approach to Covid-19 is a long-term sustained intervention making sure our flagship WASH programs are fully integrated into our Covid-19 sensitization initiative. BLP plans to make our Covid-19 campaign become part of the daily lives for our communities. We must think beyond this pandemic to overcome...
