Shalom Initiative (SI)
OUR MISSION
Through our programs to help the underprivileged and vulnerable persons to develop self awareness and skills in order to gain positive change in their lives and leave in a peaceful community
OUR VISION
To transform and impact the life of our target group, by developing their inner most skills, create jobs and life for themselves and become self reliant within a supportive policy environment for peace and sustainable development in Cameroon.
OUR OBJECTIVES
A peaceful life for all people (Transforming and impacting lives)
OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Peace Building: Shalom initiative is committed foster peace campaigns, to teach peace building, Conflict transformation and nonviolence. We are committed to offer our local community our peace values such as; love, compassion, reconciliation, empathy and nonviolence. We want a peaceful life for all people.
Education: Shalom initiative seeks to support quality education for all formally or informally, we assist women, girls, men, boys and young people through education and training for them to be able to stand out amongst their peers in the society and make life worth living for them..
Agriculture and livelihood Security: shalom initiative is raising life style in different ways, through our pig farming and poultry project we trained and established some vulnerable, underprivileged and internally displaced persons on live stock farming.
We empower our target group through economic empowerment and vocational training projects. We trained young girls and boys to be self determined, be able to represent their interest in a responsible way on their own authority.
Gender Justice: Shalom Initiative is out to achieve gender equality and to empower women, girls, men, boys and persons living with disability. We gather resources, take action and do the things that will lead us to achieving gender justice for all.
Health: Shalom Initiative is out to promote good health and well-being for all, through awareness raising, community sensitization campaigns and providing WASH kits to our local communities.
OUR LEADERS
Vagoga Mary Salle
Executive Coordinator
Vagoga Mary Salle is the Founder and President of Shalom Initiative, a Cameroonian by nationality, a human resource management graduate. She is a trainer of peace building and conflict transformation trained by the PCC at the Presbyterian Peace Office in Buea. She is also a nonviolent trainer as she holds a nonviolent certificate from the Metta Center for nonviolence, directed by Micheal Nagler in the USA. Ex 1 year volunteer at Bread for the world Germany. She is capable of practicing discretionary behaviour and, by working with a diverse work force without discrimination. Her love for peace work and to put smiles on the faces of the people around her and her commitment to build a peaceful community by transforming and impacting lives through her developmental services inspired her to come up with the Shalom Initiative
Email: Salle.mary@yahoo.com
Etong Tiku Abey
Project Coordinator
ETONG TIKU ABEY a Cameroonian by nationality, a graduate in political science. Holds a Diploma in workplace safety. He is certified mental health personnel. He coordinates the implementation of office projects, support the team through monitoring, evaluation and report, he is committed to support the sustainable development goals and to put in all efforts to make sure that through it shalom initiative reaches her goal of a peaceful life for all people in her community.
Email:etongabey@yahoo.com
Our LOCATION
Down Hill Mbonge Road Kumba, Cameroon
Read more about us on our Website: https://shalominitiative.org
Telephone numbers: (+237) 681134272