CDEO (Cameroon Deaf Empowerment Organisation) in Kumba, South West Province, Cameroon, was created in 1995 to achieve the following goals:
 

• To promote the human and civil rights of deaf people and their families;
• To unite deaf people in Cameroon and facilitate their empowerment;
• To facilitate health education for the deaf;
• To work for full educational opportunities for deaf Cameroonians, from nursery to higher education;
• To develop and promote Cameroon Sign Language (CSL) as the language of deaf people in Cameroon.”

CDEO owns and manages the Ephphata Institute for Deaf Children (EID) in Kumba, which provides primary school level of education to deaf children. In 2004, TMG involvement was instrumental in securing a grant of £10,000 to EID from the International Deaf Children Society of London. This enabled the school to progress to post-primary vocational education.