About Yekov Foundation
We believe that by providing opportunities, skills training and support, we can create a positive and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to the betterment of society.
A world where every young person thrives and transforms communities.
To empower youth, promote gender equality, advocate for the rights of the girl child, and support single mothers in our community.
Our story
Our founder, Yekov Cindy, kept meeting the same young people: bright, hard-working and stuck. Some had fled the crisis in Cameroon's North West and were starting over with nothing. Some were girls who had been told, one way or another, that ambition was not for them. Others were young mothers raising children alone.
What they needed was not pity. It was a skill they could sell, a mentor who believed in them, and a door to walk through. So, with a handful of volunteers and a few committed trainers, Yekov Foundation was born, and launched in Bamenda before a hall full of young people, educators and mentors.
Our first cohort learned pastry, IT and hairdressing alongside displaced youth from across the region. Since then we have hosted wellbeing retreats, celebrated women changing their communities, taken career guidance into high schools and helped young people chase global opportunities.
Our objectives
Practical, hands-on training that turns into income: pastry, IT, hairdressing and business basics.
Putting computers, code and digital confidence in the hands of girls who are too often left out of tech.
Speaking up on menstrual dignity, education and safety, so every girl can stay in school and stay safe.
Scholarships, fellowships, conferences and careers, locally and internationally, explained without gatekeeping.
Skills, support and a community for mothers raising children alone, so they can provide and thrive.
What we stand for
How we work matters as much as what we do. These are the promises we make to every young person who walks through our doors.
We start where young people are, including those displaced by the crisis, and walk with them from a first skill to a first income.
When a girl learns, earns and leads, her whole community moves forward with her.
Hands-on training, real mentors and real tools. Skills that put food on the table, not certificates that gather dust.
We build with schools, universities, tech hubs and fellow organisations, because no one changes a community alone.
The people
Volunteers, professionals and mentors who give their time so young people can grow.
Founder
Cindy founded Yekov Foundation to give young people, especially girls, displaced youth and single mothers, the skills and support to build the lives they dream of. She leads the foundation's programmes and partnerships, and is often found in the training room herself.
LinkedIn profile of Yekov Cindy
Team member
Software engineer, and co-founder and CEO of Skye8, the foundation's technology partner. Juvitus helped organise the foundation's launch and spoke on its panel.
Team member
Development communicator, youth advocate and advocate for the inclusive participation of persons with disability. Meklia helped organise the foundation's launch and spoke at it.
Adviser
Proprietor of Keep the Faith Nursery and Primary School and an academic administrator with over 30 years of experience. He advises the foundation and served on the panel at its launch.
Partners
Universities, tech hubs, student associations and fellow organisations walk this road with us.
Give today
A gift of any size buys ingredients for a baking class, computer time for a girl learning to code, or a seat at a wellbeing retreat. Give by card, MTN Mobile Money or Orange Money.
