Like many other countries in Africa, there are child sponsor programs in Cameroon, given the serious issues with children living in poverty without clean water, decent sanitation or education. There are some nine million children in Cameroon with a staggering 300,000 orphaned by AIDS and a further 45,000 infected themselves.

Despite an overall decline in poverty over the last ten years, in many areas of the country poverty has worsened with over half of these households being home to children under fifteen years of age. There are also tens of thousands of refugee children in the country.

Below are charities that you can contact to sponsor a child in Cameroon.