My name is Loing Lucy, a native of Ndjong village in Santa Subdivision. I am 46 years old and a widow of with 06 children, my late husband being a victim of the ongoing armed conflict in the North West and the South West Regions of Cameroon. I had been in gardening activities for many years before the crises and…
Protecting Water Catchment in Alatening
We are in Alatening. Doing what we know how to do so well… Protecting water catchments with the planting of water-friendly trees and fencing the catchment area with both life and dead fence. This will improve on ecosystem biodiversity while mitigating climate change effects. Click the link below to view on facebook (16) SIRDEP – We are in Alatening. Doing…
Make your compost, use for gardening.
In Mile 4, Nkwen in Bamenda III, we have assisted some 150 households to set up and run organic gardens. The manure for the gardens comes from their own homes. The beneficiaries have been trained to sort domestic waste and use the biodegradable to prepare compost for their farms. This is yielding already as several of them have had their…

Milestones of our 2022 Actions
The activities carried out in 2022 were based on the approved plan and available financial and material resources. It was quite challenging with insecurity and financial uncertainty. Sensitizations were carried out on availability of relief aid reaching 2,807 persons in Bamendankwe, Alatening, SIRDEP office, SIRDEP entrepreneurship center, and rural Mankon. Through our referrals, 61 persons were supported with food items,…
Water catchment protection and forest conservation for sustainable climate change adaptation in Alatening community
Project Period: January to December 2023 Project Brief The earmarked water catchment areas to be protected have been demarcated but not fenced either with a dead or life fence. Fire tracing of the catchment areas done by the community with supervision from the environmentalist from SIRDEP. Fencing of the catchment area will be done using both life and dead fencing…

Launching of activities for waste management in Bamenda III
It was at Nkwen, in the presence of the second deputy mayor of Bamenda III Council that the launching ceremony took place. Meant to be attended by only quarter heads of the quarters concerned and their close aids, it was a very successful event as the quarter heads wait with enthusiasm for activities to get to a higher gear. Representing…

Small Grant for Start ups
Passing through a capacity building but very competitive process, SIRDEP has a been granted an award to support 10 vulnerable persons in Bamenda. The grant that has been awarded by LUKMEF is coming from Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). The process that started with about 35 CSOs from across the country saw SIRDEP emerge as one of the awardees…

Capacity building of staff
Two of our staff are participating in a workshop in Buea on the theme “Civil society strengthening for effective engagement in holistic human development in Cameroon with focus on rural and semi-urban communities including those affected by crisis.” At the end of the workshop, participants will have knowledge that will help them to be better engaged in community project development…

Workshop by CRS Cameroon
Some staffs participated in a workshop by CRS Cameroon

World environment day 2022
Celebration of world environment day 2022 with tree planting and sensitization in Alatening village