To Empower Families of Persons With Disabilities, eBASE Africa Launches the Wakka Inclusive Njangi Project in the Centre and South Regions.

The Wakka Inclusive Njangi: Empowering Families of Persons with Disabilities Project has been officially launched across all target divisions Lékié & Mefou-et-Akono in the Centre Region, and Mvila in the South Region of Cameroon. The decentralized launch  was marked by official visits and roundtable discussions at the Offices of the respective Senior Divisional Officers (SDOs) to mark the formal commencement of activities and government and key stakeholders buy in. 

During the engagements, the administrative authorities formally endorsed the initiative, reaffirmed their commitment to providing all necessary support from their end to ensure an  implementation of such an innovative project targeting the vulnerable population the regions.  

The Wakka Inclusive Njangi model builds on a proven community-based approach first piloted  in the Northwest Region between 2018 & 2024, where children with disabilities and their families were empowered through an innovative  Njangi system built on evidence recommendations incorporating seed funding for income-generating activities, digital marketing empowerment, market channels, household visits  and micro-health insurance for evidence uptake at household and community level to improved wellbeing through improved health, education, social wellbeing, livelihood and empowerment. 

The project which started in December 2025, will run till December 2026 and will directly benefit 640 people, including persons with disabilities and caregivers, providing business skills training, social protection access, and financial resilience support. Indirectly, it will impact over 3,200 household members. 
 
 
Persons with disabilities and their families in the Centre and South Regions of Cameroon continue to face systemic barriers to economic participation. Although Njangi (VSLAs) are widely practiced community savings systems, they rarely incorporate disability-inclusive structures, adapted financial literacy training, or formal insurance linkages. As a result, health-related shocks and unexpected crises frequently erode savings and business capital, deepening vulnerability. It is against this backdrop that  eBASE with funding from CBM through the Wakka Inclusive Njangi Project addresses these structural gaps by strengthening inclusive savings mechanisms, linking Njangi groups to micro-insurance schemes, and facilitating access to broader social protection services within a coordinated institutional framework. 
 
By the end of the project: 

• Persons with disabilities and caregivers of children with disabilities will strengthen their business skills to enhance income-generating potential.
• Families of persons with disabilities demonstrate increased resilience through enhanced access to health insurance and inclusive social protection services.

Together, we are building inclusive economic systems that leave no one behind the evidence-based practice train.

See project infos here.