BABIENE HELINE EWENI - CAMEROO

Babiene Heline Eweni is a 23-year-old activist who is passionate about seeing young people fulfil their potentials. Her zeal for youth empowerment triggered her to host a 6-week skill acquisition workshop under the ?Leadership Initiative Award?, attended by hundreds of young people who developed skills in catering, fashion design, soap making, carpentry, and hairdressing. Similarly, she organized a 1-week skills acquisition program designed to equip the disabled for a life of self?reliance, development, and independence, themed, "Disability is of the mind". This program trained over 200 physically challenged persons on manicure and pedicure, phone repairs, make-up, and computer maintenance and awarded the top 3 candidates in each category with capital (in cash and kind) worth over?2,000.Sheorganizedfreemedicalcheck?upcampaigns,whereover420childrenwereexaminedandcurrentlyrunsthebiggestmedicalcampaigninCameroon,acampaignthathasprovidedantenatalcaretoover800internallydisplacedwomenandvaccinationfor1,860childrenagainstpoliomyelitis,measlesandhepatitisB.ThecampaignhelpedtomitigateillnessandthedeathrateofinternallydisplacedchildrenandwomenlivingintheurbanareasasaresultoftheaustereAnglophonecrisis.Shecollaboratedwith?DoctorsWithoutBorders?topayforsurgeryfortwoorphanswhowereblindduetocataract,andtheyregainedtheirsightafterthesurgery.BabienetookstepstoimprovethelivingconditionofCameroonianrefugeesinNigeriawhowerevictimsoftheAnglophonecrisis,byvisiting35refugeecommunitiesandreached8,000refugees,distributingfood,personalhygieneitems,andschoolmaterials.Sheprovidedthemwithdrugsworthover2,000.Sheorganizedfreemedicalcheck?upcampaigns,whereover420childrenwereexaminedandcurrentlyrunsthebiggestmedicalcampaigninCameroon,acampaignthathasprovidedantenatalcaretoover800internallydisplacedwomenandvaccinationfor1,860childrenagainstpoliomyelitis,measlesandhepatitisB.ThecampaignhelpedtomitigateillnessandthedeathrateofinternallydisplacedchildrenandwomenlivingintheurbanareasasaresultoftheaustereAnglophonecrisis.Shecollaboratedwith?DoctorsWithoutBorders?topayforsurgeryfortwoorphanswhowereblindduetocataract,andtheyregainedtheirsightafterthesurgery.BabienetookstepstoimprovethelivingconditionofCameroonianrefugeesinNigeriawhowerevictimsoftheAnglophonecrisis,byvisiting35refugeecommunitiesandreached8,000refugees,distributingfood,personalhygieneitems,andschoolmaterials.Sheprovidedthemwithdrugsworthover700 (U.S) to treat common ailments suffered by the children and strategically established a communication line between the refugee communities, the Cameroon government, and the civil society, for continued food and medical supplies. Despite the current Anglophone crisis that is rated as the worst socio-political conflict Cameroon has ever witnessed (and one of the worst in Africa), she started an NGO called ?Exceptional Youth Initiative? which convened 14 Conferences and 11 Seminars that directly motivated over 48,000 young people.