Wirsiy Eric F.
Officer
Graduated from the Dschang University Centre, Cameroon, in 1990 with a Bsc in agriculture. He worked with the Ministry of Agriculture as subject matter specialist in charge of vegetable and food crops and later joined Limbe Botanic Garden (LBG) as Agricultural Extension Officer. He currently volunteers part time as M&E officer for CENDEP. He has developed, sourced funding for and managed several projects both for LBG and CENDEP in the fields of natural resource management and sustainable agriculture.
Mbeng Helen Ankungha
Bee keeping Officer
Was trained as beekeeper by the Apiculture and Nature Conservation Organization in 1996, after which she joined bee keepers in her native Boyo division in North West Region of Cameroon. As beekeeper she established an apiary she has been running till date. Since 2002 she has worked with the marketing departments of Beekeeping Development and Conservation Organization, RDA and Forest House in Limbe. From 2012 she started working part time as beekeeping advisor for CENDEP, in charge of organizing and training rural women on bee farming.
Tatah Blaise
Community Development Officer
Is a Holder of a B.Sc. in Economics and a post graduate diploma in curriculum studies. He joined CENDEP in 2012 and works with farmer communities, forest management committees, graziers and vulnerable groups to identify their problems, propose concrete solutions, elaborate and implements programs for sustainable livelihoods. As community development officer Tata has a passion for strengthening and assisting groups in the value chain development process.
Ngu Jeanine Lum Kokoh
Loans Advisor
Is a holder of a B.Sc in Sociology and Anthropology. She works as loans advisor, ensuring that rural women have access to finances through revolving funds. Revolving funds are funds established with local women groups. Income or repayments are used to finance its continuing operations from year to year. She guides the local women groups, advising CENDEP management on how to better assist women groups most of whom are not lettered. On a continuous basis she offers training on areas of the group’s book keeping requiring improvement.
Periementah Kutchoteh Ndzefemmegho
Forest and Nature Conservation Officer
Holds an MSc in Forest Ecology & Silviculture from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He joined CENDEP in 2008 and was one of the key actors responsible for CENDEP’s successful introduction of analog forestry in the North West Region of Cameroon. Periementah contributes to CENDEP by providing technical assistance to clients seeking sustainable forestry techniques, proposing strategies for CENDEP’s extension initiatives, and liaising with the government and other non-State institutions on forestry-related issues. Periementah currently combines his academic and professional skills in helping vulnerable groups at the grassroots in Cameroon and several African countries through local partners in advocating in favor of women for land rights, clean, safe and healthy environments through the nexus of using analog forestry techniques for sustainable land management and community well being. Periementah’s ultimate goal is to “ become an advocate for the protection of forested landscapes as well as improving the livelihoods of forest dwelling communities”.
Ngong Gloria Shalanyuy
Agricultural Development Officer
Is a holder of CAPIEM. ie Teachers Grad One Certificate. She graduated from the Teacher Training College Mundemba in July 2000. She joined CENDEP in June 2006 to manage the funds of the organization. Though she was not trained in that field she started learning by doing. In June 2008 one of CENDEP’s sponsors ICCO saw the need for her to be trained so as to manage their funds successfully. To that effect ICCO sponsored her one week training in Financial Management in nongovernmental organization in Abuja-Nigeria organized by www.mango.org.
Dinka Yefon
Project Management Volunteer
Dinka Yefon is an MBA student in Project Management from the University of Buea and a holder of a BSc certificate in Management obtained from the Catholic University Institute of Buea (CUIB) in Cameroon. She has been volunteering with CENDEP since 2013 with main tasks such as participation in the design, implementation and monitoring of field activities carried out by CENDEP. Her work in CENDEP is an example of a win-win relationship whereby as a student entrepreneur she participates in projects that enable her to improve on her skills thus preparing her to easily integrate herself in the modern day world. She bring into CENDEP varied experiences from her initiatives and studies. She aspires to make a career as the project management world
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