About the Project
The project consisted of providing tools and a cassava grinding machine to women farmers.
Location
Mombo, Southwest Cameroon
Quick Project Stats
| Funding Date | May 2023 |
| Luena Investment | $1,000 |
| CBO Partner | Centre for Community Reformation and Development in Cameroon (CENCORDEC) |
| Village | Mombo rural community |
| Country | Cameroon |
| # of Children Impacted | children of 25 women |
| Community Contribution | $700 |
Regional Crisis Threatens Farming Livelihoods for Families
Mombo is a rural community located in the slums of Kupe-Muanenguba division, southwest region of Cameroon. Mombo is one of the rural communities that were deserted due to the socio-political crisis affecting the two English speaking regions of Cameroon. When the inhabitants of Mombo decided to relocate back to their community, they found that most of their farms had been destroyed. They also lost their farm tools as some of their houses had been set on fire. The crisis exposed the inhabitants of Mombo, especially widows, to severe hunger and suffering.
New Farming Tools Improve Food Security
The donation from Luena Foundation was used to provide 25 crisis affected women of Mombo with cutlasses, sharps, and a cassava grinding machine to enable the women grow and transform cassava tubers within the Mombo rural community. The project improved food and financial security in the Mombo rural community as the participating women grow and process cassava and sell the excess to neighboring local markets.
Meet our Partner Community-Based Organization
The Centre for Community Reformation and Development in Cameroon (CENCORDEC Cameroon) is a nonprofit and nonpolitical organization that began as an informal voluntary group in 2016 and was registered with the ministry of territorial administration in 2019. Since its inception, CENCORDEC Cameroon has been working actively and devotedly to empower vulnerable children, women, youths, and resource-limited, hard to reach communities living in extreme poverty. CENCORDEC Cameroon envisages a world where all sentient beings and the planet are cared for and protected and all persons are given the required opportunity to obtain their full potential and live a dignified life.
