ndanifor community garden project in yaounde, cameroon

Ndanifor Community Garden Project;The Spirit Of Ndanifor : 

Ndanifor Community Garden Project;The Spirit Of Ndanifor

The Ndanifor Garden Project, Cameroon : 

The Ndanifor Garden Project, Cameroon This is a home Grown Cameroonian development project which addresses the problem of displaced young people by ‘reconnecting’ them to the land and the culture of the village. ‘The Spirit of Ndanifor’ The focus of the project is a 5 acre Garden reclaimed from wasteland to be used as a community resource for training, economic regeneration and conservation of wildlife.

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Landscaped entrance to Ndanifor Project HQ

What Is The Spirit Of Ndanifor? : 

What Is The Spirit Of Ndanifor? The spirit of Ndanifor encourages young people to break out of poverty and integrate into the social, economic and cultural life of the community through self employment and self-reliance A quiet place in the city as refuge for the young and disorientated Indigenous Knowledge”

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North West Cameroonian Rural Landscape; Home Of The Spirit Of Ndanifor

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The ‘Spirit of Ndanifor’ in Practice; Traditional Dance In The Garden Performed By Young Unemployed

Ndanifor Garden: Where? : 

Ndanifor Garden: Where? The garden is situated: -In Yaounde, Capital of Cameroon On a 5 Acre site in the Tam Tam quarter On a reclaimed area of waste land Environs of the garden

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City Environs of Ndanifor Garden

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River forming a boundary to the Garden

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The Ndanifor Garden

Ndanifor: Why? : 

Ndanifor: Why? Poor Hygiene & Sanitation Youth under-employment Need to integrate traditional Cultures Need for Conservation of Environment Need to maintain bio-diversity The movement of people from the towns to the Cities has created many social and environmental problems

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Discarded plastic bottles attributing to problems with flooding and sanitation

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Sanitation Problems Through Lack Of Waste Disposal

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Displaced Youth

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” This place has a spirit. It helps me to pay attention to myself and my thoughts and meditate on the course of my destiny. I come here often to gather my thoughts”.

Ndanifor: How? : 

Ndanifor: How? Training In: Landscape Gardening Horticulture & Market Gardening Tool Making Micro Enterprises, e.g. Cane Rat Husbandry Supported By: Cultural Activity Resource Centre & Restaurant Ndanifor seeks to tackle some of these problems through work on the land:

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Plants potted up For Landscape Gardening

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Young person working in the garden

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Young people digging a ditch through the garden

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Clean Water At Ndanifor Garden Project

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Cultural Activity In The Garden

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The Beginnings Of The Resource Centre

Involving the Local Community : 

Involving the Local Community Ndanifor Project seeks to empower groups in the community to help themselves and their local community. It does this through working through the existing political structures. Offering support and a meeting space for groups to organise themselves

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Discussing the garden with the quarter chief

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Local volunteers bringing in soil to reclaim the land

Outreach Projects : 

Outreach Projects Ndanifor has outreach projects in both the North and the North West of Cameroon It provides the infrastructure for community development and self help projects for the young unemployed

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Location of Outreach Project, Bamenda

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Bamenda Project; learning and selling……embroidery

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Making & Selling Toys & Crafts

Who Is Ndanifor? : 

Who Is Ndanifor? A Cameroonian NGO supported by A UK based Charity: ‘Ndanifor Gardens UK Trust

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Meeting of Dance Group Members

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Young People on a holiday training workshop

Immediate Project Issues : 

Immediate Project Issues Finance For: Permanent Flood Prevention For The Garden Environmental and Sanitation Improvements Workshop and resource centre infrastructure Project staff to develop social enterprise income streams

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The floods in the garden, which caused great destruction of the horticultural enterprise

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Make-Shift Flood Defences Whilst Fund-raising Takes Place

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Temporary shelter and location of Proposed New Workshop

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Ndanifor HQ and Trialling Site Of New Community Cafe

Want To Be A Part Of Ndanifor? : 

Want To Be A Part Of Ndanifor? Join The UK Based Charity (no. 1117878) Fill Out A Gift Aid Mandate (email trokki@phonecoop.coop Make a one off payment to ‘Ndanifor Garden UK Trust’ Thank You!