Launched on Friday, August 7, 2026, in Yaoundé by the Minister of Youth MOUNOUNA FOUTSOU, the first edition of the National Integration Camp for Youth of the Diaspora brings together young people from 4 continents. Objective: to transmit civic values, discover Cameroon, and involve the diaspora in national construction. For 10 days, the goal is to transform “geographical distance into a force for action.”
On Friday, August 7, 2026, the Minister of Youth and Civic Education, MOUNOUNA FOUTSOU, officially launched in Yaoundé the first edition of CINA-JEDI: the National Integration Camp for Youth of the Diaspora.
Under the colors of the flag and in a room full of young people from Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, the MINJEC set the course: to make this dispersed generation an active link in Cameroon’s development.
This meeting has three objectives:
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– Civic and patriotic education. It is first about “instilling the values of national unity, living together, and citizenship.” For the Minister, knowing one’s origins, history, and institutions is the prerequisite for any commitment. Modules on the Constitution, the symbols of the Republic, and the fight against hate speech are on the program.
— Discovering the real Cameroon. Participants will travel across the country. Immersion in the regions, meetings with local actors, visits to structuring projects. The ambition: “to allow the youth of the diaspora to get a firsthand experience of the realities, challenges, and opportunities of Cameroon.”
— Involvement in national development. CINA-JEDI does not want mere tourists. The government wants partners. To this end, entrepreneurship workshops, forums with the private sector, and presentations of investment mechanisms are planned. The idea is to “mobilize the skills, networks, and capital of the diaspora in the service of Cameroon.”
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“You are Cameroon outside of Cameroon,” emphasized MOUNOUNA FOUTSOU. “Your role is not to watch from afar. Your role is to build with us.”
For this first edition, the camp aims to be a laboratory. Test the format, listen to expectations, create a lasting network of young ambassadors of Cameroon abroad.
For 10 days, these young people will learn, exchange, debate. And above all understand that geographical distance should not mean disconnection.
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