Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch arrived again in Cameroon
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch arrived again in Cameroon with specific agenda.
In the first meeting with Mr Victor from CAT (NGO) in NW Region, they discussed the situation in the Bush Hospital in Alahkie and what can be done for the training of nursing staff for the BU.
Labels: Cameroon, CAT, Njini Victor, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4:01 PM,
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CAHMS vs ROHMS
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Computer Aided Hospital Management System/Rural Oriented Hospital Management System
The whole pallet, from service up to operation has to be organized, which creates costs, -very characteristic of institutions in urban areas. This is quite opposite to institutions far away from the cities. The lack of finances, regarding staff as well as in the planning and use of the operating costs, needs to be appropriately taken into consideration. A rural oriented hospital management system (ROHMS) must take these factors into account. The difference between CAHMS and ROHMS is in location. In urban areas, a hospital functions only when the industrial-technological pre-conditions are met; i.e. personnel, training, patient care, air-conditioning, etc., must be adjusted. A problem in other cultures, for example, is the patient care by relatives, which often leads to difficulties in the recovery process and brings new health risks with it. In a ROHMS, specific characteristics of rural life are taken into account.
The energy production is different, the employees are not confused through industrial training, the water supply, incl. Drainage is completely different as compared to urban areas. The traditional knowledge is used, natural climate control is utilized, local materials and traditional, yet adapted, forms of construction are used. The staff follows local forms of remuneration based on the traditional culture. Although this described system is already being practiced in an environmentally friendly manner etc., the influence of the resource-devouring, environmentally damaging industrial system is so widespread, that reasonable alternatives are unlikely to prevail.
Labels: Cameroon, CAT Cameroon, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Prof Dr Pintsch/DGFK, Prof Dr Pintsch/SPATH, RDC
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:52 AM,
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SERVED TO SAVE
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Aman Nkoti Christine, 56, is one of Heifer International Cameroon’s successful community leaders. Christine is the president of Groupe d’Initiative Commune des Producteurs de Concombre et Couscous Manioc of Boyaba I, some 150 km from Yaoundé. This group was formed in 1996 at the peak of the economic crisis by some 32 farm families, to counter the effects. Their objectives to succeed in their ambitions ended up a mere wish due to lack of inspiration. None respected financial promises from external elite rendered the group members incapable. The membership dropped to five. Aman Nkoti Christine was one of the members who stayed on.
Though shy and timid in her everyday life, as president Christine was a force to be reckoned with. She believed that one day things would change for the better. “I stayed with those who persevere and strongly believe that one day the light will shine on us,” she said. Her perseverance raised their membership to 13.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:34 PM,
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GIC Confiance Bafole Heifer International Cameroon Model Farmers
The group started with the help of some graduates in 1998. It was a self-help initiative but legalized its status in 2002 as a common initiative group. According to one of the pioneers, the group president Adamou Ali, 36, they cultivated sweet potatoes, maize, tomatoes and huckleberry on 1.5 hectares of land. Their farm size increased as the membership of the group increased. Group members worked together on their farms to ease the burden of one another. “For each month, we provided each other with labor worth 7,000 FCFA ($15.6). This was to enhance our food security,” Ali remembered.
Although the group members struggled together, they only just managed to feed their families and to send their children to school. By necessity the group members began providing cheap labor to other community members in search of extra income and resources.
According to the group president Ali, the annual income per farm family stood at 15,000 ($71.1) and 40, 000F CFA ($88.9 in those difficult days. “We could barely eat two poor meals a day, we mostly ate without oil,” Ngarigang Irene, mother of six (3 boys, 3girls) recalled. This lack of food translated to many health-related complications. “In 2004, I stayed in hospital for three months and could not pay my bill; it’s a cousin that helped me out,” Ibrahim a group member cried. Wanting to forge a comprehensive plan for themselves, the group members applied for Heifer International Cameroon’s assistance in 2008. Ultimately the 14 farm families were retained for immediate help.
Read more »Labels: Cameroon, Development, Farmers, Farming, Heifer International
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:22 PM,
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Farmers Seeking Renewable Energy in Cameroon
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Bio gas technology increases food crop production and income security
Introduction
Some livestock farmers in Cameroon with animal dung are now adopting
bio gas technology facilities in a bid to improve sustainable natural
resource management by improving soil fertility and to reduce
deforestation for fuel wood. The project which is supported by a
development organization working in the area of poverty alleviation
and care for the earth is helping these rural resource limited Farmers to increase crop and animal production from using the full potentials of digester affluent as organic fertilizer and crop waste from harvest to feed animals.
At the bamendakwe community in the NW-Region of Cameroon some farmers
share the benefits there are deriving from this technology which they
say is cheap and affordable.
Labels: Appropriate Technology, Cameroon, CAT, Farmers, Njini Victor, Renewable Energy
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12:44 PM,
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The Youngsters Club
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
By Njini King Caro
The ears of the decision-makers are often filled by sounds in the background, these coming not only from the voters but also from wise partners, who help indirectly to choose the direction of thinking. Neutrally engaged however are the children, who help the adults unintentionally, foremost being the parents, to navigate in a younger generation. Most different regimes have taken advantage of the children. Active support of the new generation is achieved by exposing the children at an early age to the new concepts.
In business terms unfortunately, we see the young consumers being educated as consumers for the advantage of the consumer goods industry. Consumption means destruction of resources, environmental damage, super filialness in various areas, it is therefore important, that the medium of the children is utilized in a positive manner and also to open their minds for the problems of the present times.
It is this realization, which forms the basis of C.A.T. (NGO) and the Youngster Club. The idea developed in 2009, which led in 2010 to a number of events and thereby also to the travel of a private German travelling circus and its two artists, who were helped by DGFK, the partner organizatrion of CAT, in travelling all the way from Germany to Cameroon.
The children were informed and educated in three presentations. On the Youth Day, combined with the 50th anniversary of the independence of the country, children were invited to an event, in which drinking chocolate and cakes were made, with the help of solar energy oven and solar energy cooker.
In one of the largest schools of the regional capital Bamenda, the programme director Mr. Victor of CAT introduced the children to the concept, which was further explained by the programme director Mr. Manasse well before the children became tired.General jubilation was the proof, that the adopted method was correct.
At a third event, the CAT displayed its gadgets, together with Tombola and small performances by the circus people.
The general tendency was hope for repetition in the next year, eventually integrated into a theater performance and highlighting the above mentioned problem areas.
Labels: Cameroon, CAT, NGOs, Youth Day
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7:26 AM,
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Cameroon, a Place to Be
Monday, June 25, 2012
Cameroon is not just an emergent destination, it is also a place to get you away from it all and come back feeling different. Discover "all of Afica" in One country (Cameroon). The Country is strategically located. Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean South of the Equator to the Sahel, has made Cameroon a country characterized by extremely diversified fauna and flora, climate and landscapes, and by a multitude of customs and traditions (240 ethnic groups).
With natural beaches in Kribi and Limbe and many colorful bays, is appropriate for sea-side tourism. Visit the Central and South-Western parts of the country and discover what is called ever-green vegetation and plan an excursions, picnic or ecoutourism.
Do not fail to visit the main ecological sites of Cameroon: The Dja Reserve classified as a world heritage site by UNESCO; it is one of the few remaining gorilla sanctuaries in the world. Mount-Cameroon (4070) high) an active volcano with a flora which can be traced back to the Quaternary.
The Korup National Park, a living museum of over 30 million years old where you can find more than 400 plant species, including medicinal plants; zoo bird species; 174 reptiles and amphibians, as well as 140 fish species living in the various rivers that cross the Park.
You will also experiencet the temperate climates of the Western region and its mountainous landscape. It is considered as the stronghold for Cameroon's folklore and handicraft.
The Northern part of Cameroon, with its numerous national parks and enchanting landscapes is a Godsend for lovers of safari photo and hunting. More to that, a legendary political stability and a favorable legal framework are factors conductive to tourism investment in Cameroon.
That is Cameroon, a place to be.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:30 AM,
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Cameroon Tourism Industry
Friday, June 22, 2012
Since the 1970s, the government of Cameroon has developed the Cameroon Tourism industry by starting a ministry of tourism and by boosting investment by airlines, hotels and travel agencies. The government now considers the country as “Africa in miniature”, promoting its variety of climate, culture, and geography. Cameroon’s wildlife attracts both safari-goers and big-game hunters, as Cameroon is home to many of Africa’s iconic animals: cheetahs, chimpanzees, elephants, giraffes, gorillas, and many other species rhinoceroses. Impediments to additional increase of the tourism sector include poor transport infrastructure and corrupt officials who may pester visitors for bribes.
Tourism infrastructure in Cameroon has gradually been improved. The country had 37 hotels with 599 rooms in 1960. This had grown to 203 hotels with 3,229 rooms in 1976. In 1980, the country had 7,500 hotel rooms. However, the huge mainstream of these rooms are in two major cities, Douala and Yaoundé. In 1971, 29,500 tourists visited Cameroon. These figures had risen to 100,000 tourists in 1975 and 130,000 in 1980. The industry has made significant strides since the 1990s.
The Cameroonian government facilitates the country as “Africa in miniature”, asserting that the country provides all the variety of Africa—in climate, culture, and geography—within its borders. Other touristic appeals sometimes used include “the melting pot of Africa” and “Africa in microcosm”. Cameroon’s tourist destinations are in four general areas: the coast, the major cities, the Western highlands, and the north. The coast offers two major beach resort towns: Limbe is English-speaking with black, volcanic sand; and Kribi is a French-speaking city with white-sand beaches. Mount Cameroon on the coast is the uppermost mountain in Central and West Africa and attracts hikers and climbers. The stepping-off point for climbing Mt. Cameroon is the city of Buea, where guides can be hired and tools can be rented. There are several tin-roofed huts for hikers to sleep in during their trek up the mountain.
The Adamawa, East, and South provinces offer a new front for expansion of the tourist industry, but poor transport conditions keep the industry small in these regions. Forest reserves in the south have little tourist-oriented infrastructure, but guests there may see chimpanzees, elephants, gorillas, and other rainforest fauna.
Cameroon’s north is the nation’s primary tourist draw. The area has several wildlife reserves, including the largest and best-run in West Africa, Waza National Park. These parks tender both animal viewing and big-game hunting. Animals in this region include cheetahs and elephants. Maroua offers a large crafts market and museums which are bound to make any visitor to Cameroon stay back for a long time and enjoy the fully what Cameroon tourism has to offer.[From]
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Cameroon Art
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Labels: Cameroon
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:27 AM,
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Cameroon Gold Study
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
West Africa-focused African Aura Mining plans to deliver a definitive feasibility study for its New Liberty gold project, in Cameroon, during the first half of next year.
The TSX Venture Exchange and Aim-listed company told shareholders in a statement on Tuesday that it would start with a 4 000-m resource definition drilling programme at satellite prospects near New Liberty during this year.
These prospects, including the Silver Hills, Weaju and Ndablama prospects, were expected to provide further near-surface ounces that could be trucked to the New Liberty project.
Further, a resource drilling programme at the company’s Knout iron-ore project, in Cameroon, would start during the second quarter of this year
African Aura would also now start with drilling for a prefeasibility study at its 38,5%-owned Putu iron-ore project, in Liberia, which it was planning to have completed by 2012.
A definitive feasibility study would be delivered about 18 months thereafter, it stated. In April, African Aura undertook a £11,3-million capital raising to ensure that its gold and iron-ore projects in Cameroon and Liberia were fully funded over the next year.
“The outlook for the company is very promising, despite the difficult trading conditions in the financial markets. The company is now well positioned in its chosen commodities, gold and iron-ore, to pursue strategies that will maximise the value of the company,” president and CEO Luis da Silva commented. Edited by: Mariaan Webb
Labels: Cameroon
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:14 AM,
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Sustainable farming
Friday, May 11, 2012
Aaron Kaah
Mamma Bitang, is a Heifer International Cameroon resourceful farmer at the Noubou village in Moutourwa sub-division in Mayo Kani Division of the Far North Region of Cameroon. Mamma, mother of ten (6 boys and 4 girls) received relevant knowledge on treating animals with herbs through her Groupe d’Initiative Commune Wudmezle in 2009 during a Heifer International Cameroon sponsored training workshop on livestock rearing and donation. Mamma like other women in her group was offered a series of lessons on animal husbandry, gender equity, sanitation and hygiene and ethnoveterinary medicine. To strengthen the trainings each farm family was given 4 animals a ram and 3 sheep each in compensation of their loyalty to the teachings and prescriptions. Mamma had her share.
Before Heifer International Cameroon’s gift of knowledge and animals to Mamma and her group, they kept a few animals locally and depended on veterinarian doctors for treatment. This was costly for the poor peasant farmers, whose only source of income was their farm out. Mamma retained the ethnoveterinary sensitization campaign as a best option of remembering her roots “When I was growing up, I saw my father using herbs to treat animals and the method was very effective” she said.
Before Heifer International Cameroon’s gift of knowledge and animals to Mamma and her group, they kept a few animals locally and depended on veterinarian doctors for treatment. This was costly for the poor peasant farmers, whose only source of income was their farm out. Mamma retained the ethnoveterinary sensitization campaign as a best option of remembering her roots “When I was growing up, I saw my father using herbs to treat animals and the method was very effective” she said.
With little or no vet doctors present in those days Young Girls like Mamma saw herbal treatment of animals as a cultural practice but it soon died off with the passage of time. Heifer International Cameroon’s drilling ignited the passion in the woman. “I do treat bloat in sheep with groundnut oil by giving the animal small quantity of the oil and in about six hours the stomach releases all the gas” Mamma said. Mamma treats diarrhea in sheep by giving the animal Cassia occidentalis (Kenkeliba) plants mixed in their feed. To sustain her treatment process the farmer has planted these plants around her family house for easy accessibility.
Mamma has passed on this gift of treatment with other community members. “Mamma’s knowledge of animal treatment is very effective” Djouma Boukoi president of Groupe d’Initiative Commune des Djinandra, explained after applying the treatment procedures from Mamma to treat her animals of diarrhea. Mamma has been on hand for trainings within and beyond her community for the training of farmers on building animals health with plants and herbs. “I am happy to know that other farmers have learnt from me” she said. After receiving her animal from Heifer international Cameroon, the farmers has recorded only one death in a community where animals die on a daily bases. “I now have six sheep after selling one during the feast of the ram,” Mamma said elatedly.
This woman knows when and what to give to a particular animal when it’s sick. This experience has attracted other farmers to her and she is making a steady income from the treatment of animals. Mamma has also passed on the knowledge of treatment to her children and her animals have received proper care and management. She has used income for this venture to afford basic food crops for her family and her children school needs and medical bills. As Mamma’s project continued to flourish she had extended a word of thank you to Heifer International Cameroon for stabilizing her animal welfare.
Labels: Cameroon, Farming, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:26 PM,
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Dolls of the World - Cameroon
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Labels: Cameroon, Dolls of the World
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:17 PM,
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Welcome to Cameroon
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
David Smith
After all," I said casually, "This is probably the last time I'll ever go to Cameroon."
This remark was met by surprise. Just short of my 35th birthday, it's maybe a bit premature to say never again to anything. But time is a finite cake that can only be cut so many ways. I thought I was being realistic in a world now crowded with unmissable destinations, once-in-a-lifetime adventures and 1,001 places to see before you die.Cultural commentators have noted that unique experiences, not material possessions, are now the top currency. There's a premium on climbing that mountain, touching that shark or seeing that solar eclipse and then blogging about it, just to make sure all your friends, and the rest of the planet, know what an amazing time you're having. We are what we do, not what we own.
But Cameroon does not appear to figure highly on most bucket lists.
"What shall I do on a spare day in Yaounde?" I asked a local journalist. He looked at me blankly, then ventured: "Maybe go out to the forest."
There was no travel guide in the airport bookshop, only a chapter in Lonely Planet's Africa volume that noted the country's tourism suffers because of volatile neighbours. The Wikitravel website's guide to Cameroon has headings for See and Do, but both are blank.
It's also awkward and costly to get to. I flew to Nairobi first, then caught a connecting flight that was seemingly devoid of holidaymakers but did contain a Congolese sports team and dozens of Chinese men. The language barrier between them and the air stewards may be a regular occurrence in Africa these days.
"I don't trust the Chinese," said my taxi driver, winding past open-air bars where people drank, danced and sat on plastic chairs watching football on TVs below dangling lightbulbs. "They don't pass on any knowledge to the Cameroons. They bring their own people. They are here for the minerals, then they will be gone. Our government should remember its children."
We passed a new Chinese addition to the landscape of Yaounde, a music and sports facility that resembles a steel armadillo, or a spaceship.
It's an incongruous touch of the Frank Gehrys in a landscape that otherwise consists of blocky concrete, rusty corrugated roofs and a small park where parents show their children fish in the river. Government ministries are giant Stalinist towers with a touch of central Birmingham.
Drive up into the surrounding hills, however, and it's a different story of lush vegetation and clean air. I glimpsed that archetypal image of African football that will be seen regularly around next month's World Cup: young men chasing a ball on a pitch of ochre-red dirt surrounded by verdant borders.
At a Benedictine monastery on Mont Febe I found a rocky precipice with sweeping views of the city. Nearby, there were people praying to a Madonna statue carved into a giant boulder, and a lone boy lobbing a ball at a basketball hoop. Colourful geckos darted along the ground, as they do all around the city.
I wandered unchallenged into the monastery's arts and crafts museum, a small but potent collection of masks, statues and ornaments. This is bold and brilliant ritual art, some of the faces containing teardrop eyes or giant mouths more alien than human. It could be the stuff of nightmares but feels vital and charged with imagination.
I shopped for some of it at the arts and crafts market, where hawkers lull their prey into their stalls then beg, flatter and all but rugby tackle them to stop them escaping. There must be seasoned travellers who are world champions at haggling and fending off harassment, but I'm not one of them.
Cameroon is this week celebrating its 50th anniversary of independence. Paul Biya, the president, has reigned for 28 of those.
He claims to be Monsieur Propre — Mr Clean — but it's known that corruption is rife. Last month, a journalist, Bibi Ngota, died in prison after apparently being denied medical treatment. Nothing, however, will get international attention like Cameroon's footballers, the Indomitable Lions, when they play in the World Cup.
This, after all, is not a place many people choose to come on honeymoon, or to retire to, or to die in. As I head for the airport, I'll wonder if I'm ever coming back. Making my first trip to Cuba, Iran or Nigeria feels more urgent. But saying never again feels a little too sad and mortal to bear.
David Smith is the Guardian's Africa correspondent
Labels: Cameroon, David Smith, Travel
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:15 PM,
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Cameroon - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts
Friday, April 6, 2012
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Cameroon - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts" report to their offering.
Cameroons economic growth has lagged behind other countries in the region which is mirrored by the development of its telecommunications sector. It is one of only a few countries in Africa left with only two competing mobile networks, MTN and Orange. The re-entry into the mobile market by fixed-line incumbent Camtel as the third player has been delayed by controversy regarding its licence.
The result is a mobile market penetration rate that is below the African average and also below that of other countries with similar GDP per capita levels. Third generation (3G) mobile service have still not been introduced apart from Camtels EV-DO fixed-wireless service. Fixed-line penetration is extremely low, and the privatisation of Camtels fixed-line business has failed several times.Mirroring a trend throughout developing markets, the average revenue per user (ARPU) in Cameroons mobile sector has fallen continuously as lower income groups gain access to services. The operators are trying to generate new revenue streams from the virtually untapped Internet and broadband market by introducing mobile data and WiMAX wireless broadband services. Camtel has been allowed to monopolise access to the SAT-3/WASC international fibre optic submarine cable, which has led to extremely high prices and a grey market of unlicensed satellite gateway operators offering Internet access and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. A major expansion program for international fibre connections and a national fibre backbone network is underway with funding from the Word Bank and China.
Under a more liberal regulatory regime, Cameroons telecommunications market could catch up very quickly with its peers in the region. The industry regulator has indicated it plans to complete the privatisation of Camtel and increase competition by licensing more operators.
Read more »Labels: Broadband, Cameroon, Mobile, Telecoms
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:07 AM,
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Assisting Struggling Villages
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Nigeria/Cameroon Mixed Commission will soon address the problems of ``struggling'' villages caught in between the Nigeria and Cameroon boundary.
Director-General of the National Boundary Commission, Mr. Sadiq Diggi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja yesterday.
Diggi said the mixed commission had been working towards solving the problems of villages in Bakassi since the International Court of Justice ceded the area to Cameroon.
According to him, the commission is currently engaged with the delineation of the area. ``We are now about to finish the delineation exercise; we started from Borno and now we are at the head of River Taqua Bay which marks the end of the land boundary. "We have started putting in actual pillars, the pillars have gone almost one third and after that, the actual work of the survey will continue.
"While delineation is going on, unfortunately, we continue to experience villages struggling from one country to another and that we have to contend with. ``But we promise at the end of the whole exercise the mixed commission is going decide what to do on the issue of the struggling villages,’’ he said.
The director-general also advised that boundaries between states or nations should be demarcated to prevent problems between such states or nations.
"That way it will be much easier for people to agree on the terms and conditions of demarcation while they are at peace rather than when they are in disagreement,'' he said.
Diggi thanked Federal Government for empowering the commission to carry out its duties properly.
“I have to say that we are really very grateful to the government because our budget this year is by far much better than the budget of the last two years. “We hope to continue with our affairs non-stop, it will help to enhance the activities of the commission," Diggi said.
Labels: Cameroon
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:20 PM,
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Leading Thinker from Cameroon
Saturday, March 17, 2012
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Matt Berg comes in at No. 19 on Time’s roster of leading thinkers. Matt Berg looks very calm for a man who will have 100,000 children to look after. That might be because of his humble cell phone.Berg, 32, is leading the push to track disease in Africa with 160-character text messages, or SMS. As technology director for ChildCount+, he helps oversee a network of community-health workers who regularly examine local children, treat their ills and then text back the status of every sick child they find. This allows for improved health monitoring, faster interventions and better immunization and treatment campaigns.
ChildCount+ has been in existence for only nine months and has already reported more than 20,000 nutrition screenings, 500 cases of malnutrition and 2,000 of malaria. Berg and his colleagues are now scaling up to monitor more than 100,000 children under 5.
The use of technology in Africa has long been Berg's passion, and he's made it his mission to nurture homegrown talent too. He helped establish the Rural Technology Lab in Mali, so local students can take over the job of ensuring their communities' health. Remarkable as Berg's work is, its greatest achievement will come when he's no longer the one doing it. Verclas is a co-founder of MobileActive.org {Via}
Labels: Africa, Cameroon, Health, People
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:25 AM,
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Cameroon Fahion
Friday, March 9, 2012
A centre for Cameroonian fashion designers has been inaugurated in the nation capital Yaoundé. The centre has been opened to bring together Cameroonian designers under one umbrella as a means of encouraging creativity and productivity. The move is also intended to encourage the marketing and distribution of made in Cameroon labels on the international market. The centre for Cameroonian Fashion Designers was launched by the Minister of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicraft, Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa. The Minister lauded the authors of the initiative which he said would generate revenue and create employment.He said the inauguration would favour the growth and development of small and medium sized enterprises.
Labels: Cameroon, Cameroon Culture
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:48 AM,
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Bamileke Mask
Monday, February 13, 2012
Labels: Bamileke, Cameroon, Cameroon Culture, People
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:58 AM,
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The Ball in Cameroon
Sunday, January 1, 2012
After the passing of the World Cup trophy a few weeks ago in Yaoundé, Cameroon will again welcome, on April 14, the World Cup ball, simply called “the Ball” before continuing its journey to South Africa.
It is the Special Olympics Cameroon (SOC) association, a dismemberment of Special Olympics, which received approval to host the week-long event, Cameroon’s online website said.
“The Ball” will stay in Cameroon for one week, and it will leave on April 21 for Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, and Botswana before ending in the land of Nelson Mandela where it will be played, from 11 June to 11 July, the first African World Cup.
“The Ball” is to football what the Olympic flame is to the Olympic Games. Its journey across the world is an initiative by the Special Olympics International in partnership with the “Spirit of Football” Association.
The event takes place every four years, in preparation for the final phase of the World Cup.
During the stay of the 2010 World Cup ball in Cameroon, the organizers have planned many activities, including football matches, cultural and free medical consultations for people with mental disabilities.
The world tour of “The Ball” is primarily to collect 100,000 signatures on the ball. Cameroon, South Africa, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire are the countries that will represent Africa at the 2010 World Cup. -APA news
Labels: Ball, Cameroon, FIFA Fans
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:59 AM,
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Cameroon NGO and Culture
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Most NGOs fall into one of two types: those with a focus on social problems such as AIDS awareness, condom distribution, and street children; and ethnic development associations that link urban migrants with their home villages, build hospitals, schools, and bridges "back home," and organize urban ethnic festivals. Ethnic associations often are organized as rotating credit associations, building on a long tradition of mutual aid in both rural and urban areas. They reflect the increasing importance of ethnicity in national and local politics.
Read more on Culture of Cameroon - traditional, history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family, social, dress, marriage, men, life, wedding, tribe, population, and religion.
Read more on Culture of Cameroon - traditional, history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family, social, dress, marriage, men, life, wedding, tribe, population, and religion.
Labels: Cameroon, Culture, NGOs
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:29 AM,
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