Partners for Relief and Development Organization (PARDO)

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Partners for Relief and Development Organization (PARDO), originally known as Child Aid Development Foundation International (CADFIN), established in 2007 by a group of Community Development Instructors, is a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organisation and doesn't discriminate in terms of race, ethnic group, sex and age. In 2020, Child Aid Development Foundation International (CADFIN) was renamed Partners for Relief and Development Organization (PARDO) to emphasize its social, economic and relief work and its increased programmatic focus on integrated community development. PARDO focuses its operations in regions of Cameroon which present social, economic and livelihood challenges.

PARDOꞌs vision is to serve humanity (children, women, men, youth, elderly and indigenous people) as intended through community engagement and partnerships. PARDO operates under the slogan "United in Service for Humanity"

The mission of PARDO is to foster sustainable community development, humanitarian initiatives that alleviate poverty, improve lives, living standards and impact positive social transformation in partnership with local, international, public, private institutions and civil society organizations.

The main objective of PARDO is to create partnership and contribute to a sustainable socio-economic development for vulnerable groups and needy communities through community engagement, capacity building, advocacy, relief and institutional strengthening at the grass root, regional and national levels in Cameroon.
We aim to achieve this objective by fostering sustainable development through community development and humanitarian initiatives that alleviate poverty, improve lives, living standards and impact positive social transformation.

Objectives
• To promote livelihood initiatives for poverty alleviation, economic autonomy for vulnerable populations such as women, children, elderly and indigenous communities;
• To create avenue for human rights advocacy, peaceful resolution of conflicts and sustain socio- economic recovery initiatives for conflict affected population and marginalized communities;
• To foster peace, justice, handwork, patriotism, conservation of the environment and other positive social values in partnership with other civil society organisations.
• To create awareness on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and seeking partnership for the accomplishment of such goals.

This will be achieve through intervention in the areas of education, health, WASH, agriculture/livelihood, climate change and governance with other focus on human rights, access to justice, women empowerment and protection of the vulnerable communities and individuals especially Internally Displace Persons (IDPs), refugees and returnees.

Ongoing projects:
• Preventing and eliminating child early and forced marriage through social transformation in Adamawa Region of Cameroon.
• Community action for the prevention of COVID-19 in Mbankomo.
• Preventing radicalization and strengthening early recovery efforts of women and youth in response to the deteriorating situation in Santa North West Region, Cameroon.
• Care and support for children affected by conflicts, HIV, and COVID19 in the Mezam Division North West Region of Cameroon.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.