Project Report
| Aug 4, 2011
Palm Oil for the families of Mbosha
By Laurel Chor | In-The-Field Intern
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A few of the members of Mbosha's women's group
Hi, my name is Laurel Chor and I am a summer intern for GlobalGiving. I am visiting all of the projects in Cameroon, and here is what I learned on my visit to this project:
Self-Reliance Promoters' NGO (SEREP) is working with a women's group in Mbosha village to get their palm oil project off the ground. The project is not currently underway as funding has run out--GlobalGiving donors like YOU are SEREP's only source of funding. We were lucky to be able to visit their remote village: it took a long, bumpy ride through muddy trails and big, green hills to get there. We traveled all this way to meet the women who, determined to meet the needs they saw within their community, decided to form a women's group. With the help of Self-Reliance Promoters' NGO (SEREP), they set out to get things done. The village has no electricity or running water. But yet with SEREP's assistance and GlobalGiving funding, two women from the group run a health center that has already helped give birth to over 70 babies since its creation in 2005. The palm oil project would consist of purchasing palm oil for both these women's families' consumption and for re-sale to generate some income. I can assure you that palm oil is an absolutely vital part of the Cameroonian diet. It is found in virtually every single traditional dish, and as one Cameroonian friend put it, "if it is not made with palm oil, then a Cameroonian will not eat it."
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In front of the clinic
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Apr 18, 2011
FEED A CAMEROONIAN FAMILY (WOMEN PALM OIL PROJECT)
By Wirkom Fred Mbiydzenyuy | Project leader
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a trip to a women group for training
Feed a Cameroon family project is not actually giving food, but it is to provide a means for families to be able to engage themselves in an income generating activity that can provide food and other opportunities for them to improve their living standard. Palm Oil remain a major need for every family in this part of the country and at the same time an easy income generating activity that can be carried out by some poor families. Demand for Palm oil continue to skyrocket and most families earn up not feeding themselves because of lack of this element. So far we have been going on with some trainings by visiting these women groups on some basic book keeping. We have continued to encourage them to get on with the little quantity at the level of their groups whereby, 20 liters of Palm oil is shared among 30 to 40 women and after a two weeks they pay for the stock to be replenished. We hope that if this project is supported at the level of the NGO,we shall be able to buy in large quantity and share out to these groups at a cheaper price for them to sell among themselves in reasonable quantities. Those who are able to be selling within their own localities shall be doing so for income generation for their families hence helping others to have it at prices below the market price. All the 34 women and common initiative groups have been equipped with the required skills while we are soliciting for funds to be able to kick off with the centrally controlled project by the NGO. We have one of the pictures taken at Nkuv where they take a Seven hours to come to Kumbo just to get a 20 liters of Palm to be shared among them. Our Volunteer Miss Julie Diamond worked on this project and say the high need and is also working hard to see that in future the project should be realized and get going. She will be in Cameroon in August for this purpose. However, We have not received any funding for this project, we are getting on with at the level of the groups and hoping for success in future. Keep in touch for more if your are interested to support or to recommend this project for and support.
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a trip to a women group for training
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Jan 25, 2011
Progress Report
By Wirkom Fred Mbiydzenyuy | Project Leader
We are delighted to submit this report following the regulations of the Global Giving. We wish to report that unfortunately this project has not received any donations since its approval to appear on the GG website. However, the women are really crying to well wishers to support them. They are doing local fundraising and looking forward for any assistance to enable them Launch the project before the end of 2011. We are also calling on donors interested in helping women to help insert these women into an income generating activity that will feed many families as all of them will be able to generate sustainable income to help themselves and the poor children. May God bless those who will cheerfully give to support this project.
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