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Sector: I am a social entrepreneur, I work for a non government organisation

Website:: http://www.rcs-cameroon.webs.com

About my work:: We work within Cameroon with youths and women on leadership and entrepreneurship to help the move out of the poverty trap.we work to achieve this through micro credit loan, professional training and mentorship

Other Topics on my radar:: Micro credit and entrepreneurship

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Overall Rationale

The overall objective of the project is to provide opportunity for growth for young people with great business ideas and to reinforce the spirit of entrepreneurship for growth and development for the private sector in Cameroon.

BACKGROUND

Cameroon today and Africa as a whole is saturated with graduates from different educational standing, who possess and are well equipped with marketable skills in economic development. Unfortunately very… Continue

Posted on April 4, 2010 at 11:14 — 2 Comments

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At 8:59 on March 25, 2010, Lyndal Anne Bale said…: Hello Mandi

Thank you for your connection.

Is FGM on your agenda?

I know a little bit about FGM in Cameroon, but I need to know about groups there who are working for its eradication.

I belong to End FGM Now, a new group about to be registered in UK. Our mission is
High Level Advocacy to bring this taboo subject into the headlines,
to foster a Global Coalition of anti-FGM groups,
to create a Forum for FGM groups to share their experience and expertise,
To end FGM by 2020.

We have a wonderful leader, Julia Lalla-Maharajh, who is dedicated to this cause after working as a volunteer in Ethiopia and Kenya. Julia won a competition to take the issue of FGM to the Davos Debates in January, where she made this topic world news.
She is a first rate ambassador for our cause. Please see www.endfgmnow.org, the videos of Julia and the actual Davos Debate that she participated in.

In End FGM Now we intend to make progress through grassroots community organisations using local people to listen to the concerns about breaking with tradition and to address ways of changing attitudes sensitively, with messages of the benefits that ending FGM will have on girls, women, men and the whole community that they live in.

I f you can help us with micro-loans to the "cutters" to help them with other sources of income, or put me in touch with local people who wish to end FGM, it would be wonderful.

I look forward to hearing from you.

my warm regards

Lyndal Bale

At 15:39 on March 29, 2010, Gerry Boyle said…: Mandi
Oxfam's focus on financing is to work out how to enable financial institutions to fund SMEs. Our work is currently at an early stage, where we are just beginning to talk to financial institutions.
Best regards
Gerry

At 9:43 on March 31, 2010, Jerry Marshall said…: Thanks. What are your needs? Potentially we could seek mentors or provide practical business training and train trainers. I could advertise to our membership to see if there is anyone interested in getting involved.

At 22:14 on April 3, 2010, Jerry Marshall said…: Not sure what you mean by partner in micro credit scheme. We provide people rather than grants and our main focus is the SME sector. Contact me via www.tbnetwork.org . If you send me a short 'advert' for what you want I can put this out to members and see if we get any takers.

At 20:17 on April 7, 2010, ISSA said…: Really good initiative. We try to do the same for Malagasy families. Keep in touch

At 22:56 on April 19, 2010, Sean Thomas Flynn said…: Dear Mandi, I'm very interested in your current project, please tell me more and how a partnership would be beneficial for both parties.

Thanks,

Sean Flynn