The REseau de LUtte contre la FAim (RELUFA) is a non-partisan national network of Cameroonian ecumenical and secular non-profit organizations and mainstream churches. The member organizations come from all regions in Cameroon and have joined forces to develop common strategies against systemic problems of hunger, poverty, and socio-, economic- and environmental injustice. Since 2001 RELUFA enjoys legal status under Cameroonian law.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has started to render public the Reconciliation Reports on the financial and physical flows as regards the Cameroon Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
From the first produce of their new harvest, the village grain banks in the Far North Province have started to restock their granaries. Wait for the videoclip to start and watch the activities to replenish the grain bank of Boudoum.
The micro-finance Task Force met on 17 November to look at the status of legalization procedures started for RELUFA's Credit Against Poverty program (CAP), last June. With all requirements now met, the Task Force decided that CAP should start to be operative in January 2007 with the modest loan funds available through contributions from the 11 participating member organizations. This decision was affirmed by the network board, which met the next day. As Cameroonian law allows for programs to start 6 months after initiating legalization procedures, RELUFA will hereby remain within the provisions of the law.
CAP Program Director, Guy Noumigue, presenting to the Task Force
The CAP task Force discussing the launch of the program.
A claimant from Nkoltara addresses her grievances to the panel
On 2-3 November COTCO, CPSP and Civil Society presented to the public their platform for the sharing of information about the Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project and to discuss outstanding claims from the population affected by the Pipeline.
On 12-13 September RELUFA accompanied representatives from COTCO and the CPSP on site visits to follow up on outstanding claims in the aftermath of the Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project.
"We thought that, with the project, we were going to be well off until our death. But it is death that you have brought to us." (Villager to COTCO representatives during this visit).
