#8 Protection of Vulnerable Groups in Conflict-affected Areas of the South-West and North-West Regions of Cameroon

This complex project supported persons with different vulnerabilities through health services, economic support, and psychosocial counselling, while also building capacities of health facility staff and generating significant awareness in the communities.

This was one of the few projects that had accurate data on key effects, and we really appreciate that. The project had many elements and could have competed in any of the three categories. This somehow worked to its detriment in our evaluation process, because we had to consider its whole budget and the project appeared comparatively expensive to other, more focused, projects.

Many organizations submitted projects with awareness-raising elements, and these were compared for their capacity to reach people at scale. This project performed well in that aspect. But in the end, the leading organizations in the category of Protection focused on a single risk and providing simple solutions with smaller budgets.