Social Development International (SODEIT)

I’ve been volunteering for years. SODEIT does absolutely amazing work with so many beneficiaries in local communities. SODEIT is a strong organization that deserves to be recognized for their hard work. It has caring and dedicated staff that work tirelessly for humanitarian work. Highly recommend this organization to anyone.

Social Development International (SODEIT) is a wonderful nonprofit working diligently to better the lives of disadvantaged people and communities. I am so grateful for their work.

SODEIT staff are professional and motivated. It is my absolute pleasure to work in such a great NGO.

SODEIT has a strong research team. Its research centre focuses on the issues and institutions that are critical to global development and its education program focuses on broad welfare goals and seeks to understand the role education can play in addressing inequity. Great job.

As a member of the Health Team, we have established a Remote Healthcare Center that provides free of charge services and testing of COVID-19/TB/HIV to around 2% of population in entire rural community. We developed partnerships with telemedicine health providers in African neighboring country to creating info-packs and medical kits at testing centers and collaborating with the Social Development International's University Team to create healthcare training programs for individuals within the community. My experience at SODEIT is life-changing!

My volunteer experience was amazing. SODEIT is definitely a great non-profit organisation.

I'm an educationist and working with SODEIT for the past few months as a grant writing team member. I really appreciate the mission and vision of this organisation to alleviate poverty, to empower women and and children. It's a really well organised, enthusiastic and supportive team to work with. I wish to be associated with this organisation for many more projects as I feel the organisation is doing a wonderful job in their respective field.
SHANOLI RAY

I have been volunteering with SODEIT since May 2020. It is a great opportunity for me to serve these people and to facilitate the social and economic empowerment of the poor and vulnerable inhabitants in communities, enabling their participation in the process of building a more developed, integrated, egalitarian, peaceful, and sustainable nation-state. It was a very good chance to cooperate with volunteers from over the world sharing our experiences, culture and efforts. As I believe you cannot serve other people while your people are in need. Therefore, it was important with me to start serving people in my continent in Africa as I am Egyptian and belong to same continent.

I am working with SODEIT from past one month. And, the management to handle all the volunteers and provide them tasks seems to be perfectly well-done for dealing with people from all around the world.

I started volunteering with SODIET development team by the beginning of June 2020 to help Cameron people face Covid-19.
on institutional culture level all my colleges and team leaders are real responsible hard working members how have the teamwork concept and collaboration.
Regarding the Tasks assigned to me it all virtual online work based mainly on deep researching and appropriate online communication with third parties - potential stakeholders.
we have a online meeting every week that last for hour and some few minutes , we recap together the progress and brainstorm possible action then have the next week objectives and tasks assigned.
it's really helpful and pleasure to see your small actions and simple commitment can make a difference and help people to have a better life.

The work being done by SODEIT is exceptional. Even in such times, like of COVID-19 pandemic, SODEIT is running Global Support Centre and helping those in need. We have been working on bringing different diaspora organization, providing study material, etc. for the people

My online volunteering experience with SODEIT so far has been different than I expected it to be. Honestly I didn't even know what to expect since this is my first time. I'm really happy to be a part of such a wonderful global support team that the organisation is developing, concerning the current situation in Cameroon. And I do have to say that this was indeed challenging for me in every way. But I believe that all good things are challenging. I'm honoured to be part of this global project and it has changed me a lot from the start. It has made me feel worthy of myself and that I too can cause a change, however small my action or thoughts are. It has definitely kicked me out of my comfort zone and I will never regret this. Kudos to the whole team for developing this project and giving us an opportunity to get involved.

I am blessed to be able to serve in the capacity of the Information Technology leader for SODEIT. My goal is to use my gift s and talents as it relates to technology to enhance the mission and vision for the organization through various technological platforms to meet the critical needs of the less fortunate.


Emmanuel

It's been a totally interesting experience working at the SODEIT as volunteer.
A highly proactive organization it is indeed in the cause of elevating lives within the Cameroonian terrains and beyond.

One spectacular thing I noticed during my first weeks as a volunteer with SODEIT is the diversity in race, culture, and careers of my team members. This has constantly allowed for broad thinking and richness in decision making especially during brainstorming sessions.

Volunteered here, organizers are timely and professional and responsive of all inquiries.

It is being a great experience working as a volunteer in this organisation.

At first, I thought that this project would be like another volunteering; to help remotely as much as we can with little interactions among members. It turns out so far to be the best volunteering project I've been a part of (even though it has only been two months of working). I love how SODEIT helps its volunteer to work in smaller groups depending on their interest and experiences in different teams. I have never been involved in any Human Resources experience in my whole life, and to be accepted in the HR team was such a huge honor for myself to learn so much more towards gaining professional knowledge.

SODEIT are very welcoming towards their volunteer to be such a huge family. Especially with diverse hundreds of members, volunteers were able to slowly get to know one another, such as from LinkedIn Groups. Moreover, each team is also well bonded. Accurately, on my team, the members communicate well hence making it easier to work on tasks as we share information as much as we can. SODEIT has its way of being flexible with team members living in different countries as we work in an environment with gaps of timezone, which at first I thought would be challenging to work in.

Externally, SODEIT is an NGO that works for a perfect cause. Volunteers work together to raise awareness from around the world to help build a support centre in Cameroon that is considered as a third world country.

I really appreciate being a volunteer at SODEIT. An empowering non-profit organization, reaching out the most vulnerable and risky population and their communities and working to help them live a better.

SODEIT is quite an innovative and powerful nonprofit with hundreds of warm-hearted volunteers. I joined SODEIT as a volunteer to build an online platform to combat COVID-19 in Cameroon. Together with other volunteers, we contacted more than 250 diaspora organizations to call for awareness to protect vulnerable communities from xenophobia. Together we really made a difference!

SODEIT has been an amazing charity to work for, inspiring team leaders and committed team members. Working on the new teams has really opened my eyes to how COVID-19 has been affecting other parts of the world. With SODEIT, every member is given the opportunity to voice their thoughts and is encouraged to put in effort to help those in need.

Personally speaking, I just made the decision of the change of my career direction - NGO, and I found this amazing opportunity on UNOV. I barely know the NGO from internal side, but SODEIT did give me deeply impression on what NGO is, and the shining part of how we gonna change the world. Even if just from a little point. The organization is really structural and I can see that it is with wonderful leadership. Besides finishing the task assigned to the team, our wonderful team members will self-drive promote the events or questionnaires. Thanks to SODEIT that make me meet great people and give me opportunities to show myself and develop myself.

So great to work with members from all over the world to offer help to those in need.

Working as a volunteer with SODEIT is a great experience , all the coordinators are very helpful and they have only one mission to accomplish that is social development of people . Highly motivated the organisation work with all the afferts to achieve its goal and thus contributing a major help in the development of the cameroon .working with such a great organisation is a big opportunity and a wonderful chance to contribute my knowledge and help for the development of the people of cameroon .

It is a really good project made by gentle, kind-hearted and humane people to help the people in Cameroon in their really difficult time between conflicts and poverty and so many infectious diseases problems.

Always available, helpful, resourceful and decent - the words that describe SODEIT best. My experience with the Social Development International has been a pleasure. Looking forward to the upcoming months!

SODEIT is a nonprofit organisation that is established to be a voice to the voiceless, help the vulnerability in our society through act of violence and abuse gain their freedom and right. SODEIT is an organisation who activity add value to life because human life is valuable and cherish before them. It activity also gives the victims reasons to smile again through social justice.

The good work keeps the organization going we the volunteer members are happy to work with you organization

Friendly volunteers and staff with great work ethic and passion for the cause

SODEIT Is an International organization that stays in Cameroon. I've been working as a volunteer to SODEIT, and I can affirm without doubts that this experience has been one of the most exciting experiences jobs that I have pass-through these years.
SODEIT has a Hole International Background, once it contains a Global Support Center, where a lot of teams (e.g Legal Team, Development Team, Human Resources Team, etc.) work all together to increase the Humans Projects into Cameroon. The CEO Peter Kwork and the CEO Founder Suliaman Turay are both very engaged and responsible for their jobs.

My time volunteering at SODEIT has strengthened my passion for helping those in need across the globe. This NGO is doing such important work to help the vulnerable communities of Cameroon during this frightening pandemic. I have greatly enjoyed working with my fellow volunteers and the coordinators to help bring relief to these people.

A NGO that has been doing an excellent job, trying to spread help and take care of as many people as they can. All of the staff and volunteers are amazing and really hard working. I believe that Cameroon is really benefited from all of the actions. Also, I hope that one day more people will know about this NGO qnd support it.

Awesome and amazing NGO. An NGO that caters to solve a Societal problem and ensuring that the Volunteers and Staff are updated and carried along to ensuring Cameroon is back to peaceful terrain for all.

Hello everyone!! Am currently working as a volunteer with SODEIT supporting to combat Covid-19 in Bonduma village Buea Southwest region Cameroon. It has been adventurous and educative. Getting to work with new people from different part of the globe has been exciting. I hope my contributions towards curbing and harnessing the spread of covid-19 through collective research work pays off.

It's a great experience, everyone do their best to achieve goals and help people who need it.

At the beginning of this pandemic, if I realized that I had to help in some way by leaving my egg, I rejoiced at the UN site to volunteer online and seeing all the options I had found at SODEIT where I needed volunteers to provide more Information about the Covid19 to the communities of Cameroon, when they accepted me, it was totally something new for me because I immediately saw the teamwork and commitment of each leader. As you learn more about this organization, you can tell me how important it is for Cameroon that I volunteer for my 101% support and that this reaches out to as many people as possible ... These communities through SODEIT need to know that they are important for the rest of the world and that we can get ahead together.

We’re at the beginning of the volunteering mission with SODEIT and I’m already thrilled to be part of such an amazing opportunity, where I have to share my time and skills with other translators from around the world and the rest of the team as well. Looking forward, to continuing working with SODEIT!

The charity tries to influence surrounding neighborhood whereas it gives accurate assignments to volunteers. It was easy to work with the charity. I enjoyed every moment starting with getting acquainted with the team and through an accomplishment of the assignments.

SODEIT really is a good Organization and so helpful.

An excellent example of young minds coming together from around the globe to provide high quality support.

I volunteer with SODEIT for translation. It is a very interesting experience in which I am happy to be part of. A very good cause and a family like team. I couldn't ask for more.

Awesome organization, a lot of great people are doing charity work for this world

As a young graduate in 2012, I was first attracted by SODEIT's core values and principles. It's involvement with teenage mothers, education, CBC and community sensitization as far as preventive public health measures are concerned, moved me to be a member of that positive change institution. The Team lead by Mr. Sulaiman Turay is simply devoted, change oriented and adaptive. It has, and will always remain a pleasure serving our communities through SODEIT. My involvement in outreach with foreign volunteers and public health programs will mark me for ever.

I Am a Cisco Network Associate Working with Speed Net CT Lines. I've Known Social development International (SODEIT) for its Strength to Empower Children, Teenage Mothers, and Girls. I started working with Social development International (SODEIT) since 2014 as a Computer Secretariship Trainer and have Graduated a couple of Batches Since then.
The SODEIT Team is of people that have the Conscience and Feels for the Society so they Put in All Efforts to Make it a Better place to Everyone Especially The Needy.

I started working at Social Development International, formerly abbreviated as SDI but now SODEIT, for almost three years beginning from December 2005, the time it was founded up till August 2008 when I had to travel overseas to undergo further studies. At the time, I held the position of Partnership and Resource Mobilization Officer (PRMO). During this period, we were highly involved in training some youths on livelihood skills. I was involved in mobilizing, and keeping contacts with potential donors both in Cameroon and abroad. We also provided assistance on education and health to a few parents who could not afford to pay their children's school fees and medical assistance to those whose medical condition had worsened due to the fact that they had no money to pay for medical check up. We also helped some parents pay for their children's public examination fees such as Common Entrance and First School Leaving Certificate, among others.

During my three years at SODEIT, I really did learn a lot about social work and enjoyed my time at the organization. I did enjoy a cordial work relationship with SODEIT founder, Mr. Suliaman Turay, whom I qualify as honest and a man of integrity. I am glad to see that SODEIT has enlarged its wings not only in Cameroon but also in the United States and in other parts of the world.

Am a professional software Developer and CEO of Canestech. I have worked with Social Development International (SODEIT) since 2015 to date. SODEIT has helped many families in Cameroon, including sponsoring many street children in school and partner to our online school porter (canestech.com) The organisation has identified and help many students in rural communities.

Am a professional Veterinarian,Animal consultant and Entrepreneur who has worked with these organization for the past 2 years to train youths on Agriculture and Animal husbandry by empowering them with skills and knowledge for them to become self employed and create more jobs for other youths and stop relying on the government.Furthermore we have demonstration livestock farms on piggery,poultry and crop cultivation of different food crops which are incorporated in to the various animal feed types of the animals involved.Thus ,we are playing a great role in helping many youths become useful to the society.

Since 2005 I have known SODEIT as a community NGO working with teenage mothers, Adolescent girls and children education and empowerment. Some of the beneficiaries are community names now in Buea, helping the organisation in its mission. Suliaman Turay the coordinator I knew as a colleague in British college since 2000 is an experienced resource in this community. I therefore recommend SODEIT and Mr Turay for any resource and partnership mobilization initiative for to serve his community better.

I admire SODEIT as a nonprofit organization for humanitarian activities. As a professional in development activities, I have worked with this organization as a consultant from 2012 to date.SODEIT has proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be trustworthy and therefore can take any giant project to be executed with all fairness. What I like most about SODEIT is love and care for teenage mothers. From my viewpoint this a start of a fight against delinquency among youths. On the above note, I will not hesitate to recommend this organization for any funding

I had the opportunity to work with SODEIT, I created its logo that they use in this moment and a past website, it was very nice to work with them, I even made a friendship with the sodeit responsible person, I could tell that they like to upgrade in techs every time that they can, they can link with more people on this way to help others and I think that this organization has a very experience because it has spent around ten years since this volunteer opportunity that they gave me. Thanks!

Usha Gopinath (India)

I have known SODEIT since 2009, when I first took up an UN voluntary assignment with them along with a team from other countries. Though the assignment was not on SODEIT activities, I learnt more about the good work of this organisation. The organisation is working hard in the fields of reproductive health of teenage women and girls, HIV and AIDS, poverty eradication, empowerment of youth and women and a number of other social issues that inflict their society. Being a social Science Researcher in my country (India) I have shown keen interest on these areas, as the issues they covered by them are very close to my heart. Form these humble beginnings, I have been very happy to be associated as an online board member with SDI and voluntarily agreed to help them in develop research papers, Fact sheet on HIV and AIDS and Reproductive Health to create awareness in their society. My association with the organisation has shown that this is a very well run and responsible organisation and Mr. Sulaiman is a very dedicated and hard working gentleman working for the cause. I am looking forward to continue my work with SDI in the future. I recommend anyone who wishes to work on social issues to consider SDI as a good opportunity. I wish them GOOD LUCK

I was Member of the Board for Sodeit from 2008 until 2010. At that time, I was involved in helping to develop fundraising materials and a new website for Sodeit. It was a very rewarding experience and it is exceptionally gratifying to see what Sodeit has achieved 10 years later.

I have known SODEIT for nine years now. I came to know Social Development International in Buea, Cameroon, during when i was writing my thesis in 2011. Though my thesis wasn't about SODEIT activities, but i experienced the good work of this nonprofit Organization with partners from Africa and European countries as well which is still working hard to make sure that the basic needs of less privilege girls in the societies are met. This Organization from my experience has never relent it efforts to help the girl child though with huge challenges of different cultural understandings, yet it break through to help the less privilege children, and youths through education, civil rights and youth empowerment ( or development) programs. I give great thanks to Mr. Suliaman Torey the founder.

I've been with SDI since 2017 as the woman and child education officer. Working with Mr Turay I see that he has a good drive towards achieving the objectives of this organisation. This is an org where I can recommend to anyone who wishes to donate or why not benefit from. It's helped So many teenage mothers who knew not where to start from during and after their pregnancy.

My placement with SDI started in March 2013 as the Nutrition Education Officer. I enjoyed teaching at the schools immensely however i did not enjoy working for SDI. I found Mr Turay to be extremely unprofessional and did not give me any support whatsoever while working for his organisation. He was extremely disorganised and did not care about the well being of the community. He never showed interest in any of the programs i was doing and did not attend any of my teaching sessions to see the progress. I don't believe SDI's best interest is to benefit the community and i felt that the manner in which Mr. Turay conducted himself was so appalling i would not advise any volunteer to consider working for his organisation. I was accused of betrayal when given the opportunity to work for another NGO which was more suited to my career and professional skills and was also accused of intentionally using the organisation to get a visa into the country. I was bad mouthed to other volunteers and forced to leave the house i was living in and find alternate accommodation with only 2 days notice. I felt that Mr. Turay was more concerned with collecting money rather than the transparency and sustainability of his organisation or the volunteers involved.

I have work for many years with Mr Ture and I know for sure that he is very dedicated to the development cause. Ture has a drive and dream to reduce poverty through skills enhancement in rural areas. He deserve to be supported.

my experience with SDI started in 2011, i had to research for some partners with my Boss , the way i did it with him was so professional that i could not image and since then i work for him .

I have worked with Social Development International for many years as Volunteer and this organisation has helped many families in Cameroon. SDI and its partners have registered and sponsor many street children in school. The organisation has identified and help old people in rural communities. The organisation has as objective to fight for the vonurable population. I think at the end of every year, with the available resources they devote a lot of energy to assist the the population of Cameroon. Many youths in the regions have gained from its seminars and education programmes and this has brought changes to many people.

A good c ause to support anytime!This a life changing experience for the beneficiaries and I can only encourage my brother Sulayman.

Learnt that this charitable organization is working with vulnerable communities that are striving to ensure they have access to basic and essential services such as education, water, health and sanitation to name but a few. It is but befitting if adequate support (financial and moral) are assured to this organization so as to ensure its sustainability in promoting the and transforming the living standards and livelihoods of the rural and marginally excluded communities.

I have been mentoring SDI and know their director mr turay. he is a professional management consultant and has put his expertise to this group alot, his orphan project and women schemes are good tools to alleviate poverty which i admire alot.

Am a lecturer in the University of Buea and I have been teaching in the univeristy in cameroon and Niageria since 1992.I equally worked in Niageria as a news producer for a private radio/television station.

I have been working with SDI for nearly 3 years. It has been a wonderful experience. I have had the opportunity to develop projects, create proposals and learn how to fund-raise for a great cause.

My favorite thing about SDI is its culture. SDI promotes openness, communication, and creativity and everyone's opinion matters as we all have the same goal and motivations. Being surrounding by like-minded people who are interested in serving poor communities and helping them to become self-sustaining is the most rewarding fulfilling feeling.

I have served Social Development International (Sodeit) like online volunteer. My mission was writing a Proposal for this organization and I can say that I have appreciate my relations of work with the CEO, Mr Suleiman. I wish good luck to this organization and I know she will realize very good projects. GO SODEIT!

I have served on the SDI board for over one year now. I was originally involved in this organization as a volunteer, writing a project proposal for one of their initiatives. My experience with SDI and the other board members has shown me that this is a very well run and responsible NGO. Sulaiman is a very hard working and dedicated individual who has done a great job of managing volunteers, board members, and projects. I am looking forward to continuing my work with SDI for many years to come.

I have followed SDI Cameroon since 2006 when I was a student at Cambridge International College. I volunteered with them as a field assistance on women and children projects up to date.

Having seen numerous Cameroonian NGOs from the inside now, I have been positively impressed by the functioning of Social Development International, Buea. Summarizing: appears to be trustworthy, open-minded, aware of common problems in society, appears well-organized and, importantly, succesfully working with local volunteers. I am a master's student from the Netherlands, currently undertaking my fieldwork in Cameroon. I have lived in Cameroon for a period of 8 months in 2007, and I have currently been here for 2 months again. I needed some information about this NGO and I was pleasantly received by Mr. Sulaiman Turay, a friendly and knowledgeable Sierra-Leonian. I initially stumbled upon the website, which at first sight is fairly comparable to those of other NGOs I've seen. The organization behind, however, is a different story: the phone number was accurate and was immediately answered; I was informed of a time that I could visit the office the same day that I called (at which time I found someone in the office), and I was given directions as to where to go. Once arrived, Mr. Turay took as much time as I required to tell me about his experiences on the issue of my research (impact of internet use on local youths), and gave me a lot of information about the programs that the organization is currently pursuing. Although I have spent a limited amount of time at the organization and can therefore not fully judge the potential of the organization, I can say that the organization has proven to be a lot better organized than other NGOs that I have worked or spoken with; the organization really has its target group at heart, considering that none of the staff members are paid, and that they even manage to attract local people to volunteer (which I know is a very challenging assignment in Cameroon). Additionally, the man simply knew what he was talking about, and programs seem to be as cost-efficient as possible. To me, Mr. Sulaiman seems to be an excellent networker with ample care for his community. I would recommend anyone who aims to work for a small, simple but likely effective organization to consider SDI in Buea as a good opportunity to engage in capacity building and community-based projects. My impression is that any funding provided to this organization is likely to be used fairly efficiently for the purposes for which it is intended.