A multi-talented enthusiast of varied fields, Eunice Tita is a married educationist, a Regional Pedagogic Inspector of School Life and a consultant with the British Council. She studied at Yaoundé University and ENS Yaoundé, the University of Leeds, and ESAMI in Arusha, as well as attending brief courses and stopovers in Italy, Ghana, Nigeria and the US. She is a gender and development strategist, currently heading an international NGO, Nkumu Fed Fed where she shapes the program areas of education, human rights, health, skills building, securing livelihoods and the environment. Her gender-related studies include women and ICT in Cameroon, the role of women international trade negotiations, gender-related budgeting in organizations and women and peacebuilding. Her goal is to prevent, protect against, and eventually eradicate gender-based violence and trafficking in persons in the crisis-affected regions of Cameroon.

Eunice has received many awards including the Hornby Award in 2006, an award for coordinating the international trade policy program for francophone Africa in 2012, and recognition as dynamic leader in the prevention of gender-based violence in the northwest region of Cameroon in 2019. She has earned several certificates on gender-related trainings from the and is currently undergoing a fellowship program with Vital Voices. 

IVLP Impact Award Project: Education and Awareness Raising Campaign to Protect and Prevent TIP 

This project is an education and awareness campaign directed towards decision makers, key actors and society in general to improve holistic responses to trafficking in persons (TIP). The project’s goal was to start conversations in society to drive decision makers to improve their responses to TIP. There was a sensitization campaign for three months and a two-day capacity building workshop on the prevention of TIP with civil society and with government institutions.

For the past 6 years, the northwest region of Cameroon has been experiencing a socio-political crisis with a lot of collateral damage including schools that are not functional, an increase in crimes promoting TIP and gender-based violence. Many survivors are not aware of the existence of specialized services at their disposal. This project raised awareness about these services and increased the capacity of multi-disciplinary service providers to respond to TIP issues. The training also included multi-stakeholder communities like traditional rulers, customary, religious and local councils to reach underserved populations such as women and youth, elderly women with disabilities and minorities.

This project reached 50 local decision makers and 1500 community members. Additionally, the project operationalized a TIP reporting task force, sensitized community members, and brought media attention to the issue of trafficking.

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"The community is now aware of the existence of specialized services where victims and survivors of trafficking could go." - Project Participant

IVLP Exchange Experience

Eunice was a participant of the IVLP Project Combating Trafficking in Persons, organized by the U.S. Department of State and Cultural Vistas.

U.S. Communities Visited Virtually

Denver, CO; Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX

Country: Cameroon

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