this project helps displaced women and young girls who have fled from the suburbs to the town of bamenda due to the political crises affecting the north west region of Cameroon.These women have lost their husbands ,livelihoods,and means of income as a result of the crises.so far 35 women have benefited from the micro-scheme,but the number keeps growing as the crises worsens.each woman receives 50,000CFA to start up a business.monthly evaluations are carried out for 1 year.
The political instability in the north west and south west regions of Cameroon has had a very heavy drop-down effect on families and households, women being a part of every family have felt the blow more, because, they have lost their husbands and breadwinners of their families, most especially the have lost their sources of income, reason being most rural areas in these affected areas have witnessed a mass exodus of its inhabitants to the nearby urban area of Bamenda.
this micro income project helps these women start up petty- businesses like pastries,raw foodstuffs ,call box operators ,selling of fruits etc with each beneficiary receiving 50,000cfa as capital.this would help these women cater and provide basic necessities for their families and also support their children in education
the project will benefit 100 women directly and their households (with each household having averagely 5 persons) , from there she can grow her capital to better her life and other family members ,
This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).
