Mebonde Ndongo Jean Stephane is a Cultural promoter and Model. He also participates in sports (athletics, Martial arts); he is an actor (TSINI and BABA); a Beat Maker; organises cultural movements, Animator of seminars and conferences (youth, health, music, religion), is a slam workshop leader at The French Institute of Cameroon (2008 – 2016) and La […]
Ebigwe Johnson Agbenjang is a Cameroonian from the South West Region of Cameroon. He was displaced to the Douala_Littoral Region because of the Crisis; alongside his peers for safety because of they refused to join the secessionist Defense Force in the early hours of the Anglophone crisis Popularly known as Father Ebigwe, he is a […]
AlungeNnangsope Macaulay Nzie commonly known as Mac Alunge has been a Spoken Word Artist for the last 5 years; a Programs Coordinator of Straw academy Africa for 5 years years; a Deputy Operations Officer of Inspire Me Ltd for 2 years and a Public Relations officer of Jongo Hub. Professionally, he was the Executive Director of Jongo Hub for 6 months (July to […]
Besong Bawack Mallet is a Development Administrator and Peace builder, he currently serves as the Human Resource and Administrative Officer of Local Youth Corner Cameroon (LOYOC); a youth-led and youth-centered peace building civil society organisation working to strengthen youth capacities and prevent radicalization and violent extremism, while creating safe spaces for young people to exercise […]
Emmanuel Batake is the Executive Secretary of The SDGs Winners. He is a Journalist-scientist, National coordinator of the network of journalists on gender statistics and the SDGs, Peacemaker and Youth Peace Ambassador, He4She, master in mining geology and petroleum resources. The SDGs Winners is a volunteering platform bringing together young people and youth movements engaged […]
One of #DefyHateNow’s goals is to promote voices that act on mitigating hate and initiating meaningful discussions on issues that affect various groups within South Sudan and beyond. To that end, #DefyHateNow is pleased to announce that it is affiliated with #Gendertalk211, a platform aimed at initiating conversations on gender in South Sudan. The platform […]
While the rest of the world celebrated love on February 14th, the people of Ngarbuh village in Donga Mantung Division of the Northwest Region of Cameroon were faced with the death of several families. It is, therefore, no surprise that the killings in Ngarbuh dominated discussions on social media platforms. Prior to the initial reports […]
Legislative and local council elections in Cameroon have taken place even though they were overshadowed by separatist violence, which displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and a partial opposition boycott. Sunday9th elections witnessed threats both online and offline from activists in the diaspora and fighters on the ground. These threats served as a reminder of the […]
On Wednesday, February 26, Fotso Fokam from the #FactsMatter237 project organized a meet up with teachers in Akono. it was important to have this meeting with the teachers because they play an important role in the education of children for whom they are generally models. Their behavior in both the establishment and society is being […]
Le 30 janvier 2020 notre boursière Armelle Sitchoma est allée à la rencontre du personnel de la radio Balafon à Douala. Elle a tenu a échangé avec eux sur leur perception, l’impact et la gestion du discours de la haine sur les réseaux sociaux. Ayant fait une présentation du projet Defyhatenow, la suite de leur […]
Under the banner of Defyhatenow, Ms. Pedmia Shatu, one of the FactsMatter237 fellows, held a monthly meetup to discuss hate speech in Cameroon. The event took place on Wednesday January 30, 2020. The event’s target audience were journalists from the print and audiovisual sector as well as civil society organizations. In attendance was also one […]
One of our #FactsMatter237 fellow, Romuald Nguemkap, met some community members from the city of Dschang for a discussion on hate speech. Among his guests were a student, blogger, teacher, radio animator and artist. The first topic that the participants discussed was hate speech and some examples to aid the disussion were taken from the […]