Cameroon’s National Development Strategy 2020-2030 has made mining a pillar of economic growth and development, which has attracted the interest of mining companies. However, mining, whether artisanal, semi-mechanized, or industrial, has a significant detrimental influence on the environment and surrounding populations. To minimize this impact, mining operators, particularly semi-mechanized miners, […]
Civil Society opening statement at the 2023 Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting. KP CSC Plenary 2023 Opening Speech Honourable Minister Zhemu Soda, Honourable Minister Winston Chitando, Ms Feriel Zerouki, Chair of the World Diamond Council; Honourable Chairs of the Kimberley Process Working Groups; Focal Points of the participating countries to the […]
By Jaff Bamenjo Cameroon was known to be a haven of peace in the conflict-ridden Central African Sub Region for several years, but the situation has changed dramatically. Inherent internal vulnerabilities that could jeopardize this illusory peace have always been present. One of such vulnerabilities was the complaints of perceived […]
By Jaff Bamenjo (Coordinator RELUFA) and Enjema Esunge (Communications Officer RELUFA) The world is currently ridden with several armed conflicts. These conflicts have caused the loss of many lives and displacement of the population in search of safety. In Cameroon, the “Anglophone Crisis” which started as a protest against perceived […]
RELUFA has been working to improve the living conditions of some villages in the Far North Region of Cameroon where food insecurity, hunger, and poverty have been a major concern for decades. Most families in villages in this region can only produce food that can sustain them for about 8 […]
In April 2021, RELUFA obtained support from John Knox Presbyterian Church, Cleveland-Ohio in theUSA. A decision was taken by RELUFA to use these funds through its local partner organization (KUDOC)to implement a COVID-19 sensitization and provision of protective masks in Kumbo Bui division of theNorth West Region of Cameroon. The […]
Since the outbreak of the crisis in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon in 2016, many people have been rendered homeless as villages are torched down. Consequently, many of them have left these regions to safer places within and out of the country. Over 536.000 people have […]
The Network for the Fight Against Hunger, RELUFA, has empowered some Internal Displaced Persons, IDPs living in Douala, Littoral region. This was during a forum organised in partnership with the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, PDA, to create awareness on the persistent deadly COVID-19 pandemic and to educate them on ways of […]
Since the Anglophone crisis degenerated in to a war, many people have fled their homes and villages and move to other parts of the country as Internally displaced persons (IDPs). This has plunged the IDPs into a situation of lack and want as hunger and poverty has become their new […]
RELUFA continues its Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons Affected by the War in the Anglophone Regions of Cameroon now faced with the challenge of COVID-19 RELUFA recently organized in its Yaounde premises a ceremony to distribute individual protection equipment to internally displaced persons and their host families. This was done […]