Urgent Action Fund - Africa
Rapid Response Grant Application
ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
1. Name, physical address, email, website/social media pages, telephone contacts of the organisation (s) making the request
TTGD EcoSociety – Sri Lanka.
Email: conamsy@gmail.com
Web: https://phcport.com/phcprojects/P373_TTGD_Sri_Lanka/
2. Name and title of the contact person (s). Kindly provide names, titles and contact details (email and phone numbers) of two other staff/ team/ board members of the applying organization/ group
Project Lead - Namukong Muma Cosmos, conamsy@gmail.com, +237 654799396
Assistant - Nformi Schneider Manka Nene, nformischneider@gmail.com, +237 676293525
3. Brief description of the organisation’s mission or main focus of work and when it was formed. Include the type of organization, e.g grassroot, national, regional, Community Based Organization (CBO) etc
[this is all to be revisited - copied from 363 - Cameroon]
A resilience-focused initiative combining sustainable agriculture with healthy, disaster-safe ecohomes in the traditional kingdom of Bafut.
4. Where is your organisation based? E.g. Rural, urban, peri-urban
Rural – Bafut, Cameroon
Rural – Bafut, Cameroon
5. Number of womn working in the organization, including their age range, and positions held.
Four Women in the organisation, ages range from 23 to 45. (Assistant Project Lead, Accountant, Supervisor +1)
6. List your current and previous sources of funding.
[None - see google drive / multi projects]
7. Provide at least three names and current contact information for organizations or funders who can recommend/endorse your work (Including phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the contact person).
Paul Achombong, City Mayor Bamenda City Council, +237 6 77 52 79 73 — [email to follow]
Mekom Samuel, Regional President Cameroon National Youth Council, +237 6 72 24 97 71 — [email to follow]
Atanche Zita, President New Breed Africa Foundation, +237 6 79 59 25 02 - [email to follow]
8. How did you learn about Urgent Action Fund-Africa?
TTGD Central Coordination Unit
THE SITUATION
9. What is the issue you want to address and when did it start?
Agricultural sustainability in Bafut.
10. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing womn’s human rights?
It will address economic, social and structural, barriers, It will empower women as farmers, leaders, and decision-makers.
11.1. Power analysis: who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is?
Food traders, traditional leadership structures.
11.2. Who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?
The Fon of Bafut, TTGD Foundation, community associations.
11.3. How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance womn’s human rights?
Improves regional resilience and food security.
12.1. What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation?
Unsustainable Financing
Limited Infrastructure
[general perhaps not to be considered -urgent]
12.2. How can these risks be mitigated?
Community involvement in co-design, use of local materials, TTGD-supported mobilization.
12.3. How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism?
Program Awareness addressing hostility towards gender.
Limitation of sharing personal information and confidentiality.
Involvement of legal persons and procedures.
13. Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above?
Traditional cohesion and leadership, cultural pride, and natural beauty that supports sustainable education.
THE URGENT ACTION/INTERVENTIONS
14. What do you want to do about the issue mentioned in number 9? Describe your activities/intervention.
Develop local cassava farming capacity through farmer training, establish commercial cassava production and create value added processing capabilities.
15. What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions?
Train a minimum of 50 farmers in modern cassava cultivation and processing techniques
Establish for a start 5 Hectares of commercial cassava production
Build and operate a cassava processing unit
Create sustainable income streams for locals
Develop a repliclable model for agricultural development
16. Why could this intervention not be planned for as part of your day-to-day work?
Lack of resources [urgency?]
17. Who are the people you plan to work with and how? Describe as appropriate.
Traditional leaders, farming households, youth apprentices, women-led families.
18. Will you partner with other groups in this action? If yes, explain roles and contact info.
PHC Service - governance oversight, reporting, and accountability, PHC support
TTGD Central - logistics, funding channeling, and branding support.
Skill-building workshops, mentorship programs, healthcare initiatives, and advocacy campaigns.
19. Are you part of any feminist/womn rights movement(s), coalition, or network?
Yes. [woman's union? or association?]
20. Where and when will the intervention be carried out?
Bafut, Mezam Department, Northwest Province, Cameroon.
21. How much are you requesting (in USD)?
15,000
22. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
Tools, local materials, training facilitators, land, local government administration
23. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, why and for how long?
No confidentiality constraints noted. [we share]