Education
Two functional schools in Buea and Mamfe, built with UAC Netherlands and LiveBuild, offering safe and quality learning for orphans and vulnerable children.
Buea, Cameroon · West & Central Africa · Est. 1996
Grooming small minds for a big future.
United Action for Children is a Cameroonian NGO working alongside rural communities and urban slums in the South West Region of Cameroon, on the Gulf of Guinea coast of Africa — giving vulnerable children, youth and women a functional education and a real livelihood.
40,000+
Children reached since 2002
30
Years of community work
250+
Farming families supported
2
Model schools built
Where we work
Cameroon, on the west coast of Africa.
Every UAC programme runs inside Cameroon — a country on the Gulf of Guinea in West & Central Africa, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Our teams are based in the English-speaking South West Region, one of the areas most affected by displacement and school closures.
Head office
Buitingi, Buea
3 km from Buea, at the foot of Mount Cameroon — South West Region, Cameroon.
Second base
New Layout, Mamfe
Manyu Division, close to the Nigerian border — South West Region, Cameroon.
What we do
Seven programmes, one purpose: a child who can stand on their own.
Vocational Training
Johnson's Vocational Training Centre gives displaced and vulnerable youth free scholarships in practical trades and modern digital tools.
Agriculture
Since 2009 our livelihood programme has equipped rural families with tools, high-yield seeds and training that strengthen food security.
School on Wheels
A mobile classroom carrying teachers, books and uniforms to isolated villages and urban slums — already reaching over 8,000 children.
AI Community Lab
Hands-on workshops in mobile AI tools, graphic design and practical technology, building digital literacy for young people.
Entrepreneurship
Business skills, digital branding and enterprise tools that help youth and women build sustainable local ventures.
Community Sports
A Streetfootballworld Network partner using football tournaments and life-skills sessions to protect, inspire and empower vulnerable youth.
Our vision
Empowering lives, transforming communities.
We promote and enhance the lives of vulnerable children and young people through functional education, economic opportunity and social development — so that families, not just individuals, move forward together.
Our thematic areas span education, sports, agriculture, vocational training, entrepreneurship, technology, health and nutrition, WASH, food security and livelihoods, peace building and post-trauma awareness.
Our storyGet involved
Volunteers, partners and donors make this work possible.
Teach a class, mentor a young entrepreneur, fund a solar study kit or partner with us on a long-term project. Every contribution lands in a community we already serve.
