NEWSPAPER & RADIO INFORMATION
Project name: NGONG*
– Training the Bambui Farmers of tomorrow
Reignite Action for Development,
a UK registered charity with a Project Office in Bambui, has been offered a
grant to deliver a two year intensive agricultural and enterprise skills
training programme to the community of Bambui and Tubah.
TheProject summary:
This project, based in the rural community of Bambui in the northwest region of
Cameroon, aims to improve the livelihoods of farmers (680) and their families
(3,400) by professionalising and revitalising the village’s agricultural
sector. This will be achieved by
improving farmers’ agricultural skills and levels of productivity, whilst at
the same time developing their ability to reach larger, more profitable
markets.
The project will deliver an intensive
agricultural and enterprise skills training programme that will include
livestock management, farm mechanisation, pest control, organic farming
methods, improved irrigation methods, improved soil management and crop
rotation. It will also include training
on organisational and business skills, entrepreneurship, risk analysis,
marketing, leadership and negotiating skills and will also include a life
skills element in relation to numeracy, literacy and French speaking training.
Training will be conducted to reach 680 individuals and given the key role
that women play at the household and
community levels; at least 60% will be females. The project will also ensure that 10% of those trained will be young people
between the ages of 15 to 24 years.
This is a holistic project that is
looking to improve Bambui’s agricultural sector as a whole, therefore training
will be offered to the general farming community, which is, organised underfive categories. These include self-subsistence farmers (436),
small agribusiness farmers (134), food processors (45), representatives from
market associations (60) and traders (5).
It
should be noted however that the main focus of project activities are aimed at
supporting self subsistence farmers (64%) who are the most in need group of
beneficiaries and which comprise the largest proportion of the agricultural
market.
Users
|
Size
of farms
|
Women
|
Men
|
Total
|
Self
–subsistence farmers
|
Less
than 0.5 hectares of land
|
370
|
66
|
436
|
Small
agri-business farmers
|
Between
0.5 and 2 hectares
|
80
|
54
|
134
|
Food
processors
|
Might
be farmers or not
|
25
|
20
|
45
|
Market
association representatives
|
Might
be farmers or not
|
40
|
20
|
60
|
Traders
|
Might
be farmers or not
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
Total
|
518
|
162
|
680
|
Date and place for Registrations:
Dates - Starting: 6th July, Monday and Finishing: 31st July, Friday
Place:
Reignite Action for Development Project office, in BASSUG Building, in Bambui,
from Monday to Saturday. Time: 9am to 3pm.
“First in,
first serve” - ??????
Date and place for Training:
Starts
on the 17th August, Monday
Location:
National
Polytechnic Bamenda, School of Agriculture
Benefits of the training:
1.
Weekly Practical and Theory Training sessions in
National Polytechnic Bamenda, School of Agriculture, Mile 12, Bambui
2.
Monthly follow up in Farmers spots.
3.
Free transport from main road to Mile 12 (NPB Buses
will be used for this).
4.
Free food while training – A meal will be supplied in
each training session, NPB.
5.
T-shirts.
6.
Hand tools
Benefits of the training (continuation):
7.
Fruit trees
8.
Improved seeds
9.
Exercise books
10. Portable scales
11. Access to new funding – Njangi fund and Ngong fund, in collaboration
with finance institution
12. Access to new markets in Cameroon – 10 Agricultural shows
and 2 new international markets – 1 show in Gabon and 1 show
in Europe.
Contacts
·
Teresa de Sousa, Project Managaer&
Team Leader,by email :Teresa.desousa@reignite.org.uk or
by telephone: 652481493
·
Afunwi Denis Deputy Project
Coordinator, by email: Afunwi.denis@reignite.org.uk or
by telephone: 676449676
·
Leonard Asubesing , Project Assistant,
by email: leonard.asubesing@reignite.org.uk or
by telephone: 670399087
Who is the Funder - BLF
•
76%
of the project is funded by Big Lottery Fund and the rest Reignite is responsible
to find funds (in the UK);
•
BLF, The Big Lottery Fund was created
by the National Lottery Act 2006.
•
Is a UK non-departmental public body
responsible for distribution of public funds raised by national lottery.
•
Big Lottery Fund is accountable to the
Parliament, the devolved legislatures and government of the UK, Implying that
RAD’s will be accountable in the UK
parliament. Funding is part of the UK Public fund
•
The funding supports
the aspirations of people who want to make life better for their communities.
Who is Reignite Action
for Development
² Registered charity in England and Wales (number 1152015)
² UK based voluntary (non – paid ) run
organization created in 2012.
² Programme Management Office in Bambui, Tubah Sub
Division, where the project team have been in action since 2011.
² UK Board of Trustees and Cameroon Board of Trustees
(reorganizing stage)
1.
Radio advert English/
Dialect - One month, everyday
2.
Article in newspaper
– Beneficiaries and Recruitment
3.
TV advert –
publicising the project and how to take part
4.
Messangers
5.
Registrations to be
done by
a.
Quarter heads to
propose names
b.
Extension agriculture
c.
Project team
