Cameroon Education Cluster: First Semester Operational Presence and Realization (January - June 2025)

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Country: Cameroon Sources: Education Cluster, UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached Infographic. The NWSW Education Cluster initially determined that 865,029 children need education in the North West and South West Regions. The cluster also aimed to target 679,428 children. During the reprioritization period, the PiN and targets were refocused on the most severely affected Divisions. This gave us 459,782 children in need of education, and 363,913 people in need.During the first semester of 2025, 44 Education cluster partners implemented activities in 12 out of 13 Divisions of the NWSW, except Momo Division in the North West. These activities were funded by 17 external funders (European Union, UNICEF, UNESCO, USAID, Education Cannot Wait, NRC, Plan International, SIDA, Street Child, FIFA Foundation, Japan, KOREA, Masterpeace & Turning Foundation, Rotary E-Club of Raleigh (RECRI), UNIDAS, UNDP, and Building Schools for Africa. 29 nationals organizations also funded some of their activities.A total of 205,717 (197,769 children and 7,948 teachers) persons were reached. A total of 3,515 persons with disabilities were reached with 1,266 being persons with disabilities reached for the first time during the first semester. During the first semester, 89,916 (44%) were people reached for the first time in 2025.A total of 197,769 (54.35%) children were reached against the reprioritised target of 363,913. The reprioritised Divisions for the 2025 PiN and Targets included: Donga-Mantung, Menchum, Mezam, Momo, Ngo-Ketunjia, Lebialem, and Ndian. 54% of the results were reported from the South West, while 46% were reported from the North West. Fako is the Division with the most reach, followed by Mezam and Bui Divisions. The least 3 were Ndian, followed by Donga-Mantung and Ngo-Ketunjia Divisions.From the total number of persons reached, 91% were reached through non-formal education channels, such as Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS), and community schools. In comparison, 9% were reached through formal education channels, such as public schools, religious schools, and private schools.The top 5 funders were Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and UNICEF, which both funded 7 interventions, followed by the European Union, which funded 6 interventions under the ECHO project, Building Schools for Africa funded 5 interventions, Masterpeace and Turning Foundation, SIDA, and USAID all funded 4 interventions each.The increase in reporting from May to June (Q2) was a result of the introduction of the UNESCO project, implemented by 9 partners. This project ended in June 2025.