ETAYA NGO: Innovating Human Capacity Building & Rural Development

The NGO ETAYA derived its name from the Ejagham language. ETAYA – Etum Akuwa Ya Akpak, roughly translated  means “Work for Orphans and the Poor”. With head quarter in Kembong and a branch office in Muea-Buea, ETAYA is able to manage and coordinate projects efficiently.

ETAYA is a community-based NGO that aims to transform the lives of children and women in remote rural communities in Cameroon, Africa. “Through micro-programmes we hope not only to empower, but to also provide opportunities, support, guidance and assistance to enable them meet their basic needs”, says the director of ETAYA Mr. Felix Tanyi Nkongho. Maintaining good relations with the local communities is essential for productivity, he emphasized.

ETAYA and its partners use practical solutions to meet the basic/primary needs in education, health/sanitation, skills and income generation, environmental conservation awareness in collaboration with other organizations.

Contrary to governmental NGOs in Cameroon, ETAYA speaks little but does volumes; advancing the livelihood of the rural masses by breathing innovating human capacity building. Infrastructural development through the construction and renovation of classrooms for primary and secondary schools, health centers, community facilities, etc. Health and sanitation improvement is fostered through educative seminars and building of clean toilets; just to name a few in the broad spectrum of the activities of ETAYA.

The director of ETAYA believes that the future of Cameroon is in the hands of our kids and says thus, « lets provide them with basic learning environment at the primary school ». To that effect a constant donation of books to primary schools has been on the agenda of the NGO.

Agricultural activities and farming are the main sources of income and subsistence in the rural areas of Cameroon. ETAYA supports common initiative groups and farmers with farming equipment to ascertain continuous growth and sustainability of such activities.

The success of ETAYA has been mainly dependent on sincere hardwork, transparent and accountable distribution of donated resources as well as in the execution of earmarked projects. These exceptional qualities earned ETAYA reliable cooperation partnerships in England, Germany, China, USA and other African countries. The volume of projects executed in the rural areas speak for themselves.

The doors of ETAYA are always open to new ideas and partnership possibilities, in as much as it fosters the need to serve the interest of orphans and the poor.

For more information about the NGO and its activities, you can reach the director of Etaya (Mr. Felix Tanyi Nkongho) through the contact indicate here. Tel.:+237 677407572 | Facebook | ETAYA | Skype:Tanyi Nkongho