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Community granaries: A tool for family cohesion

The Far North region has the highest food insecurity rate in Cameroon outside the crisis zones (Northwest, Southwest).  Agriculture and livestock farming account for 70% of the population.  Farmers are subsistence farmers, and cereal production in the region is sufficient to meet the population’s basic needs for eight months of […]

Is Gender Inclusivity Possible in Cameroon’s Artisanal Mining Sector?

A woman pans for gold in Kambele 3, east region of Cameroon. The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is a crucial source of livelihood for thousands of people in Cameroon. In the Eastern region of Cameroon, many women are involved in ASM, where they play a significant role in […]

“East Cameroon’s Mines: The Grim Reality of Child Labour and the Urgent Need for Action

In Cameroon’s eastern region, precisely the Kadey division, a disturbing pattern is emerging where children, particularly those under the age of 13, are abandoning their education to work in gold mines. Children, especially 6–12 years old, leave their education to earn a living at mining sites. Illegal artisanal mining is […]

RELUFA, with support from the Commonwealth Foundation, launched a project for the Rehabilitation of Mining Sites in East Cameroon.

Cameroon’s National Development Strategy 2020-2030 has made mining a pillar of economic growth and development, which has attracted the interest of mining companies. However, mining, whether artisanal, semi-mechanized, or industrial, has a significant detrimental influence on the environment and surrounding populations. To minimize this impact, mining operators, particularly semi-mechanized miners, […]

Beyond the Kimberley Process: Need for a new approach to ethical diamond sourcing

By Enjema Nenne Esunge “The KP is now about geopolitics, and it’s not necessarily looking at the problems of the local communities. That’s where we have an issue.” – Jaff Bamenjo, KP CSC Vice-Coordinator The Kimberley Process is a certification scheme created to prevent trade in conflict diamonds. While it has […]

Civil society reiterates its call on the Kimberley Process to take responsibility and stop diamond trade from fueling any form of conflict and violence.

Civil Society opening statement at the 2023 Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting. KP CSC Plenary 2023 Opening Speech Honourable Minister Zhemu Soda, Honourable Minister Winston Chitando, Ms Feriel Zerouki, Chair of the World Diamond Council; Honourable Chairs of the Kimberley Process Working Groups; Focal Points of the participating countries to the […]

About RELUFA

Le RELUFA a pour objet de combattre les problèmes systémiques générateurs de pauvreté, de faim et les injustices sociales, économiques et environnementales au Cameroun.

Development Approach

The work of RELUFA is guided by three core values: integrity, dedication, and creativity.

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Mission and Objectives

The Network for the Fight Against Hunger in Cameroon (RELUFA), created in 2001, is comprised

RELUFA fights against poverty, hunger and economic, social and environmental injustices

Our programs

Extractives Industries Monitoring

Cameroon is full of important untapped mineral, gas and quarry resources. The Cameroonian state has developed a framework for deploying its development policy, in which it identifies the extractive sector as one of its driving

Food and Trade Justice

Hunger and Poverty are at the heart of RELUFA’s concerns. Therefore an objective was set in the Food and Trade Justice program to promote physical and economic access to a healthy and sufficient food supply

Land and Resources Justice

Cameroon has adopted a vision whose objective is to become “an emerging country … by 2035”, and a Strategy Paper for Growth and Employment (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper) which aims to reduce poverty through growth