The Jumbam Family Foundation
Restoring Hope
Our story
In moments of deep crisis, you have two options; hope or despair. The Jumbam Family Foundation was borne out of our attempt to transform the terribly painful killing of our father and husband, Mr. Ngek Constantine Jumbam, into hope and transformation for Cameroon and Africa. He was killed in the ongoing Anglophone crisis in Cameroon. At JFF, we aim to contribute to a prosperous Cameroon and Africa through Education, Health care, and Women empowerment.
Our model
People who have been affected by warfare often face significant mental trauma as a result. Our model begins by providing pyschosocial and mental health support to victims of the crisis. Then for widows, we provide business training and capital for them to be able to return to the communities and start sustainable small business ventures. We provide follow-up support in the form of peer-to-peer group support and mentorship and apprenticeship. This combination of physcosial support, business training, and capital along with adequate follow-up and support ensure that beneficiaries regain sustainable livelihoods and fully reintegrate into their communities.
About the Anglophone Crisis
The Anglophone crisis also known as the Ambazonia war or the Cameroon civil war is an ongoing armed conflict in the Republic of Cameroon in Central Africa. The English-speaking people of Cameroon or Anglophones who comprise 20% of the population have felt marginalized since the unification of Cameroon in 1961. At the end of 2016, teachers and lawyers in the Anglophone regions took to the streets in protest against the appointment of francophone judges and teachers in the Anglophone regions, among other sectoral demands. The government attempted to quell these peaceful protests.
Following the suppression of the 2016 protests, more than 30 armed separatist groups formed in the Anglophone regions to fight for the independent nation they called Amazonia. The ensuing war between the separatist's forces and government armed forces has led to thousands of civilian deaths, villages being burnt down, and education systems effectively being disabled with hundreds of thousands of children being out of school for more than four years.
According to the United Nations, about three million of the four million anglophones in the North West and South West regions have been impacted. As of March 2021, at least 4,000 civilians have been killed in the crisis, 700,000 civilians have been internally displaced, and 63,800 have fled to Nigeria as refugees.
Core Areas Of Work
Health
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We help victims of the anglophone crisis in need of healthcare services receive the care that they need
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We provide health and sexual education for young boys and girls from communities afflicted by the ongoing crisis
Women Empowerment
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To facilitate reintegration into communities, we provide psychosocial support for women who have been affected by the crisis
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To help women gain sustainable sources of livelihoods, we provide business training, capital, mentorship and apprentiship
Education
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We help children get into and remain in formal schools in non-conflict regions around the country
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We work with communities to provide psychosocial and mental health support to children to help them reintegrate into communities
Latest news and stories
Cameroon: NW, SW Crisis - Foundation Launched to Assist War Widows
The Jumbam Family Foundation this year is assisting 17 widows from the two regions with 5.5 million FCFA to enable them to rebuild their lives.
AllAfrica.com | 27 APRIL 2021
Strengthening His Community Amid Crisis and Loss
This crisis hit home this past March with the loss of Jumbam’s father, a local councilor in Oku, a subdivision in North West Region, Cameroon.
We ar ND | 28 September 2020
How it started, how it's going - Cameroon-style
This is the story behind a tweet...how a photo of a simple shack of a house next to a Harvard University badge, posted on Twitter, received more that 2 million likes.
BBC World Service | 14 October 2020
