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  After a survey carried out to situate the population of Bamenda one, two and three, perception and attitude towards Peacebuilding and human rights in the context of the Anglophone crisis, a data has been released by Charmers Media and Communication Consults CHAMECC, to over 30 individuals in the presence of the Delegate of women's empowerment for the North West Region, with the purpose of recommendations that can bring lasting peace to the region.     As stated by Mr. Nji Blasius, founder of CHAMECC while giving a brief presentation on the background of the project to participants, he said "The survey falls under a one year project. We had to carry out a series of activities like radio program, publications and now surveys to get the impact of the crisis on the population. We trained ten volunteers to administer questionnaires in Bamenda 1, 2, and three for a month. The aim of this project was to get the opinions of people at the Grassroots and use the data to find out d

  The Center for Advocacy, Gender Equality and Action for Development has on Thursday 22 April 2021 launched   a Manual   to help make learning easy for grassroots facilitators who are aiding the localization of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 ( UNSCR1325) on women , peace and Security agenda in Communities across Cameroon. The launch which   took place under the umbrella of the Bamenda 3  Council Hall, with strict respect of the Covid-19 measures and attended by some   dignitaries and   stakeholders, is a follow up of a project which began some few months back with the training of some women and men as community peace Ambassadors   in the Bamenda 1 and 3 locality. The training together with the manual presented to these women and men who are now certified CPAs seeks to empower them with knowledge and skills which will help them carry out the UNSCR1325 with diligence. Access to   Information   still remains a problem and given the fact that, the North West R

Over 30 journalists and bloggers, drawn from the North-West Region, have been drilled on reporting in armed conflict and advocacy on the protection of rights of civilians in armed conflict in line with international humanitarian laws as enshrined in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. * Aimed at equipping journalists with the skills they need to carry out their role in crisis reporting, and how they can use their various media outlets to advocate for an effective and efficient humanitarian coverage of the ongoing anglophone crisis, the workshop provided participants the opportunity to work towards advocacy actions on the protection of the rights of civilians in the context of the armed conflict rocking the two Anglophone regions and also, to evaluate the humanitarian response system in Cameroon, comparatively with what entails elsewhere.   The workshop also aimed at improving skills of citizen journalists towards a more professional reporting, by engaging them to capture and re

Symbolic handing over of SINOPHARM After the Center and the West Regions, the North West Region received its own share of the Covid-19 vaccine with great Euphoria. To receive the vaccine at the regional delegation of public health was the Secretary General at the Governor's office Vi a ng Mekala, in the presence of other top Government officials as the Vaccine was handed over to the Public Health Delegate, Dr. Che Soh Kingsley.  SG NW, Viang Mekala receiving his dose. In total, 11400 Covid-19 Vaccines finally arrived the North West Region on Wednesday 14th of April 2021 with the aim of targeting the health personnel so as to boost up their moral as they have been on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19 as they threat Covid-19 patient within the different health districts in the North West Region of Cameroon. In addition to this, patients who are diabetics and Hypertensive, professional workers like teachers, security officers are the most exposed. After receiving the SIN

The third term of the academic year 2020/2021, started last April 12, 2021 with many school administrations, taking firm resolutions and determination to complete the syllabus for the academic year while respecting barrier measures against COVID-19. In many schools across Menchum Division, focus this term is ensuring that the students and pupils cover over 90% of their coursework especially as the academic year began late due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Government Practising Nursery School Wum, the Headmistress explained that her pupils will have an extra hour for catch-up classes. This is same for students in almost all secondary schools within the division, who already had extra classes during the Easter holidays. As concerns fighting the COVID-19 on school campuses, school administrations are very careful. A Head Teacher made us know that in his school, there are points for the washing of hands spread across the campus. He added that children are encouraged to usually put o

The COVID-19 Pandemic has greatly affected the world economy and has resulted to untold damage to lives and communities. With over 100 million COVID-19 cases worldwide and over 2 million deaths and a continuous wide spread and resurgence in many countries, the battle against this virus is far from being over. The resurgence of COVID-19 in many countries have been linked to the non- respect for barrier measures by individuals largely fueled by the misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding the vaccine. The entire world received a sigh of relieve after significant milestones of vaccine development was announced by the World Health Organization. However instead of this great scientific progress being celebrated, the speed of vaccine development has further strengthen certain conspiracy theories thereby increasing hesitancy to the vaccine by most people. With misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine trending all over social media and the drama surrounding the origin of the virus