Category: Community

Valorisation des savoirs traditionnels autochtones pour l’adaptation aux changements climatiques 

Soutenu par le Pawanka Fund et mis en œuvre par AIWO-CAN, ce projet vise à valoriser les savoirs traditionnels des communautés autochtones pour renforcer leur adaptation aux changements climatiques, améliorer la résilience énergétique des ménages et promouvoir des pratiques d’élevage durable, avec un accent particulier sur les femmes.
Revalorizing Indigenous Pastoralists’ Traditional Knowledge and Practices: Promoting Sustainable Grazing and Household Energy Resilience in the West Region of Cameroon

This project aimed to strengthen Indigenous-led climate change adaptation by revitalizing traditional pastoral knowledge and practices among Mbororo pastoralist communities in the West Region of Cameroon. Faced with increasing climate variability, prolonged dry seasons, water scarcity, pasture degradation, and pressure on forest resources, these communities—particularly women—are disproportionately affected by environmental and socio-economic vulnerabilities.
Integrated Forest Landscape Management in the Cameroon Basin of the Congo

From 2023 to 2024, the African Indigenous Women Organization – Central African Network (AIWO-CAN) implemented a series of targeted awareness and engagement activities under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) 7 Congo Basin Impact Program in Cameroon. The initiative aimed to strengthen integrated forest landscape management, promoting the sustainable use of natural resources while safeguarding the rights and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (PACLs) surrounding Campo Ma’an National Park.
Economic empowerment of indigenous women groups in Yaoundé and Mandjou 

This project aimed to strengthen the institutional capacity of AIWO-CAN while promoting the economic empowerment, climate resilience, and skills development of Indigenous Mbororo women and girls. It responded to structural inequalities affecting Indigenous women, including limited access to income, high dependency on men, environmental degradation, and heightened vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gender and Climate Change Community-Based Adaptation through the creation of a High Carbon Value Community Forest (HCVF) in Didango, Tibati

Implemented by AIWO-CAN with the support of the PAWANKA Fund, this project was carried out in Didango, Tibati (Adamawa Region, Cameroon) to strengthen the climate resilience of the Mbororo pastoralist community through Indigenous knowledge, gender-responsive approaches, and community-based forest management.
Genre et adaptation des communautés de base aux changements climatiques dans les Régions de l’Est et de l’Adamaoua

Ce projet visait à renforcer la résilience des communautés de base face aux changements climatiques, tout en plaçant le genre et l’autonomisation des femmes au cœur des stratégies d’adaptation. Mis en œuvre par AIWO-CAN avec le soutien du FIDA, il s’adressait à des communautés rurales confrontées à la dégradation des ressources naturelles, à l’insécurité hydrique et à la vulnérabilité économique accrue des femmes et des jeunes.
Economic empowerment of girls/women and advocacy for the enrolment of more girls in schools as precursors to end gender-based violence in indigenous communities

This project aimed to address the structural drivers of gender-based violence (GBV) in Indigenous communities by promoting women’s economic empowerment and advocating for girls’ education as key prevention strategies. It targeted Indigenous women and girls in five communities across the East and Adamawa Regions, where poverty, harmful social norms, low school enrollment of girls, and limited access to economic opportunities increase vulnerability to violence and exclusion.
Réhabilitation d’une école et d’un centre de santé à Gouache, Bafoussam

Ce projet visait à améliorer l’accès à des services sociaux essentiels de qualité, en particulier l’éducation et la santé, au profit des populations de la localité de Gouache, à Bafoussam. Il s’inscrit dans l’approche d’AIWO-CAN en faveur du développement communautaire inclusif, de la dignité humaine et du renforcement du bien-être des populations vulnérables.