Sustainable Agriculture Cameroon Project #54062

Help young lives learn how to farm in Africa

by Network of Agric and Sustainable Leaders for Africa (NASLA)

Project Report | Aug 20, 2024
ROOT Biz update: Our Relocation Success: New horizons

By Tendong Denis | CEO/Founder

Our volunteer meets with stakeholders

Dear Supporters and Friends,

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all our supporters and especially the GlobalGiving team for their generous contribution of $1,000. Your support has been instrumental in helping us relocate our team from the conflict-affected region of Bamenda to a safer city. This move ensures that our operations continue smoothly and our mission remains intact.

We are excited to announce that two new volunteers, Mathias and Jana, have joined our team, starting 1st August 2024. They will be pivotal in handling community relations, assisting with social media and fieldwork, further strengthening our efforts on the ground.

A pre-planning meeting with community stakeholders for our next ROOT Biz outreach was held, with our team represented by our new volunteer Mathias. This meeting was crucial for aligning our upcoming session with community needs. Due to the urgent relocation of our team, the ROOT Biz session initially planned for August has been postponed to the end of September 2024.

Additionally, on team capacity building, we are organizing a virtual training program for our team including new volunteers. Coordinated by Lizandra, the training will feature a team of five international professionals based in Austria and the UK. The sessions will cover crucial areas such as grant writing, strategic planning, communication, financial management, and nonprofit infrastructure development etc.

Furthermore, our initiative to expand ROOT Biz and support youths affected by the war continues. With summer holidays ending this August 31, and schools resuming in the first week of September, we will be providing some vulnerable children from NW/SW with essential school supplies such as books, bags, and writing materials etc. We siezed this chanced to invite anyone willing to contribute to this meaningful cause to make a donation through our GlobalGiving page. Your support will make a significant difference.

Thank you for your unwavering support and dedication.

We love you as always.

Our CEO/Founder 1st visit to the Beach in new city

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Apr 24, 2024
Empowering Teenage youths in Conflict Zones in Cameroon through Permaculture and Education

By Pulcheria Awah | Community Relations Officer

Teenagers processing palm oil

In the conflict-ridden village of Zang-Tabi, located in the North West region of Cameroon, where NASLA Founder was born and grew up. More than 100 teenagers are bearing the brunt of instability, facing challenges ranging from disrupted education, malnutrition to psychological trauma with little or no external support.
Our mission remains to create an enabling and supportive environment for sustainable development of youth and the community. During the 1st quarter of this year 2024, we lunch an extension of the ROOT BIZ program to support teenage girls and boys who are facing difficulties in the midst of a war crises. This extension program aims to empower teenage girls and boys in the village enduring a war crisis by leveraging the principles of permaculture and education. By fostering sustainable agriculture practices, support and providing educational opportunities, we seek to equip these youths with resilience and hope amidst adversity.
The targeted area is a remote community plagued by a conflict that is already 6years now, where access to basic necessities such as food, education, and healthcare is severely limited. Teenagers in this area face immense hardship, with many experiencing displacement, loss of family members, and exposure to violence. Traditional humanitarian aid efforts have not been able to reach this area due to the insecurity. Thereby living these children and families in high frustration

A Story of Hope from the Heart of Conflict.

NASLA Founder spend a month in the village with these teenagers and had some experiences to share.
In the heart of the conflict, amidst the turmoil of war, these teenagers' hope refuses to wither. Their spirits unbowed by adversity, have become the architects of their destiny.
Through different agricultural practices these teenagers continue to strive for a living. They are involved in the production of palm oil, selling of brooms, bamboo made chairs, and many other for a living and to support their basic needs.
Through our extension program we supportted five (5) teenage girls with school fees and basic writing materials in a community school that was lunched as a personal funded initiative by NASLA founder and some partners in the village as a way to promote education for these suffering youths.

We are Appologize that
we can't provide images of these youths in their school due to low phone batteries. But hope to share it in the future when next we visit the school. But in this report you will find images of some of the teenagers involved in the processing of palm oil.

NASLA Africa continue to thank and count on the support of our donors and sponsors as we work together to pave the way for improved livelihoods.

One of the Beneficiary of the school support

Our Founder selfie with teenagers processing palm

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Dec 26, 2023
Experiential learning center coming alive

By Tendong Denis Ngweh | Chief Executive Director

Farm experience with participant

We have been very busy over the last few months here at NASLAAfrica Cameroon. One focus has been empowering smallholder farmers who have been severely affected by the current war crisis in the two English speaking regions of Cameroon. We supported these farmers with farm tools, skills trainings, and psychosocial support. We are prayerfully hoping peace will return to our region by 2024 or sooner! Meanwhile, Our full energy and a greater part of our resources this year has been directed towards acquiring a landed property that will be developed to an experiential learning space where the youths, community and neighbours can come learn, connect, share and experience regenerative practices/systems of agriculture and permaculture principles and ethics, entrepreneurship (business) skills. Our team of volunteers and partners have for the past 2-3 years engaged young people in Cameroon through our ROOT Biz workshop, teaching young people to learn how to farm and start a business, while educating youths on the importance of environmental protection and climate. These youths have had the opportunity through every session of our program to visit local farms and experience first-hand what is happening on the land while connecting to nature. This year we seek to expand the project towards creating a demonstration plot where not only the youths around us can benefit but people from surrounding communities even across the national borders can come and stay for a while living in eco-friendly structures, eating healthy food while learning and experiencing the beauty of agriculture and nature. Also this platform will help us intensify with our skills training program as participants have the opportunity to stay and learn in our space without distractions and more.

Blessed is NASLAAfrica this year as the land where we identified for the project was partially subsidised by the community through the leadership of the area. We began paying the cost of the land and have already paid up to 70% of the amount needed. We pray to complete this amount by the 1^st quarter of 2024 so that we can kick-start work on the land to set up the centre. The centre shall be called Youth Agriculture and Permaculture Centre abbreviated as YAP centre located in Cameroon, Africa. This means as of January 2024, we will be in need of more volunteers who can come join us in Cameroon as we work towards creating this space where humanity is united through love, food and nature. We will also be welcoming any more support to help us attend our goals.

Thank you to our volunteers, donors, and the GlobalGiving community! If you would like to provide feedback, learn more about our YAP centre project and ROOT Biz, or if you are interested in volunteering with us, please email us at nasla.younginitiative@gmail.com. There is also an opportunity to leave a note at the end of this report.

Happy Christmas to those celebrating and a prosperous new year in Advance.

Participants experience in a greenhouse

NASLA's founder 1st visit to the identified land

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