DEVELOPMENT & EMERGENCY RELIEF INITIATIVE

Founded in 2021 in the Capital city of Cameroon by a group of diverse youth, the Development and Emergency Relief Initiative was birth from numerous observations. The most famous being the urgent need for modern approaches to news coverage and media activities in a rather fast growing continent plagued by humanitarian emergencies and sustainable development setbacks. More so, the necessity of “living healthy” in an age of globalization, where production is struggling to meet demand due to an unending rising population, leading to poor feeding and living habits. Keeping also in mind that the sustainable development goals cannot really be attained without equal rights between men and women, DERI found its root with the aim of advancing women rights and the girl child. This goes in due line with our aspiration of promoting youth employment, entrepreneurship, regional development and climate action. It goes without doubt accurate that the growing number of the youth population in Africa is an impediment for peace and development. At such, the urgency of creating and promoting equitable opportunities has never been this important.
Our team is comprised of top notch specialist in their fields. They consist of an array of skilled project managers, software developers, communication experts and policy analysts. As a non-profit, we put our time and energy at the service of African communities to combat hunger, foster gender equality, sustainable development and peace.
Mission Statement
The Development and Emergency Relief Initiative (DERI) is a not-for-profit organization with the goal of promoting: digital communication for development and emergencies, digital learning in situations of informal education, promotion of good health and nutritional habits, agriculture, youth empowerment and entrepreneurship.

DERI is designed to strengthen digital communication in emergencies while enhancing Sustainable Development through corporate social responsibilities. We invest in young people across Africa by using advanced technology to provide solutions to the myriads of devastating crisis impending their growth and prosperity.

Through our work, we help communities and organizations attain their communication goals by providing up to date research methods to develop and improve digital communication and innovation in order for them to attain their project goals.