Cameroon

The girl in rural Bertoua, East Cameroon, is known for leaving school at an early age due to pregnancy and early childbirth, We train more than one hundred girls a year whereby most find a job or become independent, entrepreneurs.

In the past, we GBAYA girls from GAROUA-BOULAI were victims of an ancestral rough tradition. It is high time that we, young girls from GAROUA-BOULAI, affirm in this evolutionary century that tends to become a global village.

Relevant skills training can help rural youths in Africa to escape from the vicious cycle of poverty. Emmanuel told the story of Richard, his involvement in polygamy, his family and on how he tackled poverty and unemployment. Drawing on the skills he benefitted from the family farm school training in his village.

In Cameroon, the Ecoles Familiales Agricoles (EFA) are generally located in densely populated areas where lack of education is very high. Young people wander around the villages at an early age, and few go to school.

This centre has not only helped me get a career but it has also given me work experience to kick-start my (professional) life, a few years later, I returned there to train young people in entrepreneurship and vocational integration.

This story from far north Cameroon shows how rural women or local farmers are using organic fertilizer in growing crops as a way of combatting soil degradation.

A story about the millet beer, better known as the "bil-bil" from Cameroon

CAPAM trains farmers so that they are able to carry out profitable agropastoral activities.

CAPAM is an agricultural training centre in the village of Zamakoé, four miles from the city of Mbalmayo in Cameroon. The centre's aim is to promote and encourage a new generation of capable rural entrepreneurs to take up the challenge of second generation farming, with the support of the State of Cameroon.