We work with youth and farming families in Cameroon's South West Region to build livelihoods, food security and lasting social cohesion.
Our programsPartner with usTo empower communities, especially youth, through economic opportunities, agricultural promotion, skills training and recreation, fostering social cohesion and sustainable development.
Founded in 2024 by Beatrice Owona-Kellogg and Frederick F. Kellogg III, The Owona-Kellogg Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Buea, Cameroon, and is licensed in Cameroon. We deliver direct-impact, community-led programs in the South West Region. We work hand in hand with farming cooperatives, youth associations and traditional leaders, and we start every program by listening: understanding what our communities need to thrive.
Building opportunities for self-reliance and financial independence.
Promoting sustainable agriculture for food security and prosperity.
Equipping individuals with practical skills for a brighter future.
Nurturing creativity, recreation and innovation for community well-being.
Strengthening unity and building resilient, thriving communities.
Empowering communities. Transforming lives. Building a better tomorrow.
Sustaining Organic Wealth, Community Cohesion and Green Rural Opportunities for Youth. Instead of passive grants, we provide physical tools and starter kits that create lasting productive capacity.
Disease-resistant seedlings, farming kits and field training in organic farming, multi-cropping and water harvesting.
Mobile evening training in tailoring, photography, media and decoration, with a professional starter kit for every graduate.
Inter-village football tournaments, dance and theater that bring elders and youth together and promote peace.
A six-month program in Mbakwa Supe and surrounding communities supporting 200 vulnerable youth with business training, start-up grants and vocational starter kits, alongside village savings and loan associations and community peacebuilding.
Our five-year plan commits us to transparent, accountable and measurable work, built on three pillars.
A rigorous vetting process and capacity assessment, formal partnership agreements, and funds released in phases against milestones and verified reports.
Foundation-led flagship projects, including cultural legacy projects with traditional dance, music and local languages, run by a dedicated project team with detailed impact reporting.
Fundraising and co-funding partnerships, micro-projects of up to 5 million FCFA a year for registered local associations, and regular case studies, testimonials and annual impact reports.
Formally recognised in July 2024, OKF has worked in Buea, Bokova, Mbanga, Yoke and Douala, supporting smallholder farmers, displaced women and unemployed youth. In late 2025 the Governor of the South West Region authorised us to carry out multi-sectoral needs assessments across all divisions.
A cocoyam propagation hub in Bokova, a cocoa nursery and plantain propagation in Mbanga, and a borehole serving farms in Yoke-Mbanga. A 1-hectare women's maize farm in Bokova, plus emergency food relief for the Bussasam Farmer Group.
A registered Common Initiative Group of 30+ women in Bokova, mostly displaced, received a 500,000 FCFA seed grant and took part in protection workshops. Solar lighting was delivered with DEMTOU Humanitarian.
Ten young people sponsored in hairdressing, tailoring, barbering, auto-mechanics and professional driving.
Ten 3,000W solar street lamps on 6.5-metre poles now light the road to the local orphanage and the interior quarters of Bokova. The project was delivered by the Bokova Women Common Initiative Group with funding from DEMTOU Humanitarian, and OKF helped secure the final funding tranche.
The last three lamps went up in a single day in January 2026, with local labour, 80 cm concrete foundations and controllers handed over to community security leads. Women vendors in these quarters can now trade 1.5 to 2 hours longer in the evening, and the donor delegation visited all ten sites during final monitoring.
Edo cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta), also called eddoe, is a staple food crop. This farm in Bokova village is one of the projects sponsored by the Foundation's founder and co-founder.
Women still travel to Koke or Muea for water. Solar-powered boreholes would end the daily trip.
A community mill would save hours of labour and travel to Buea market.
Extending light coverage to all 15 quarters of the village.
Rehabilitating the village's meeting place for social cohesion and peace.
Between April and June 2026, our field teams surveyed 777 households in Meme and Fako Divisions. Households told us clearly what they need: jobs, start-up capital, practical skills, farm inputs and spaces to come together.
Source: OKF community needs assessment, Meme and Fako Divisions, April to June 2026.
After years of conflict in Cameroon's South West Region, many households in Mbakwa Supe lack even the modest resources needed to rebuild a livelihood. Through GlobalGiving, you can help people facing extreme poverty start small businesses with a 50,000 XAF cash grant (about $86) and coaching support.
Participants are selected through needs assessment, community consultation and transparent verification. Each receives the grant, basic financial guidance and periodic follow-up support, so the money can be used for farm inputs, inventory, tools, transport or materials that best fit their livelihood.
We welcome conversations with donors, NGOs and institutions who want to support sustainable opportunities for youth in the South West Region.
Phone: +237 659 137 724 · +237 673 729 620
Email: theownonakelloggfoundation@gmail.com
Head office: Bakweri Town, Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
Facebook: Owona Kellogg Foundation · OKF Cameroon
