Humanity First Cameroon

Humanity First Cameroon is a community-based organization which fights against HIV for vulnerable populations such as gay and bisexual men. It also promotes and protects the rights of sexual minorities including LGBTI people. As far as fighting against HIV is concerned, our mission is to: - To carry out concrete actions of sensitization and testing of HIV through peer education; - Promoto voluntary, anonymous and free HIV testing for key populations; - Facilitate access for people living with HIV (PLHIV) to comprehensive care (medical, psychosocial and nutritional) and work to maintain the undetectable viral load; - Promote better access to health care for key populations; - Conduct advoc... read more Humanity First Cameroon is a community-based organization which fights against HIV for vulnerable populations such as gay and bisexual men. It also promotes and protects the rights of sexual minorities including LGBTI people. As far as fighting against HIV is concerned, our mission is to: - To carry out concrete actions of sensitization and testing of HIV through peer education; - Promoto voluntary, anonymous and free HIV testing for key populations; - Facilitate access for people living with HIV (PLHIV) to comprehensive care (medical, psychosocial and nutritional) and work to maintain the undetectable viral load; - Promote better access to health care for key populations; - Conduct advocacy for the training of the largest number of medical staff to the indiscriminate reception of sexual minorities. As far as human rights are concerned, our missions: - Conduct missions to observe and document human rights violations facing by sexual minorities; - Sensitize and educate sexual minorities on basic elements of human rights and legal instruments; - Provide legal assistance to sexual minorities involved in legal proceedings because of their sexual orientation; - Advocate for the respect of the rights of sexual minorities; - Sensitize national and international public opinion on the living conditions of sexual minorities in Cameroon; As far as gender and women's Leadership is concerned, our mission is: - strengthen and empower women's leadership and gender mainstreaming through community mobilization of lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) women.