Organisation Profile

Organization’s history

The Cameroon association of media professionals was formed on the 10th of December 2005 and has registration number 20/G.37/G.14/1/VOL8/T/BAPP in conformity with article 7 of law number 90/053 of 19/12/1990 relating to the formation and functioning of associations.

The professionalism of the staff is up to standard and it comprises rich brains of university lecturers and graduates from different state universities and the Diaspora with particular expertise in Psychology, public relations and public performances, Advocacy, Human Rights and Democracy.

Mission statement

Camp is specialized in the effective use of the media, mass communication and information technology for Education, Global information dissemination and access for development, Promoting Democracy and good governance, National capacity building, Promoting Community Health, Cultural preservation, Fight against social injustice and Poverty alleviation.

Current programs/projects and activities.

Democracy

As far as our current programmes are concerned, 2013 being an electoral year in Cameroon, pregnant with three major elections, the Cameroon Association of Media Professionals has been committed in providing information on the Cameroon Electoral code to local communities.

We do these through periodic publications in major newspapers and well as run programmes on Community Radio stations.

Still in line with our democracy and governance area, CAMP is the  a Coordinating Member of Volunteers for Democracy and Peace for the South West Region of Cameroon and we are responsible for ensuring that elected officials are accountable to those who eventually elected them.

Education

-CAMP Children’s Link Resource Center is an ongoing project which started in 2007 and till date we are making sure that many more children especially the Girl Child has access to education by 2015 in areas where girl child education is still a taboo, the project this year is in Bethcati Village.

CAMP is also presently supporting school libraries with archival materials on Cameroon history towards preserving the rich historic pieces of our country.

This project involves the gathering of materials, documenting and replicating them and distributing them to a few pilot school libraries.

Culture and Tourism

In partnership with the United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, CAMP, the Bimbia Council and the Ministry of Culture will in the months ahead commence work for the realisation of the project to Conserve and preserve the Bimbia Slave Trade Village