Charity and philanthropic aid have been embodied for centuries in most cultures and religions. Early examples abound of actions by religious institutions and subsequently by states, through related institutional and Ministerial Departments to alleviate situations of man-made suffering or natural disasters. This paper looks the chronological shift in the dynamics of humanitarian assistance of self-rule era to that of late colonial,to non-nationals within the frontline villages of the East Region of Cameroon with the Republic of Central Africa. From the analyses viewed, this paper shows that humanitarian assistance in the late colonial era within the frontline villages of the present day East Region of Cameroon with the Republic of Central Africa was not institutionalized to that of post self-rule institutionalized style, regulated and enforced by International Conventions and Protocols helmed by the United Nations’-refugee organ. The nature of late colonial assistance reached humanitarian migrants in forms of ZakatandSadaka provided by humanitarian philanthropists and French missionaries as well as in the form of waqffrom the Islamic communities as prescribed by the Quran as one of the great pillars. With the acquisition of self-rule on the 1st of January 1960, Ministerial Departments were created,coupled with Cameroon being a signatory of the UN, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)through its multi-facet implementing humanitarian partners with the presence of over 350.000 refugees from Central African Republic in the frontline villages of the East Region of Cameroon with Central Africa, extended organized humanitarian assistance to the refugees since the past two three decades of the 21st century.The non-refoulement law outlined by all international, regional and national instruments was respected by the government of the Republic of Cameroon. This was followed by the provision of planned humanitarian assistance by the partners of UNHCR to the refugees within the frontline villages in the forms of food, identification papers, protection against sexual violence, enforcement of peaceful coexistence, provision of shelter and the integration of the refugees into basic education, all governed by humanitarian principles. This clear contrast emanated as a result of the change in era and the birth of international instruments governing the provision of aid to humanitarian migrants.
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