International Partner Stories

Our international partners accomplish amazing things with volunteers. Read their stories.

Volunteer assistance is critical to enabling our international partners to create change in their communities. Many of them have shared the work they were able to accomplish with the help of international volunteers. Read their stories below. 

 

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The Green Charter

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

Written May 14th, 2013 First of its kind in the history of Cameroon. The Green Charter, proudly presented by Green Cameroon. Green Charter Click to download the full charter The Green Charter, drafted and adopted during the Green Week at the Alliance Franco-Camerounaise Buea, on Sunday the 14th of April 2013, is intended to serve as a framework and provide guiding principles for environmental protection in Cameroon for governments, corporations, civil society and all other parties. Green Cameroon consulted with national stakeholders, including nonprofit organisations, policy makers, specialists, university lecturers, private companies, members of local delegations, and engaged community members on forest, water, agriculture and waste management to develop this document, hereby called the Green Charter.

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Green Cameroon Launches 2 New Projects!

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

Written May 9st, 2013 To continue its conservation work and improve the lives of community members, Green Cameroon’s team, last week, was down in the Community of Bokoko to meet with the chiefs, Village Traditional Councils and other representative to discuss the implementation modalities for the two projects and conditions for benefiting. We will be bringing you regular updates on the progress of these two baby projects as time goes on. Hope From The Farm Hope From The FarmHope from the farm is a project that aims at using agriculture as a means of fighting the high level of youth unemployment, high crime rates, high dependency ratio and rural exodus that is taking place in communities of the Mount Cameroon Forest Region....

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A Glimpse of Green Week

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

  Written April 13th, 2013 Green Week - Agro Forestry Yesterday, one more brilliant day in the Green Week! Our day on Agriculture, under the slogan “Protect your land, grow your future” mainly handled on sustainable & alternative agricultural techniques: organic farming and agroforestry. Our colleague, Cynthia Sama, started the day with an introduction on Agriculture in Cameroon. After that, we were honored by the presence of great speakers: the sub delegate for Agriculture and rural development of Fako devision, Matt Piscopo from Trees for the Future & Nyiwung Valery Colong, excutive director of Agro-Hub. Thank you! We ended this very interesting day with a shocking movie, “Local Solutions for a global disorder”. You can find many pictures of the whole...

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Green Week – Pictures day 1 & Program day 2

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

  Written April 9th, 2013. Green Week - Forest day Yesterday, our Green Week got started with our Forest-day. Today, “Water” is our main subject with presentations of CamWater and Live Build, open discussions and an eye opening movie, called “FLOW – For Love Of Water“. The program of today. Choose whatever interests you most and come at any time you like : 1 :00 – Opening doors + exhibition 2 :00 – Introduction to Water cycle and water management 3 :00 – Presentation of CamWater initiatives 4 :00 – Open discussion on community management of water : advantages & challenges 5 :00 – Live Build: Access to water for everyone 6 :00 – Movie: Flow Alliance Franco-Camerounaise is the place to be and...

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Thank You for Your Support!!

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

  Written April 5th, 2013 Green Week Promo Material As you all probably have heard by now, next week we’ll have our Green Week, the cherry on the cake of our Green Media Campaign. Thanks to your support, we were able to have interesting speakers from all over the country, the necessary technical material and beautiful promotional material as you can see on the picture. The coming week, many more pictures will follow about the event itself. We hope to you all at the Alliance Franco-Camerounaise! :) Thank you for your help and trust in Green Cameroon! Together, we’re sure we can make a change! Find all the details of the full program on our Green Week page! ...

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Green Week - Promotional Material

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

Written April 1st, 2013 Button Next week, we have our Green Week!! You can now find all the promotional material here! Click on the images to enlarge. Like, share, post, tweet, pin, … Spread the word!!! :)   Find all the details of the full program on our Green Week page!   Flyer Green Week   Poster Green Week  ...

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World Water Day: March 22nd

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

 Written March 22nd, 2013.   Water Catchment Area   Water is life, cherish it !   Today is World Water Day. A perfect time to stress, once more, the importance of water and efficient water management.   Did you know that:   70% of the human body is composed of water About 70% of the earth is covered by water, hence the nickname ‘Blue Planet’. But only 2.5% of global water is fresh water and 99% of that water is locked up in glaciers or deep underground!   If we combine the limited number of fresh water resources on one hand, and the population growth on the other, we can easily understand the challenges the world is facing in terms of water distribution and access to safe and clean water for every human being.   Worldwide water...

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World Water Day: March 22nd

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

 Written March 22nd, 2013.   Water Catchment Area   Water is life, cherish it !   Today is World Water Day. A perfect time to stress, once more, the importance of water and efficient water management.   Did you know that:   70% of the human body is composed of water About 70% of the earth is covered by water, hence the nickname ‘Blue Planet’. But only 2.5% of global water is fresh water and 99% of that water is locked up in glaciers or deep underground!   If we combine the limited number of fresh water resources on one hand, and the population growth on the other, we can easily understand the challenges the world is facing in terms of water distribution and access to safe and clean water for every human being.   Worldwide water...

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Green Cameroon on CRTV Radio

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

Written March 13th, 2013 CRTV Radio Edith Atoneche, journalist at CRTV Radio invited us to her ‘Planet Watch’ program to talk about Green Cameroon. All listen to “Planet Watch” this evening, at 9:30pm on the radio Buea, frequency 94.5fm!   Masango on radio   Marie-Do on radio   Daniel on radio      ...

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Sweeden Ran Out of Garbage

June 10, 2013

Green Cameroon, Cameroon

Written March 12th, 2013 recycle bins Due to Sweden’s innovative waste-to-energy program and highly efficient recycling habits, the Scandinavian nation faces an interesting dilemma. They have run out of trash. Sweden’s waste management and recycling programs are second to none as only four percent of the nation’s waste ends up in landfills. By contrast, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, over half of the waste produced by U.S. households ends up in landfills. Because the Swedish manage waste so effectively and then use what remains to partly power their country, they are now living an environmentalist’s dream; a shortage of garbage. Read the full article…...

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