Strategic Planning

Moved by the ongoing socio-political crisis in Cameroon, the founding members of CIfA observed with dismay the rise of unemployment, juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancy, Gender Based Violence (GBV), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental health crisis just to name a few within most communities in North and South West Regions of the country. Due to the massive displacements of people internally and externally, women and youths have been highly affected and the welfare of elderly persons have been neglected

From this backdrop, the Community Impact for Africa (CIfA) was created with the following objectives:

Empower

To empower youth’s especially teenage mothers and young widows in sustainable livelihood activities.

Promote

To promote community health care and development amongst the elderly, female folks and other vulnerable groups.

Contribute

Contribute to the fight against all forms of violence while promoting peace building, human rights, gender equality and disability inclusion.

Diversity

To promote diversity of culture and enhance indigenous languages and cultural groups

Strategic Planning

The strategic planning process began in mid-March 2020, when CIfA’s management engaged the services of an expert to facilitate the process and the following stages have been observed:
Stage 1

Compilation of stakeholder opinions and reports

The consultant had several sessions (in person and online) discussing with CIfA’s CEO and co-founder. An organizational-health-checklist was administered and CIfA’s management prioritized the development of the strategic plan amongst other needs of the organization. Through the interactions, key areas were highlighted as strategic axis to the organization.

Stage 4

Finalizing and approving the strategic plan

The approval was done during an extra-ordinary board of directors meeting in April, 2020.

Stage 2

Production of a draft strategic plan

To do this, a two-day working session (online) was organized. This working session was attended by the two founders of the organization and the consultant. During the working sessions, participants conducted a SWOT analyses; set five-years strategic goals in the seven strategic domains; proposed creative and realistic strategies just to name a few.

Stage 5

Launching of the strategic plan

After the approval, the strategic plan was launched.

Stage 7

Develop annual work plans to operationalize strategic plan

An implementation plan as well as a monitoring and evaluation strategy were completed to accompany this strategic plan and to assist in successful implementation of the plan.

Stage 3

Validation of the draft strategic plan

At the end of the two day working session, the consultant was task to fill in the blanks and consolidate the drafts with inputs from others. A one day-working session was organized where the draft was completed and forwarded to the board for approval.

Stage 6

Dissemination of strategic plan to dioceses, donors and stakeholders

Copies of the strategic plan were disseminated to all board members and partners.

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