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School Meal Programs are among the most transformative social programs in the world, yielding multi-sectoral benefits beyond education, nutrition, agriculture, local economy, etc. Nevertheless, these programs like the CVG Nourish2Flourish program go beyond school feeding, with other interventions designed to improve the physical health, mental health, diet and nutritional status, and education outcomes of school-age children and their communities. These complementary programs strengthen child well-being, resilience, and community health.

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CVG Hepatitis B Program

Why We Are Committed to Ending Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a silent infection — many people do not know they are infected until serious liver damage occurs. Without treatment, chronic HBV can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer.

Today, over 300 million people live with viral hepatitis. Every 30 seconds, someone loses their life to a hepatitis related illness. But we know it doesn’t have to be that way.

As an organization dedicated to child health, education, and community transformation, CVG integrates hepatitis B prevention and care alongside our existing programs, especially in vulnerable rural and conflict-affected regions. By integrating HBV screening, vaccination, education, and linkage to care within our community, CVG helps advance this vision — protecting children now and strengthening health systems for future generations.

Our Strategic Objectives

Enhancing Awareness & Education Campaigns

CVG is determined to increase public awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer across Cameroon through targeted education campaigns, publicly available training programs, and knowledge-sharing platforms to reduce stigma and encourage early detection and prevention of hepatitis B and liver cancer. We do this through:

– The establishment of school-based Hepatitis B Clubs

– Community seminars, church & mosque engagements

– Radio talk shows, jingles, and documentaries

– Training for teachers, parents, and youth groups

– Development and distribution of IEC materials: posters, banners, infographics, digital media

Expanding Access to Screening and vaccination

CVG is expanding access to hepatitis B screening, vaccination and treatment to meet WHO’s 2030 elimination targets, through advocacy and garnering the support of the Government of Cameroon. CVG seeks to achieve this by:

Providing free or subsidised HBsAg testing campaigns
Conducting targeted screening among pregnant women, prisoners, healthcare workers, university and secondary students, commercial sex workers, and outpatient clinic attendees and blood donors
Integration of hepatitis B vaccination into community health events

Support for health districts to roll out catch-up vaccination
Advocacy for universal Hepatitis B Birth Dose (HepB-BD) in Cameroon
Partnership with local councils and the EPI program

Linkage to Care & Support

CVG will continue to advance patient-centered hepatitis B care through the empowerment of individuals living with hepatitis B, supporting their active participation in care management and their leadership roles in advocacy, and fostering patient-led support groups. CVG will drive this by:

Strengthening referral systems to local hospitals and liver clinics
Providing patient navigation support (follow-up, counselling, adherence support)
Providing guidance on treatment eligibility and liver monitoring
Supporting groups to reduce stigma and discrimination

Developing policy briefs and supporting policy makers in evidence-based decision-making
Training grassroots advocates
Conducting community-based research projects

Our Achievements since 2021

100,000+ people reached through education
9,100+ people screened
Birth dose (HepB-BD) advocacy expanded in two municipalities
Municipal councils adopting HepB-BD into development plans
10+ radio stations broadcasting key messages
Over 200 trained volunteers
National High-Level Advocacy Workshops organized
Active engagement with EPI Cameroon

How You Can Support the Programme

Donate to expand screening & vaccination
Partner with us to reach more communities
Volunteer with us to raise awareness and educate the public
Advocate by sharing hepatitis B information

Together, we can build a Hepatitis-Free Cameroon as CVG is dedicated to achieving a healthy and hepatitis B-free society, where every community has equitable access to testing, prevention, management, and treatment.

Literacy and Library Programme

Overview

At Community Vision Group (CVG), we believe that feeding the body must go hand in hand with nourishing the mind. As part of our Beyond School Feeding approach, the Literacy and Library Program strengthens learning outcomes by ensuring that children not only attend school and receive nutritious meals, but also have access to quality books, supportive reading environments, and a strong culture of literacy.

Since 2022, CVG has been implementing this program with generous support from Book Aid International, through which we have received book donations that have enabled us to:

Equip school libraries
Support community and municipal libraries
Expand access to age-appropriate and curriculum-relevant reading materials across Cameroon

Our Vision

Through the Literacy and Library Program, Community Vision Group aims to build:

Confident readers and critical thinkers
Schools that are centres of learning and imagination
Communities where reading is valued and celebrated
A generation of children equipped with the skills to shape Cameroon’s future

Why Literacy Matters

In many underserved and conflict-affected communities in Cameroon, children face:

Limited access to books and learning materials
Overcrowded classrooms with few teaching resources
Weak reading culture both at school and at home

Without strong literacy foundations, children struggle to fully benefit from education—even when enrolled in school. CVG’s Literacy and Library Program directly addresses this gap by creating enabling environments where reading, learning, and curiosity can thrive.

A Strong Complement to School Feeding

As CVG expands its Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, we are intentionally designing this growth to be fully accompanied by a robust literacy and library support initiative. A child who is well-fed, emotionally supported, and surrounded by books is far more likely to:

Stay in school
Develop strong reading and comprehension skills
Perform better academically
Build confidence and lifelong learning habits

Together, nutrition and literacy create a multiplier effect for child development.

Key Program Components

Library Development and Book Access

Building on our partnership with Book Aid International, CVG:

Establishes and equips school, community, and municipal libraries
Ensures books are age-appropriate, inclusive, and culturally relevant
Supports access to both fiction and non-fiction to encourage learning and imagination

Child-Friendly Reading Spaces

To make reading inviting and enjoyable, CVG plans to:

Set up child-friendly reading corners and spaces within schools
Create safe, welcoming environments that encourage independent reading
Promote reading as a joyful and social activity rather than a chore

Teacher and Librarian Training

Access to books alone is not enough. CVG strengthens human capacity by:

Training teachers and librarians in reading promotion and library management
Supporting the integration of reading into everyday classroom practice
Building skills to guide children with different literacy levels

This ensures libraries are active learning hubs, not just storage rooms for books.

Reading Clubs and Literacy Promotion

To foster a strong reading culture, CVG promotes:

School-based reading clubs
Peer-to-peer reading and storytelling sessions
Community engagement around literacy

These activities help children build confidence, vocabulary, and a love for reading.

Curriculum Support Through Textbooks

As part of future program expansion, CVG aims to:

Procure and distribute nationally published, government-authorized textbooks
Focus on core subjects such as Mathematics, English, and French
Ensure alignment with Cameroon’s national curriculum

This will significantly strengthen teaching and learning outcomes, especially in under-resourced schools.

Flagship Literacy Activities

To further boost literacy and enthusiasm for learning, CVG envisions organizing high-impact activities such as:

Inter-school spelling competitions
Inter-subdivisional, divisional, and regional spelling championships
Book review and reading comprehension competitions
Public reading events that celebrate young readers

These flagship initiatives motivate learners, reward excellence, and place literacy at the heart of school and community life.

Child Vision and Eyecare Program

Good vision is essential for children to reach their full potential. Poor vision in children is strongly associated with lower educational attainment, reduced self-esteem, and diminished future socio-economic opportunities. Many vision problems are preventable or treatable, with up to 95% of children needing little more than a pair of glasses to improve their sight.

The Challenge

Over 450 million children globally experience poor vision, with the highest prevalence in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Western Sub-Saharan Africa. Children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with vision problems are up to five times less likely to attend formal education. Untreated vision problems limit learning, social development, and future life chances. Despite this, eye health is often overlooked in school health programs, particularly in LMICs. Without screening, children cannot access the treatment or rehabilitation they need, affecting their educational progress and quality of life.

The Solution: CVG School-Based Vision Screening

CVG’s Child Vision and Eyecare Program integrates vision care into the Nourish2Flourish School Feeding Program to ensure children receive comprehensive eye health services. The following key activities accompany our school feeding program:

Vision Screening in Schools and Communities
Early detection of poor vision in children.
Identification of other eye conditions that require treatment.
Provision of Eyecare Services and Assistive Devices
Provision of eyeglasses for children who need them.
Referral to specialized care when necessary.
Raising awareness about eye health and hygiene.
Encouraging positive behaviors that protect vision.

Our anticipated impact

Spectacles have been shown to reduce the chance of failing a class by 44%, improving educational outcomes significantly.
School eye health programs support inclusive education, ensuring every child can participate fully in learning.

These programs amplify investments in quality education (SDG 4), reduce barriers to poverty and hunger (SDGs 1 & 2), and enable future work opportunities (SDG 8).

Why CVG Focuses on Vision

By combining school meals programs and vision care, CVG ensures children not only receive the nourishment they need to flourish physically but also the eye care required to excel academically. Our integrated approach strengthens learning outcomes, builds confidence, and empowers children to achieve their full potential.

Menstrual Health Program

Supporting Girls’ Dignity, Confidence & Participation in School

Menstrual health is central to girls’ wellbeing, confidence, and educational success. Yet for many girls in Cameroon, managing menstruation safely and with dignity remains a daily challenge. To address this, CVG implements a comprehensive Menstrual Health Program as a complementary intervention to our Nourish2Flourish school feeding program. Together, these programs ensure students are nourished, supported, and able to participate fully in school.

Why Menstrual Health Matters

Menstrual health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being in relation to the menstrual cycle. Improving menstrual health is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals on: Gender equality, Quality education, Good health and wellbeing, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and Human rights and dignity.

Across low-resource settings, girls frequently experience limited or inaccurate puberty and menstrual education, stigma, taboos, and shame surrounding menstruation, lack of affordable, safe menstrual products, poor school WASH facilities (no water, privacy, or disposal options), menstrual pain without guidance or support, and limited social support from teachers, caregivers, and peers.

These barriers undermine girls’ confidence, mental well-being, and everyday participation in class. While menstruation may not always result in absenteeism, research shows it strongly affects concentration, psychosocial well-being, stress levels, and engagement in school.

Our Solution: A Holistic, School-Based Menstrual Health Program

CVG delivers a multi-component model informed by the latest global research and effective approaches used in Uganda, The Gambia, Tanzania, and across Sub-Saharan Africa. Our program ensures that girls can manage their periods safely, confidently, and comfortably while at school.

Puberty & Menstrual Education

We provide age-appropriate, culturally sensitive education sessions covering:

Understanding the menstrual cycle
Hygiene and safe product use
Myth-busting and reducing stigma
Emotional and mental well-being
When to seek help or medical support

These sessions build knowledge, confidence, and positive attitudes around menstruation.

Menstrual Kits for Schoolgirls

CVG supplies girls with menstrual kits that include reusable or disposable pads, underwear, soap, a discreet storage pouch, and instructions for use and care. Training is provided to ensure safe hygiene practices and long-term product sustainability.

Improved WASH Facilities for Girls

We support schools to strengthen menstrual-friendly WASH environments through:

Private, safe latrines for girls
Functional handwashing stations
Access to clean water and soap
Disposal bins and waste management options
Designated changing spaces

A supportive, hygienic environment allows girls to manage menstruation safely at school.

Menstrual Health Action Groups

CVG helps establish Menstrual Health Action Groups made up of girls, female teachers, school health focal points, and community volunteers. These groups serve as a safe space for learning, mentorship, peer support, and leadership development.

Community Sensitization & Parent Engagement

To sustain change, CVG engages communities through:

Mother’s clubs
Parent sensitization meetings
Community dialogues
Engagement with local leaders

These sessions address stigma, encourage open conversations, and build strong support systems for girls at home.

How This Complements the Nourish2Flourish Program

The Menstrual Health Program strengthens the impact of school feeding by improving girls’ confidence and self-esteem, daily school engagement, mental well-being, ability to concentrate and participate, hygiene and health, and overall academic readiness.

Together, these interventions create a supportive environment where every child—especially girls—can learn, thrive, and reach their full potential.

CVG is committed to ensuring that menstruation is never a barrier to a girl’s education. Through education, products, supportive environments, and community engagement, we help girls stay healthy, confident, and focused on their futures.

Regenerative Agriculture

Building a Resilient and Nutritious Food System

At CVG, we believe that school meals can do more than just feed — they can help regenerate our food systems, communities, and environment. By integrating regenerative agriculture into our Nourish2Flourish school feeding program, we support local farmers, restore soil health, and provide nutrient-rich meals that benefit children today and future generations.

What Is Regenerative Agriculture?

Regenerative agriculture is a holistic farming approach that restores soil health, enhances biodiversity, and boosts resilience to climate change. Rather than depleting land, regenerative methods help rebuild natural ecosystems — from the soil up. This means healthier crops, more resilient farms, and stronger food systems.

Why Regenerative School Meals Matter to CVG

Dual Impact: Our school feeding program sources food from local, regeneratively-managed farms — creating a stable and sustainable market for smallholder farmers.
Soil & Climate: Regenerative farming restores soil carbon, improves water cycles, and helps landscapes become more resilient to extreme weather.
Nutrient-Dense Meals: Foods grown regeneratively are often more nutrient-dense. By aligning them with school meals, we raise the quality of the food children eat every day.
Economic Opportunity: Procuring from regenerative farms can increase farmers’ incomes significantly. In Brazil, for example, income increases of 23–106% were observed where schools pay a premium for agroecological produce.
Value Creation: Investing in regenerative school meals isn’t just good for communities — it’s good for economies. There is a strong case for blended finance (public + private) to scale this model.

CVG’s Approach to Regenerative School Feeding

As part of our Nourish2Flourish program, CVG is rolling out a regenerative agriculture‑aligned school meals model built around:

Local Procurement: Working with smallholder farmers who use regenerative practices and creating dependable market access through school meal demand.
Farmer Support & Incentives: Encouraging agroecological practices such as crop diversity, no/low-till farming, cover cropping, and soil restoration. CVG also offers training and connects farmers to finance mechanisms that support their regenerative journey.
Sustainable Financing: CVG implements financial models that blend public funding, impact investment, and institutional support. These are based on frameworks developed by global leaders in regenerative school meals, like the Rockefeller Foundation and the Regenerative Food Systems Alliance. Aligning CVG’s program strategies with global best practices to mobilize resources for long-term regeneration.
Policy & Systems Integration: CVG partners with education, agriculture, and environmental stakeholders to build procurement standards that favor regenerative produce. We advocate for school feeding policies that support ecological farming, local sourcing, and farmer livelihoods.
Measuring Our Impact: We engage in tracking ecological outcomes such as soil health and biodiversity, monitoring social outcomes, including farmer revenues, job creation, and student nutrition, and using research-backed metrics to ensure our program contributes to climate resilience and community wellbeing.

Summarily, with this drive towards regenerative agriculture, CVG will ensure

More nutritious, locally grown meals that fuel learning and health.
Stable demand and fair prices for regeneratively produced food to boost income and resilience.
Regenerative practices to restore soil, sequester carbon, and protect biodiversity.
School meals become a lever for transformation, linking education, climate action, and food justice.

Child Vision and Eyecare Program

The Challenge

Over 450 million children globally experience poor vision, with the highest prevalence in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Western Sub-Saharan Africa. Children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with vision problems are up to five times less likely to attend formal education. Untreated vision problems limit learning, social development, and future life chances.

Despite this, eye health is often overlooked in school health programs, particularly in LMICs. Without screening, children cannot access the treatment or rehabilitation they need, affecting their educational progress and quality of life.

The Solution: CVG School-Based Vision Screening

CVG’s Child Vision and Eyecare Program integrates vision care into our Nourish2Flourish School Feeding Program to ensure children receive comprehensive eye health services. The following key activities accompany our school feeding programme:

Vision Screening in Schools and Communities
Early detection of poor vision in children.
Identification of other eye conditions that require treatment.
Provision of Eyecare Services and Assistive Devices
Provision of eyeglasses for children who need them.
Referral to specialized care when necessary.
Raising awareness about eye health and hygiene.
Encouraging positive behaviours that protect vision.

Our anticipated impact

Spectacles have been shown to reduce the chance of failing a class by 44%, improving educational outcomes significantly.
School eye health programs support inclusive education, ensuring every child can participate fully in learning.

These programs amplify investments in quality education (SDG 4), reduce barriers to poverty and hunger (SDGs 1 & 2), and enable future work opportunities (SDG 8).

Why CVG Focuses on Vision

By combining nutrition and vision care, CVG ensures children not only receive the nourishment they need to flourish physically but also the eye care required to excel academically. Our integrated approach strengthens learning outcomes, builds confidence, and empowers children to achieve their full potential.

Potential Partners

Active Partners in Eye Care: African Eye Institute, CBM, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Orbis, Peek, Sightsavers, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

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Child Vision and Eyecare Program

Good vision is essential for learning. Poor eyesight in children is linked to lower school performance, reduced confidence, and limited future opportunities—yet up to 95% of cases are treatable with simple eyeglasses.

Our Approach

Through the Nourish2Flourish program, CVG provides:

School and community vision screenings to detect poor vision early
Eyeglasses and assistive devices for children who need them
Referrals for specialized care when necessary
Eye health education to promote healthy vision habits

Why It Matters

Over 450 million children worldwide have poor vision, with the highest impact in low- and middle-income countries.
Children with untreated vision problems are up to 5x less likely to attend school.
Providing eyeglasses can reduce failure rates by 44% and improve learning outcomes significantly.
Supports inclusive education so every child can reach their full potential.

Anticipated Impact

Our program ensures that children not only receive the nutrition they need to grow but also the eye care they need to learn, flourish, and succeed.

Dental and Oral Health

Integrating Oral Health into CVG’s Nourish2Flourish School Feeding Programme ensures that we experience Healthy Smiles, and Nourished Minds in schools. At Community Vision Group (CVG), we believe that a child cannot learn on an empty stomach—and cannot thrive while in pain. That is why we are integrating Dental and Oral Health into our Nourish2Flourish Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, ensuring that children are not only fed, but also healthy, confident, and ready to learn.

Why Oral Health Matters

Oral diseases are among the most common but neglected health challenges affecting children. Tooth decay and gum disease cause pain, infection, difficulty eating, poor concentration, and school absenteeism—especially in communities with limited access to dental care.

For children benefiting from school meals, healthy teeth are essential to:

Eat nutritious food comfortably
Absorb nutrients properly
Attend school regularly
Participate actively in class

By addressing oral health alongside nutrition, CVG is tackling two major barriers to learning at once: hunger and pain.

Our Approach

Through the Nourish2Flourish Oral Health Initiative, CVG delivers annual school-based dental and oral health activities across beneficiary schools, aligned with World Oral Health Day (20 March).

Our approach is:

Preventive – stopping problems before they become severe
School-based – reaching children where they learn and eat
Child-friendly – age-appropriate, engaging, and inclusive
Evidence-based – guided by global research and WHO recommendations

What We Do

Each year, across Nourish2Flourish schools, CVG implements:

Oral Health Education

Interactive sessions using songs, games, demonstrations, and simple messages that help children learn:

Why brushing teeth twice, a day matters
How food choices affect teeth
The link between oral health, nutrition, and learning

Toothbrushing & Hygiene Promotion

Practical demonstrations and supervised brushing sessions that reinforce correct techniques and healthy daily habits.

Oral Health Screening & Early Identification

Basic, non-invasive screenings to identify children with oral health needs and guide early referral—preventing pain and long-term complications.

Community & School Engagement

Teachers, parents, PTAs, and school feeding committees are engaged to reinforce healthy practices at school and at home.

Who Benefits

Primary school children receiving Nourish2Flourish meals
Especially children in food-insecure, underserved, and rural communities
Girls and boys equally, with a strong focus on equity and inclusion

Our Impact

By integrating oral health into school feeding, CVG is achieving:

Improved oral hygiene knowledge and practices
Reduced tooth pain and preventable dental disease
Better meal consumption and nutrition outcomes
Improved school attendance and concentration
Stronger foundations for lifelong health and wellbeing

For children, this means healthy smiles, full plates, and brighter futures.

Join Us

Healthy children learn better.
Healthy smiles help nourish young minds.

👉 Partner with us
👉 Support Nourish2Flourish
👉 Help us reach more children with integrated school meals and health services

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Overview

Beyond addressing hunger through the Nourish2Flourish Home-Grown School Feeding Program, Community Vision Group (CVG) recognizes that children cannot thrive academically or socially without emotional and psychological well-being. In Cameroon’s North West and South West Regions, years of conflict have exposed children to violence, displacement, fear, and prolonged uncertainty. These experiences have led to increased cases of trauma, anxiety, depression, withdrawal, and behavioral challenges, particularly among school-aged children. The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Program is CVG’s response to this urgent but often overlooked need. The program provides school- and community-based psychosocial support that helps children heal, build resilience, and regain hope for the future.

Mental Health Beyond School Feeding

The MHPSS Program complements CVG’s nutrition, education, and livelihood initiatives under the Beyond School Feeding framework. Together, these programs address the full spectrum of child development—physical, emotional, social, and cognitive—ensuring that nourishment goes beyond food to include care, dignity, and hope.

Why Mental Health Support Matters

Mental health education and psychosocial care have historically received limited attention in many African education systems. Stigma, lack of trained personnel, and limited resources have left many children struggling in silence.

By integrating MHPSS into schools and communities, CVG aims to:

Reduce stigma around mental health challenges
Promote early identification and support for children in distress
Create safe, inclusive, and nurturing learning environments
Strengthen children’s ability to cope with trauma and stress
Support long-term educational participation and success

Our Program Approach

CVG’s MHPSS Program adopts a holistic, culturally sensitive, and child-centered approach, aligned with global best practices for conflict-affected communities.

School-Based Psychosocial Support

We work directly within schools to:

Provide structured psychosocial activities that promote emotional expression, self-esteem, and peer support
Integrate basic mental health education into school activities to normalize conversations around well-being
Establish safe spaces where children can share experiences and feel supported

These interventions help children feel secure, understood, and motivated to learn.

Capacity Building for Teachers and Caregivers

Teachers are often the first adults to notice changes in a child’s behavior. CVG:

Trains teachers to identify signs of distress, trauma, and anxiety
Builds skills in psychological first aid and referral pathways
Promotes teacher well-being, recognizing that emotionally healthy teachers are essential for student success

This empowers schools to become long-term sources of psychosocial support rather than temporary interventions.

Community and Parental Engagement

Mental well-being does not stop at the school gate. CVG works with parents, caregivers, and community leaders to:

Raise awareness about mental health and psychosocial well-being
Address harmful stigma and misconceptions
Encourage supportive home environments for children recovering from trauma

Community ownership ensures sustainability and cultural relevance of the program.

Targeting Conflict-Affected and Vulnerable Children

Special attention is given to:

Internally displaced children
Children affected by violence or loss
Children showing signs of emotional or behavioral distress

By prioritizing the most vulnerable, the program ensures no child is left behind.

Impact and Long-Term Vision

Through the MHPSS Program, Community Vision Group envisions:

Children who are emotionally resilient and socially connected
Schools that are safe, inclusive, and supportive learning spaces
Communities that understand and value mental well-being
A future generation better equipped to rebuild peaceful and productive societies