About us
A refugee-led organisation, in Yaoundé since 2020.
BRIGHT stands for a simple idea: the people affected by our work should help shape it. Nothing for us without us.
Our vision
A world where every person, regardless of displacement, disability or circumstances, can live with dignity, access education and opportunities, and build an independent and fulfilling life in peaceful, inclusive communities and a healthy environment.
Our mission
Refugee-led, BRIGHT helps displaced and vulnerable people in Cameroon take charge of their lives:
- Educate: from school to university;
- Train: job, tech and creative skills;
- Care: counselling after trauma;
- Include: training for people with special needs;
- Unite: tennis and community sport;
- Protect: local environmental action.
Who we serve
Refugees, internally displaced people, migrants, asylum seekers, orphans and abandoned children, older people and persons with special needs.
Our founder
Why Liliane Uwase built BRIGHT.
Liliane Uwase was a refugee for more than 25 years, because of the genocide in Rwanda; her family moved to Cameroon during that period. Displacement taught her why dignity, opportunity and belonging matter, and why the people affected by BRIGHT's work should help shape it.
In 2020 she founded BRIGHT Association in Yaoundé. She has spent six years building organisations for displaced people: Communications Manager at the African Refugee Women-Led Network (ARWNET), Programme Coordinator at Mentors Without Borders (2021 to 2022), and delegate at the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in Geneva in 2025. She has been an Amahoro Coalition Fellow since 2025, and is studying for a second bachelor's degree, in computer science.
Nothing for us without us.
Our story
From a registration receipt to a refugee-led bureau of 18.
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BRIGHT is registered in Yaoundé
Receipt of declaration no. 000002341/RDA/J06/A2/SAAJP/BAPP, Mfoundi Division.
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Peace Building in My Community
With Amala Education, refugee and internally displaced young people learn to live harmoniously with different communities.
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The first photography workshop
From 5 to 9 July, photography professionals from Cameroon work with the Lens on Life Project; the photographs are exhibited with the Yaoundé III Council.
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The Back to School campaign
Funds raised so that internally displaced young people can return to school, in evening classes at Saint-Benoît Catholic College.
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Ten out of ten
All ten scholarship recipients who sat the Ordinary Level examination passed.
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The Lens on Life – BRIGHT Lab opens
Our own photography training centre opens with an exhibition of more than 60 photographs, seen by 200 visitors and covered by CRTV television and radio.
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Empower Her Through Innovation
Three days of training for refugee women and girls at our centre in Efoulan, as part of the Migration Summit 2024: 15 women and girls certified.
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A partnership with the Duolingo English Test
Our students can sit the test at no cost.
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The first ARWNET Summit, in Nairobi
Our founder joins refugee women leaders from six African countries.
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The Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, in Geneva
Liliane Uwase takes part as a delegate of ARWNET, sponsored by Oxfam International.
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A new executive bureau
The extraordinary general meeting elects a refugee-led executive bureau of 18.
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The registration is updated
Amendment no. 000635/ARDA/J06/ALPAS/APPB records the new statutes and the new bureau.
Join us
Help us open more doors.
Volunteer, bring your school, club or company into our programmes, or support a programme.