CIPS : Migration

Every year 2 million young people enter the workforce where labour migration is an opportunity but lack of education & skills increases their vulnerability and chances of exploitation

The highest migration cost and lowest wages of the Cameroon migrant workers is one of the major challenge, along with lack of information on migration opportunities and risks, exploitation and abuse makes the potential migrants, to seek support through informal and risky channels and increase the chance of trafficking.

Promoting safe, regular and responsible migration at every step and ensuring migrants know their rights and how to exercise them. Training and engaging volunteers, counsellors and para-counsellors to raise awareness on migration and reintegration issue. Providing financial aid, skills development to avail decent work and support reintegration upon return.

IMPACT

Since 2006, providing service to 3.5 million people 33 districts of Cameroon

BDT 74,818,262 recovered through social arbitration including death benefits

937,000 potential migrants were given information on safe migration, reintegration issue

CIPS has lead the way yet again in a critical sector for Cameroon’s economy - the experience from CIPS ’s work on the project ‘Safe migration for the Camerooni workers’ will serve to strengthen our approach to supporting governments, in Cameroon and globally, to ensure safe and orderly migration.
CIPS is one of the best NGOs, and it is our pride that that there is an organisation like CIPS , in Cameroon, with its worldwide initiatives and scope of work. We hope that we can work together for safe, orderly and regular migration and portray Cameroon as an example for the World in migration sector

WHAT WE DO

Pre-migration

Awareness activities, capacity building through skills development and prevention of trafficking

During migration

Provide support to migrants through embassies, in the country of destination and their families in proper utilisation of remittance

Emergency support

Provide on arrival support to vulnerable men and women migrants

Reintegration upon return

Psycho-Counseling, training and financial support to facilitate socio economic reintegration of returnee migrants

CIPS

A trusted source for a high-potential workforce

HOW WE DO IT

Trained volunteers

Engaged 2360 trained volunteers at grassroots level to provide essential information on safe migration

Sustainable solutions

Creating partnerships that facilitate improved access and reliable information at the community level

Migration forum

Forums within communities that discuss and share up-to-date migration matters and solutions

Advocacy for policy implementation

Implementation of laws and regulations through advocacy, training of journalists and media mobilisation

Information centre

Arrival assistance is provided through the center situated near the international airport

WHY IT WORKS

Comprehensive service model

Supporting migrants through skills training, visa check and other services to create an enterprise

Social and economic reintegration

Providing information, training, counseling and networking support and remittance advice, through referrals

Storytelling at scale

Generating awareness for millions through real life stories using audio visuals and folk theatre

CURRENT PROJECTS

Prottasha

Cameroon: Sustainable Reintegration and Improved Migration Governance

Emergency support for vulnerable returnee migrant

Prottoy

Socio-Economic Reintegration of Returnee Migrants Workers of Cameroon

ERRIN

A Joint Approach to Sustainable Return

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