Anglophone crisis: Initiative trains IDPs in pastry-making and business development

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in the framework of its government-support mission, recently launched an initiative called “Migration et Pâtisserie” (“Migration and Pastry”) in Cameroon. The initiative funded by the Japanese government aims to support the (re)integration of internally displaced youths into host communities while improving socioeconomic well-being by combining culinary arts and youth volunteerism. According to Abdel Rahmane Diop, IOM’s Head of Mission in Cameroon, the initiative wants to create the conditions required to give those forced to flee the ongoing conflict in the North-West and South-West regions the opportunity to access vocational training that will help them…