Women's Rights in 28 Villages Cameroon Africa

Greetings:

The purpose of this report is to update our sponsors, supporters and women in 28 villages about the continuous progress that our organization is making in order to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms for the women in our villages.  It is certain that following the expected impact of this project, the number of women participating in training programs on empowerment of rights, gender equality, and economic development will increase to a level that the inalienable rights of women and girls will be more respected and affordable.  We are assisting our clients to develop and set goals to become successful in the pursue of individual small entrepreneur, businesses and skill, vocational training skills and experiences.

Currently, we are collaborating with other NGOs and international groups using access to technology to continue our work with developing classes and projects to bring awareness of the needs of women and youth, especially those from the Meta Villages , Momo Division, NW/SW Regions in Cameroon, Africa.  

With the outbreak of the Corornavirus world-wide, we believe that our women will take the lead and play a positive role in leading our people during this crisis as they have led our people doing the ongoing war against the people from the NW/SW Regions in Cameroon, Africa.  Health and Sanitation is the key to reducing the spread of this virus.

Cameroon has about 200 tribes in 10 regions.  Each tribe has distinct cultural norms that discriminate and abuse women and girls.  Moreover there is a critical absence of "rule of law" leading to rampart abuse of basic freedoms and rights of  minorities like Anglophones who are marginalized and discriminated against by the majority government in education, legal, social, economic, political, and cultural rights. Our project is necessary to correct the injustice meted out on Anglophone women and girls.

Our goal and objective is to support the protection, mitigation, and responses to human rights violations and abuse of the most vulnerable, by strengthening human rights frameworks, institutions and oversight by providing support to local, and key international, human rights organizations and institutions with particular focus on women and youth.  Strengthen the capacity of community based organizations, including faith-based associations through civic education and citizen participation to advocate for education, legal, social, economic, political, and cultural rights for women and youth.

Outcome of our efforts will be to continue to facilitate sustainable education and awareness of rights that can enable marginalized and those discriminated against to learn new trades and economic activities to become self-sufficient and alleviate chronic poverty and diseases within a year given sufficient resources as requested.  Development will improve if people are liberated and provided with basic education, health, safety, a clean and protected environment, and empowered to represent and speak for themselves which are all alienable human rights.

Links:

• Women challenges in Meta

 Greetings to all of our supporters and donors.  In this update we can say that despite the many inconviences that we are experiencing such as  a lack of appropriate food, medical supplies and personal care items we are holding our heads high and praying that the conflict which led us to flee from our villages and homes will be over in the upcoming new year.  Despite limited supplies and resorces we are continuing to reach out and support families who have settled in our area.

Recently we were able to provide a hot meal for our displaced families for the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays.  Families were grateful for the support and the hot meal and fellowship with the support that we are getting from our supporters and donors at GG.  We cannot express the joy and happiness that was on the faces of the members as they enjoyed the hot meals and treats from our supporters.  We were all grateful and humbled to be able to participate in these events.  We are looking forward to a happy new year!

The  Manager of JRCCA legal Dept left Yaounde on12/6/19 --- to visit  Mbengwi the Capital of Momo North West Region (NWR) on the 6th December 2019 on a private visit to meet with and discuss with all JRCCA Zonal Directors and our Lord Mayor of Mbengwi with regards to our Memorandum of Understanding with the City Council of Mbengwi that will result in the creation of jobs and Employment for our Youths, families, villages and neighboring communities suffering in the regions. 

Hopefully, we will be able to have something in place when it is safe for us to return to our homes and villages in the NW Region--MeETA--in Cameroon, Africa.  Despite being a risky venture, he was able to travel to Mbengwi and meet with the Mayor who provided him with a car and driver.

He had a successful meeting  with the Lord Mayor of Mbengwi and she was very helpful in providing us with the official number of villages and Zones that make up the Meta Tribe which is amongst the 280 tribes in Cameroon with the map where each village is located.  Amongst our discussions, we outlined all the Four Zones and the villages that represents each Zones in the Meta Tribe in Cameroon, Africa. 

Dispite the fact that many families in these areas have been displaced because of the on going conflict, the needs of the families who have remained in the area is great.  The greatest need is in the area of personal care such as food and medical supplies.  The main purpose of the visit was to try and establish a communication network with the villages so that we could coordinate the needs and provide support from our current headquarters. 

The Meta Zonal structure is as Follows:

 Zone 1

TAAH which is made up of

1. Zang Tabi Villages
2. Toneku Villages
3. Kai Villages
4.  Njah-Etu 

Zone 2

GUTAAH which is made up of:

1. Ngwokwong
2. Tugi

Zone 3

MEDIG ZONE

Tudig,

Nyen

Chup,

Kob,

Guneku,

Njinibi,

Mbemi,

Njindom, 

Zang Tabeng,

Wumnebug,

Barakwe,

Chenam,

Wumnebit,

Mbengwi

Zone 4

BOME ZONE

Ku,

Kobeyeng,

Funam,

Tuwyang,

Njimefe,

Gundom,

Njekwo

Ngeyn-Mbo

Waiting on the names of the rest who are listed from our Lord Mayor of Mbengwi

Zone 5 represents all other tribes like:

(1).Pinyen, (2). Wum, (3).Ako, (4),Boyo, (5) Akkum,etc..Rest of the Tribes

In Conclusion: While on this  visit  l also  made with the  SDO and the lord mayor of city council Mbengwi respectively and discussed with them a few points, collected the Email  address of the  SDO For MOMO Division North West Region and also  handed to him an appreciation  letter from JRCCA for accepting to be the  technical adviser to JRCCA.

My meeting with the lord mayor of city council Mbengwi, we discussed on the villages that constituted each of the four zones as found on the attachment below. Lord Mayor made a Telephone call with the GC chairman requested him to give me names of and phone numbers of Zonal directors. General Counsel Chairman (GCC) told us he appointed some time ago and he said he will get back to me and still waiting. It was difficult for me to hold meetings to complete my agenda for the following reasons:

1)    Communication difficulty, no network, no electricity and Radio program was not possible.

2)     Still waiting on plan and budget from each zone.

3)    Plans on JRCCA Internship Program for the 2020  working in collaboration with JRCCA Executive Director

4)    Request action plan and budget from Director of Construction and Maintence by 31^st December 2019

5)     In conclusion much thanks to the Lord Mayor of city council Mbengwi who assisted me with a car and a driver for the few transactions made in Mbengwi. On the field l noticed a lot of in security in all over, in Mbengwi, Bome, Njindom, Ngyen-Mbo and Bamenda as there was still gun shots. I therefore quickly returned back to Yaounde on the 18th December 2019 thanking God for his grace and safe Journey.

Mgr legal Dept JRCCA         

19/12/2019  

• Field Report from Meta Tribe, Cameroon, Africa (PDF)