Tuesday 4 March 2014
Thursday 13 February 2014
Food For all by 2015
Short Summary
My name is Eyongmanyo Remi, the CEO/Community Services Specialist for Nonprofit organization called Torchlight Group CIG. You can check my profile on linked at www.linkedin.com/pub/eyongmanyo-remi-mba/68/871/a68/The Processor-food solution is a business project written by torchlight C.I.G. torchlight a project development and implementation CIG. Created in 2007, the organisation has developed and implemented various humanitarian and capacity development projects, including but not limited to orphanage outreach, and hospital outreach. Our organisation seeks to address the following development challenges; Food crises, hunger and food security, Poverty, Unemployment and Rural Exodus. 75% of the poor population of Cameroon lives in the rural areas, most of which their primary activities is small scale agriculture for their sustainability, most of whom are women. 70% of these farmers farm on cassava, whose food derivatives (Gari, Fufu, flour, etc) happens to be the most consumed food in Cameroon, CEMAC, West and Sub-Saharan Africa. Being a drought resistant food crop, cassava seems to be the hope for food in adverse drought situations. The impact of food crisis in Cameroon could be feasible from the 2008 nationwide civil unrest that lasted for 3 months resulting to lose of lives. In view of this challenge our organization is creating a food processing project called “Processor – Food Solutions”. Though beginning as a project, if tested and proven to be successful shall scale up to full time business enterprise. The peculiarity of this could be seen in the following activities;
The project shall process cassava to 10000 tons of Gari per year by 2015 and then to the other furnished products such as flour, and Fufu within 3-10yrs. The project shall package its finished products to add value and to ensure food availability at affordable prices, food security and preservation, while reducing hunger for over 22 million inhabitants by 2022
The project shall financially and technically (by adequate training, contracting and supervision) empower local cassava tuber producers through our Small Farmers Support Scheme for large scale production and stands as a ready market for both the local tuber and Gari producers. The project shall create jobs for both skilled and the unskilled population of the region, hence reducing unemployment, poverty, and rural exodus. This has not been the vision of other Gari producers who can only produce locally and for profit maximization only. This idea began undergoing testing in 2009 with market research which testifies the potential success of this transformation project.
What We Need & What You Get
This project will require a total funding of 49125 USD ranging from equipment supply, training, administrative cost, packing and production of food derivatives, and marketingThe Impact
Funding from this campaign will help
us achieve the following objectives- To development sustainable agricultural methods that will empower and raise the economic standard of at least 560 local cassava/Gari producers to supply over 30 000 tons of cassava tubers and 10000 tons of Gari by 2015
- To acquire a Processing building/unit that will process, package, and market 10 000 tons of Gari by 2015, while creating jobs and reducing rural exodus.
- To develop an agricultural food supply market by creating at least 10 Cassava food derivatives distribution centres that will ensure food availability and affordability throughout CEMAC, West and Sub-Saharan Africa by 2022
As a result of the above, we shall be able to;
- Help 7 million vulnerable women, children and families to escape hunger, poverty, and raise the level of income by 2015
- Reach 22 million people over CEMAC, West and sub-Saharan Africa with secured and affordable food to help them escape the problems associated with food crisis and food insecurity
by 2022
to read more and make you own contributions click on this link
http://igg.me/p/671428/x/6288661
Light Up Africa
Short Summary
Click this link to read more
http://igg.me/p/671881/x/6288661
Millions of inhabitants in the waterline and islands of Cameroon live in the dark. They are cut off from information, technology and happenings around the worldWith the changing age of information, torchlight group has introduced a project to light up this non accessible areas using the solar system.
This project will cost 17 259 USD and each penny you support counts and will be appreciated.
The Impact
This project will result to lighting over 2000 houses and 8 520 000 lives all over Cameroon
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