Community-embedded researchers, certified child protection specialists, and grassroots advocates working daily across the South West Region of Cameroon to build resilient, safer communities.
Every staff member, facilitator, and volunteer operates under shared humanitarian principles:
Adhering strictly to IASC humanitarian guidelines and community feedback mechanisms in every intervention.
Prioritizing dignity, confidentiality, and informed consent with rigorous PSEA protocols.
Partnering with traditional rulers, women leaders, and youth champions rather than imposing outside solutions.
Grounding all field programs in rigorous baseline surveys, vulnerability mapping, and participatory M&E.
Filter by functional department to explore our multidisciplinary team:
Executive Director & Founder
Over 14 years steering grassroots humanitarian action, institutional partnerships, and community-driven development across Central Africa.
Head of Programs & Operations
Directs NIMO's cross-sectoral interventions, ensuring compliance with international emergency standards, safety protocols, and field logistics.
Lead Child Protection Officer
Oversees Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS), case management for separated and vulnerable minors, and community child protection committees.
Education in Emergencies Coordinator
Coordinates accelerated learning initiatives, teacher psychosocial training, and scholastic support for out-of-school and displaced children.
GBV & Psychosocial Support Specialist
Leads survivor-centred clinical referral pathways, confidential case handling, and gender transformative community mobilization.
Lead Research & M&E Analyst
Designs quantitative and qualitative surveys, conducts community baseline vulnerability assessments, and measures longitudinal intervention impacts.
Community Mobilization & Safeguarding Officer
Builds active community feedback mechanisms and ensures local ownership of child safety networks and safeguarding reporting lines.
Livelihoods & Youth Empowerment Lead
Directs vocational apprenticeships, financial literacy workshops, and income-generating cooperative projects for vulnerable youth and women.
Women's Safe Spaces & Menstrual Health Focal Point
Coordinates dignity kit distribution, safe spaces for teenage mothers, and sexual reproductive health education in rural communities.
Reflections from our facilitators, protection caseworkers, and field researchers on the ground:
When you establish a safe space in a conflict-affected area, you witness a child transition from constant hyper-vigilance to laughing, drawing, and dreaming again. That transformation is why we are on the ground every day.
Lead Child Protection Officer
Child-Friendly Space Facilitator
True prevention of gender-based violence starts with traditional leaders, men, and youth having honest, courageous dialogues. When community elders champion women's safety, generational protection takes root.
GBV & Psychosocial Support Specialist
Frontline Case Manager
Rigorous community-level research ensures that every kit distributed and every classroom renovated directly corresponds to what families identified as their most urgent priority.
Lead Research & M&E Analyst
Field Survey Coordinator
Dedicated practitioners, social workers, and trainers working daily alongside communities across the South West:
Continuous technical training for local caseworkers and protection actors.
Safe, structured recreational and psychosocial environments for vulnerable children.
Facilitating dialogue with grassroots gatekeepers to transform protective social norms.
Mandatory prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse workshops for all team members.
Equipping youth and female heads of households with viable livelihood skills.
Distributing dignity essentials and promoting adolescent health education.
