2022–2023 annual report

Community work during the reporting year

We recorded community outreach on inclusive practices, participation in protection training and work with other services. Water and hygiene support reached 58 households in September 2022. The report also describes our second Christmas event in December and participation in disability-rights activities. These are activity records, rather than a count of unique people across the year.

Education, referrals and follow-up

The report describes home visits, coordination with health and social services, participation in the May 2023 Ring the Bell campaign and arrangements for vocational learning. It distinguishes planned steps from recorded activities. On 24 June 2023, we held our second annual general meeting to review achievements, difficulties and priorities.

Outreach and the September distribution

In July 2022, the organisation spoke about inclusive practices at a Tinechung Village Development gathering. The annual account also records members attending protection training and referrals to CBC Health Services. A referral to ChrisWOV connected a participant with training and support for a livelihood activity.

In September, the PLAN/UNICEF WASH programme delivered supplies for 58 identified households. The detailed monthly report lists 116 buckets, 20 potties, a carton of water-treatment tablets and 40 packets of reusable pads. Collection was arranged in groups and receipts were signed. The annual report’s broad description and the detailed monthly inventory describe the same intervention, rather than additional households.

Public gatherings and member learning

The coordinator contributed a disability-inclusion talk to a women’s conference in November 2022. CVID-Cam participated in the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at CBC Nkwen on 3 December. The annual account records attendance, consultations and screening as part of the wider programme.

The second Christmas event is dated 18 December 2022 in this annual report, at the Sunday School Hall of P.C. Musang. The separately supplied team photograph records its opening meditation. In January 2023, members attended a three-day donor-search and grant-writing seminar organised by CBC’s Evangelism and Missions Department. These occasions combine public participation with learning for the organisation.

Documentation, education and vocational links

During March, the organisation explored collaboration with SEEPD and the Regional Hospital’s Social Action Service and Listening and Orientation Unit. Discussions covered referral possibilities and the steps for disability-card screening. The account records collection of completed cards in April, while applications and other requests remained at different stages.

On 4 May, CVID-Cam joined the Ring the Bell inclusive-education campaign. Performances, a talk, slogans and discussion highlighted children’s rights and barriers at school. Later in May, members participated in a school graduation and supported prizes recognising pupils, a teacher and a parent. Two referrals led to ChrisWOV training in June. An electronics apprenticeship was arranged through partner links, while other vocational options still required decisions and coordination.

Closing the year at the AGM

The second annual general meeting took place in Musang on 24 June 2023. Members reviewed work, challenges and plans. Participants presented sketches, slogans and a fashion parade, while representatives shared experiences. The detailed meeting account also records the financial presentation and the selection of neighbourhood liaison people.

The annual report describes volunteer work focused in Mezam, with participants originating from the seven divisions of the North West Region. Plans to expand geographically express an intention. They do not establish that services had already been delivered throughout the region. The work continued to depend on members’ time, dues, donations and the search for further resources.