Partners For Productivity Foundation (PFPF)
PO Box 28 Bangem, Kupe-Muanenguba Division,
South West Province, Cameroon.
Tel: 00237 77 77 72 16
00237 97 94 77 99
E-mail: pfpf_ngo@yahoo.com
The Partners For Productivity Foundation (PFPF) was formed in January of 1998 and went operational in 2001 to respond to the growing poverty and conservation challenges facing the South West Region of Cameroon. Based in Bangem, Kupe-Muanenguba Division, PFPF was created by the ministry of territorial administration (Internal affairs, via prefect oral order No 006/L/G.42/162/A1) and has a status equivalent to section 501© (3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
PFPF envisions societies and communities where not only are the basic needs of people met, but that they have meaningful employment, and live amongst ecologically healthy environments. We see at the center of these communities thriving farm families who are producing high quality, environmentally sustainable food which feeds the community and also provides them with a good quality of life. And within these families, youth are encouraged, educated, and empowered, and women are respected and valued members of their community.
Today, PFPF works with rural communities to collaboratively envision and implement sustainable, innovative solu¬tions to problems identified by Southwest Region community members. Their mission is to facilitate positive change in South West Region of Cameroon by connecting local people to knowledge, experiences and resources to
Vision
PFPF envisions societies and communities where not only are the basic needs of people met, but that they have meaningful employment, and live amongst ecologically healthy environments. We see at the center of these communities thriving farm families who are producing high quality, environmentally sustainable food which feeds the community and also provides them with a good quality of life. And within these families, youth are encouraged, educated, and empowered, and women are respected and valued members of their community.
Mission
PFPF mission is to facilitate positive change in South West Region of Cameroon by connecting local people to knowledge, experiences and resources to help them build a better life through sustainable agriculture.
Methods and Values
• Empowerment: we work to empower the people, communities and CBO with whom we work by strengthening their capacity for self-help.
• Partnership: We work in collaboration with our partners in order to maximize our impact
• Commitments to learning: We are actively learning so that our work builds up skills, knowledge and understanding gained from experience.
We work in 6 key areas:
• Training and education
• Service delivery
• Resources mobilization
• Research and innovation
• Human resources development
• Public information, education and advocacy
Within these areas, we:
• Identify cross-cutting grass-root issues, and work in collaboration with locals to identify solutions
• Assist local community groups to define their activity, develop projects, obtain resources/funding and implement improvement plans
• Promote public awareness and understanding of new laws and initiatives impacting local communities, and we build capacity to assist them positively contribute to consultations, discussions and developments
• Provide disadvantaged communities access to training through workshops, seminars and use of PFPFs central library
Village Meeting
Programs Summary
1. Sustainable Agricultural Training and Food Security
- Training and resource development center: PFPF-TRED Center
- Diversification into other livelihood activities – animal husbandry, value added production of things like soap, palm oil, honey, etc.
- Organic farming
2. Environmental Conservation
- Agro-forestry training
- Sustainable forest resource management
- Water catchment protection
- Ecotourism
- Environmental education
3. Women and Youth Empowerment
Women are the major food producers in the region. To ensure agriculture is economically and environmentally sustainable, PFPF empowers women. Furthermore, the farming population is rapidly aging, coupled with major unemployment among youth. We empower youth as the next generation of sustainable farmers. Our main methods for empowering women and youth are
o Building their technical capacity
o Giving them a voice in their community
o Revealing resources that are available to them such as microfinance
