Welcome to CADA
Collective Arts Development Association
Igniting Transformative Change from within.
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Our Mission
To transform the lives of disdavantaged youths through life skill education,art training and social entrepreneurship.
Our Vision
To rebuild resilient and enhance sustainable livelihoods for disadvantaged youths through arts and social entrepreneurship.
Our Partners
Collective Arts Development Association(CADA
Collective Arts Development Association(CADA), is a development and humanitarian non- governmental not for profit organization. CADA’s head office is located at Nkwen, Bamenda III sub-division in the Northwest region of Cameroon. CADA was recognized as an Association in 2016 per the 1990 law of association under authorization number 55/E.29./1111/VOL.8/ALPAS
Other objectives
- To identify and promote artistic works among boys and girls for their economic empowerment and poverty alleviation
- -To build the capacities of boys and girls in both conventional and domestic artistic works for them to increase their employment chances.
- To identify and encourage the upgrade of domestic artistic equipments to meet modern and expected standards to facilitate and maximize efficiency
Ready to Change Lives? Become a Volunteer With Us!
You can volunteer as a facilitator, participant, help spread the news about transforming the mindsets of drug addicts,ex-convicts,ex-child soldiers and rebuild resilience among marginalized groups in our communities through life skill education, art training and social enterprise development programs for their social, mental, psychological and economic welfare.
Volunteer Requirements
Must be above 21 years of age
Good Skills in English Language
Discipline and respectful
Time conscious
Who we are
We are a team of professional,experienced artists, social entrepreneurs, mental health, psycho social support, counseling and community development experts who give their all to practically and theoretically train and empower disadvantaged youths cause by the Anglophone crisis to rebuild resilient, foster positive attitudes and acquire sustainable livelihoods.
What we do
We manage and operate an art school where we help severely disadvantaged youths cause by the Anglophone crisis and its consequences. At CADA’s art school, we offer training in various artistic disciplines like visual,graphic,audio visual arts and crafts. We also teach vital skills for economic independence and social inclusion. Through an immersive, hands-on, and intensive training program participants receives techniques, tools, methods and skills they need to rebuild resilient and to start up small social business ventures to enable them acquire sustainable livelihoods and foster positive attitudes.
After a 9 month intensive training program which comprise of six months of intensive and effective training in various artistic disciplines such as drawing,painting,sculpture,crafts,audio-visual arts, graphic arts and entrepreneurship skill development including a 3 month business coaching and mentorship program. After successful of the course, successful participants through an application process, receives seed funding in material and financial support to enable them set small social business ventures.
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What we'v done
Since the crisis started in 2016, CADA has train and empower 105 disadvantaged youths from 24 different crisis affected communities in the Northwest region of Cameroon. This has resulted to 80+ small business ventures that have positively and continuously impacting the lives of these youths and their families as well. And others who have been employed by other entrepreneurs in different social enterprises and related corporations.
At the same time we device strategies and methods to solve other issues like: rehabilitation for the homeless, ensuring food sustainability,peace advocacy,the girl child empowerment,environmental protection among others.
Meet the 2024 Batch of Participants
The 2024 batch counts 15 disadvantaged youths from seven crisis affected communities in the Northwest region of Cameroon.