C4D COVID-19 Communication Response

By James Achanyi Fontem, Coordinator, OSCD ABO

Welcome to this C4D COVID-19 Communication Response. During this CHW training you can keep up to date with the latest COVID-19 If you would like us to post a C4D COVID-19 Communication Response, send it to CAMLINK OSCD ABO at: https://camlinknews.blogspot.com . Stay safe and healthy during these challenging times. Signposting to E-Training , IEC and Educative Talk– relevant COVID-19. Shared Community Communication Materials & Strategies • Action – Volunteer, Share, Request – both C4D COVID ABO members and others are encouraged to be in touch with the ISDC/NFM2 Project: completing a short Survey that is both a needs assessment and a brief C4D mapping of COVID-19 Response in different communities; signing-up for weekly COVID-19 Communications Response and for sharing and feedback. • The strategy for COVID-19 ISDC/NFM2 2018-2020 Project Response service can be viewed here: ABO Concept Strategy. The Network’s resource documents: Guidance for Effective Local Communication Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) : The guide seeks to address questions about how we can face local communication challenges presented by the pandemic, and how communicators respond effectively to the situation through supporting our communities to cope and to protect themselves. COVID-19 Global Program Management May 11 - 18, 2020 We offer in addition to support: • an innovative work environment with a diverse and passionate team • 7 days of CHW’s Training Due to the urgency of the trzining, shortlisting will be done on a rolling basis and if the ideal participant is identified before the closing date, OSCD ABO reserves the right to close the recruitment of pzrticipants before the May 10 deadline. The role The COVID-19 Global Program Management leads and coordinates ISDC/NFM2’s global activities of evidence-based language support to the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak. It provides strategic leadership and oversight of innovative strategies, and has overall responsibility for timely and effective identification, planning and implementation of activities, partnership development, fundraising and community representation. Responsibilities Activity development and delivery • Lead the development of an ambitious, innovative activity of evidence-based, tech-enabled language support to risk communication and community engagement for the COVID-19 global response • Coordinate with internal and external experts to ensure the activity strategy makes the best use of available technology and best practices to maximize its impact for information-poor groups around ABO District • Work closely with the District and Community health service team to ensure that Community Health Workers ‘CHW) have the capacity to deliver high-quality language services and language tools, supporting, making best use of, and celebrating our large community of actors • In collaboration with IRESCO Crisis Response and Fundraising teams, mobilize funds to deliver the global activity • Lead and coordinate delivery and monitoring of project activities in line with donor and Health District standards • Manage acticity budgets, evaluation and reporting in line with IRESCO and donor requirements, with support from Ministry of Public Health and global Crisis Response colleagues • Collect, collate and share internally data on information gaps and opportunities, and use this to direct project activities and resources to ensure CHWs provide the most effective language support as the outbreak and our understanding of needs evolve • Oversee implementation of the local COVID-19 response and the global COVID-19 activity action plan, and liaise with ABO health district within COVID-19-related activities at community level, to maximize complementarity, cross-learning and impact Team leadership • Recruit, lead, empower and manage the high-performing team needed for the successful implementation of the COVID-19 global activity • Promote, model and take proactive steps to ensure a positive, innovative and supportive work environment • Work across the organization to ensure that CHW’s response is well integrated across with local languages, flyers, posters,, fundraising and communications teams • Manage and support the CHW COVID-19 Response Lead to deliver the IRESCO-funded activities with the health district • Actively promote understanding of CHWs Code of Conduct and safeguarding and government policies, and associated reporting procedures, and uphold CHW’s values (below) in all engagement with communities, partners and colleagues • In collaboration with Community Health Area (CAS° global team, ensure compliance with Public Healthprocedures Advocacy and coordination • Lead on context and trend analysis for the global COVID-19 response • Lead CHW’s advocacy and media efforts on COVID-19 in close cooperation with the global Senior Advocacy Officer (RFS) and Communication Senior Officer, to ensure that language issues are highlighted within the global response • Act as spokesperson on COVID-19, as delegated by the Head of Fundraising and Communication/Executive Team, and proactively and constructively engage with reputable journalists to promote coverage and understanding of language issues in the media • Represent CHW on relevant coordination groups for risk communication and community engagement around COVID-19 and build the organization’s profile within the COVID-19 response community globally and in ABO Health District, ensuring professional and productive engagement with government authorities, UN agencies, national and international civil society partners and affected communities • Advocate for communication in languages and formats that are accessible to marginalized language speakers and other potentially vulnerable groups, and use evidence and analysis from our work and that of others to ensure that issues relating to language and risk communication/community engagement are taken on board in key strategic and planning decisions Qualifications The COVID-19 Global Management within ABO health District should be an innovative self-starter with a strong sense of initiative, an understanding of the humanitarian sector and management credentials, and enthusiasm about the importance of increasing access to knowledge. The CHW/CAS is an energetic team player and leader who agrees with community basic beliefs and values and who can work virtually with other members based in the community. Requirements • Demonstrated experience in mobilizing, organizing resources and establishing priorities • Proven ability to manage and build cohesive, productive teams and work collaboratively in consortia and across teams within the organization • Resourceful, able to get more out of small budgets and small teams • Good interpersonal skills; able to work well in a team-oriented, collaborative, cross-functional environment • Strong ability to multitask, prioritize, and work independently with minimal supervision • Excellent writing and presentation skills in French, English, Pidgin or local language • Fluency in other languages is a plus • Medical or health sector background is a plus • Interpreting or translation experience is a plus Background CHW is already working with partners to counter misinformation on COVID-19 with facts in the right language, under an activation of the ISDC/NFMS Fund. This grant runs to the end of December 2020, but expansion and extension are under discussion. With the announcement of a pandemic, CHWis developing plans for a far bigger, more innovative response program capable of delivering far greater impact to help control the spread of the disease. This is currently conceived of as three parallel work streams, all supported by advocacy: • Providing an evidence basis for better-informed risk communication and community engagement on COVID-19 in languages and formats accessible to people at risk • Research to identify information gaps and information-poor groups and languages using online tools and tapping into both partner knowledge and social media resources to gather information remotely • Language and literacy datasets and maps to inform targeted risk communication • Social media monitoring to track rumors, misinformation and questions as a basis for more effective communication, using tools such as CrowdTangle (Large Groups) to automate the process for speed Supporting the relay of accurate, accessible risk communication materials in accessible languages and formats • Translation of public-facing content into a wide range of languages, prioritizing formats accessible to low-literacy and second-language audiences • Terminology support to promote accurate and consistent translation into multiple languages • Language technology to speed communication Supporting dissemination of those materials, and COVID-19 content • Social media promotion of translated content • A repository of content to enable rapid development of new communication materials using existing verified content and translations Core Values Translators without Borders employees and volunteers are made of people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. Translators without Borders’ mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework: Excellence: As the leading voice for communicating humanitarian information in the right language, Translators without Borders is a leader in the translation industry and in the non-profit sector. Integrity: Translators without Borders believes that every person, whether it is the people who we serve, our volunteers or our staff, has value, deserves respect and has inherent dignity. Empowerment: Translators without Borders believes in using language to empower people around the world to control their own development and destiny. Innovation: Translators without Borders recognizes and celebrates the power of innovation to address humanitarian and crisis issues around the world. Sustainability: Translators without Borders recognizes that meeting our mission necessitates establishment and maintenance of a solid financial and organizational infrastructure. Tolerance: Our staff and volunteers are highly knowledgeable and skilled; value each other, our partner and our recipients; create a supportive work environment; and, conduct themselves professionally at all times. Translators without Borders is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion, and encourages qualified candidates of all genders and from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization.

L'engagement de PayPal envers leur clients

Un message de Dan Schulman, président et directeur général de PayPal Par camlinknews Douala, Cameroon

Nous vivons un moment sans précédent dans notre histoire. La pandémie du COVID-19 a un impact sur la santé de nos proches, les entreprises dont nous dépendons, la stabilité de l'économie mondiale et notre vie quotidienne. Tandis que chacun de nous se trouve confronté à ces difficultés inédites et en constante évolution, nous tenons à vous assurer que PayPal reste à votre service. Restons unis En plus de 20 ans d'activité, nous avons traversé avec vous les bouleversements qui ont touché toutes les régions du monde. Tout au long de ces épreuves, nous nous sommes toujours efforcés de soutenir et d'aider nos employés, nos clients et nos partenaires. Alors que nous faisons face à une pandémie qui marquera sans aucun doute un tournant dans l'histoire, nous restons fidèles à notre engagement envers vous. Aujourd'hui, de nombreuses entreprises se mobilisent pour apporter leur aide, car la solution se trouve dans la solidarité. Nous appelons les entreprises de tout l'écosystème financier à s'unir pour aider les plus vulnérables pendant cette crise. Nous devons tous soutenir nos employés et rechercher des moyens d'aider nos clients à affronter ces difficultés. C'est dans des moments comme celui-ci que le courage, la générosité et la résilience font toute la différence. Nous sommes là pour nos clients Si vous êtes utilisateur PayPal et avez besoin de conseils sur la meilleure façon d'envoyer de l'argent en toute sécurité à vos amis et à vos proches, nous sommes là pour vous aider. Pour obtenir des réponses immédiates à vos questions, consultez nos pages « Aide » ou cliquez en bas de nos pages Web ou emails PayPal. Face à cette période d'incertitude financière, nos services restent accessibles pour vous à chaque instant: Les paiements entre particuliers sont un moyen rapide, sûr et facile d'envoyer et de recevoir de l'argent avec PayPal. Xoom vous permet d'envoyer de l'argent rapidement et en toute sécurité pour soutenir vos proches qui vivent dans d'autres pays. Vous pouvez faire un don en ligne ou sur votre téléphone aux organisations caritatives qui participent activement à la lutte contre la pandémie. Consultez les rubriques Protection des achats et Frais de retour remboursés lorsqu'elles sont disponibles pour vos achats et paiements en ligne. PayPal ne vous demandera jamais de fournir vos informations personnelles sur un site marchand agréé. Si vous recherchez d'autres solutions qui pourraient vous aider, rendez-vous sur votre site PayPal ou Xoom, ou sur les applications PayPal et Xoom pour en savoir plus. Soutenir les petites entreprises, pilier de notre économie Les paiements numériques sont désormais indispensables aux entreprises de toute taille. Un nombre croissant d'entre elles et de leurs clients adoptent de nouvelles technologies mobiles et en magasin. Alors que les entreprises se lancent dans de nouvelles stratégies de vente, les paiements numériques s'avèrent être un moyen fiable d'accepter les paiements en toute sécurité. Nous recherchons en permanence des solutions pour aider les petits commerçants à traverser cette période, en ajustant les produits existants en fonction des conditions commerciales et des besoins des clients. En cette période d’incertitude, PayPal vous donne accès à 305 millions de comptes clients actifs dans le monde entier et vous garantit des transactions en toute sécurité et en toute confiance. Depuis le début, nous sommes là pour vous offrir la fiabilité, la sécurité et le service dont vous avez besoin, et nous resterons à vos côtés. Si vous êtes une entreprise cliente de PayPal ou iZettle et que vous subissez une pression inhabituelle sur votre flux de trésorerie, les experts de notre service clientèle peuvent vous guider, vous donner des recommandations et offrir leurs conseils. Rendez-vous sur le site PayPal ou iZettle pour en savoir plus. J'espère que chacun d'entre vous continuera à soutenir les commerçants qui exercent leur activité en ligne, ou qui travaillent sans relâche pour vous assister dans cette période d’incertitude. Prendre soin de nos employés, à votre service au quotidien Soutenir nos employés PayPal en cette période de crise est crucial pour vous fournir les services dont vous avez besoin. Face à la propagation du COVID-19, nous avons pris des mesures pour protéger le bien-être physique et la sécurité financière de nos employés afin qu'ils puissent veiller à leur santé tout en continuant à servir nos clients. De nombreux employés travaillent désormais à distance, et plusieurs de nos centres de service clientèle feront prochainement de même. Au cours de cette transition, nous constaterons sans doute un impact sur les temps d'attente de notre assistance par téléphone ou par email. Tout au long de cette période, vous trouverez immédiatement des réponses à vos questions dans nos pages d’ « Aide ». Nous vous remercions de votre patience et de votre compréhension dans cette épreuve que nous traversons ensemble. Notre engagement à soutenir et à prendre soin de nos employés nous assurera de pouvoir également aider nos clients en ces temps incertains. Que pouvons-nous faire d'autre ? Nous savons que les consommateurs et les entreprises de toute taille sont soumis à un stress important et que certains d'entre vous sont confrontés à des difficultés considérables. Nous nous employons à trouver de nouveaux moyens de répondre à vos besoins et nous nous appuierons sur notre technologie et nos ressources pour vous venir en aide. Rendez-vous sur notre fil d'actualité PayPal Newsroom Hub (en anglais). Vous y trouverez des ressources utiles pour explorer nos produits et outils conçus pour vous aider à traverser cette période sans précédent. 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YouTube makes Important changes

By camlinknews Hi Camlink Douala Viewers, Last September, YouTube announced a series of changes that they would be making to better protect kids and their privacy on YouTube, and to address the concerns raised to them by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Specifically, that all creators would be required to designate their content as made for kids or not made for kids in YouTube Studio, and that personal information from anyone watching a video designated as made for kids would be treated as coming from a child, regardless of the age of the user. Starting today, we will no longer serve personalized ads or support features such as comments, Stories, live chat, notification bell, and others on videos designated made for kids. We know these changes may have significant impact on creators making kids content, so we’re committed to helping them navigate this new landscape. We continue to engage on this issue, including by participating in the FTC's open comment period. We know many creators have provided valuable feedback as well. If you haven’t already, please ensure you have set your channel (or individual videos) as made for kids or not, as this will ultimately determine how your content is treated on YouTube. Creators know their content best, and should set the designation themselves. We also use machine learning to help us identify this content, and creators can update a designation made by our systems if they believe it is incorrect. We will only override a change if abuse or error is detected. Thank You The YouTube Team

MADI CONSTITUTIVE ASSEMBLY HOLDS IN DOUALA

By James Achanyi Fontem, camlinknews

The Coordinator of an association in the making known as ‘MADI’(MAKE A DIFFERENCE), Barrister SIMO KAMDOM Gildas, invited members of the World Coming Together To Make A Difference (WOCOTOMADI) on the 30th November 2019 for a constitutive general assembly at Boulangerie SAKER Akwa-Douala. In his welcome address, Barr. SIMO KAMDOM informed participants at the conference hall of the bakery that the purpose of the constitutive assembly was to put in place an association which will operate within the guidelines of WOCOTOMADI USA led by the Founder, Mrs. Julienne Siwe Ngongang, who is resident in Boston. Though the logo of MADI is almost copy right of WOCOTOMADI with its motto as 'Helping those who are suffering’, Barr. SIMO KAMDOM said, he knows little or nothing about WOCOTOMADI and that MADI is a different initiative and would like to start the process of legalization through building a data base of its members before submitting a file to the Wouri Senior Divisional office in Douala for endorsement as wanted by the Cameroon government. He added that when the legalization process will be completed, he may request for partnership with WOCOTOMADI USA founded by Mrs. Julienne SIWE NGONGANG. For now, he went on, the two organizations are going to work independently as organizations within the context of the Cameroon law on liberty of association, No. 90/053 of 19 December,1990 covering the liberty of association and its operations. The MADI constitutive assembly was attended by high level personalities like Professor Tsala, HRM Fonjinju Tatabong Alexander of Lenale Ndem UNESCO Museum Palace in Melong, HRH Ndoumbe Emmanuel of Bonendale I village in Douala-Bonaberi amongst a host of other traditional leaders from the centre and west regions accompanied by queens and princesses. It should be noted that throughout the deliberations of MADI constitutive assembly, Barr. SIMO KAMDOM, made no mention about other laws in quote, “Law No. 96/003 of 04 January 1996 on the frame work for health field activities, Law No. 99-14 of 22 December 1999 governing Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) or Law No. 2004/017 of 22 July 2004 fixing the frame work of orientation of decentralization. WOCOTOMADI NGO USA operates within the context of these other laws, though it was declared from its birth as a national and international association.

Since the creation of WOCOTOMADI USA and the agency in Cameroon, operations have been undertaken within the framework of these other national institutional laws in vigour in Cameroon. This explains the reason for a First Aid Training planned and organized in Bamengou in the West region and Melong in the Littoral region of Cameroon recently by WOCOTOMADI USA. The intriguing orientation of MADI constitutive assembly led participants to ask so many unanswered questions directed to Barr. SIMO KAMDOM, who only insisted that his association is put in place within the law No. 90/053 on liberty of association in Cameroon and has nothing to do with WOCOTOMADI as of now. He emphasized that it is the liberty of each individual to decide to belong to it or not to belong to it. He presented a document, which he declared was delivered by the Founder of WOCOTOMADI USA, Mrs. Julienne SIWE NGONGANG, which he used for preparing the constitutive general assembly of MADI. The document was immediately challenged by Prof. Tsala, a member of WOCOTOMADI, who said in his words, ‘The document presented is baseless and a non-event’. From there, a short break after three-hour long exchange of views by participants was given for them to make more indepth exchanges at their various levels on the way forward before continuation of the session. The break lasted for ten minutes and when the deliberation resumed, documents of MADI prepared by Barr. SIMO KAMDOM were circulated and distributed to participants who were interested to receive copies for indepth scrutiny and contributions to enrich it where necessary before legalization of MADI. No election of a constitutive board of MADI took place.

The deliberation of MADI constitutive general assembly ended without a constitutive bureau put in place as the Cameroon law requires and it was bye1 Bye1 to participants. The Founder of WOCOTOMADI USA and her team have to reflect on this report as they continue their laudable business and actions to alleviate poverty and serve the needy in the African continent. The members should reflect on how to avoid using opportunists when expanding their activities across the African continent. For more insights on the MADI constitutive assembly of 30th November 2019, we invite you to listen to the videos on You Tube or Face Book.

WOCOTOMADI has already started preparations for the 2020 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AFRICAN KINGS in Cameroon, which would be the second edition under the theme: ‘Acknowledgement of the International Day of African Kings for commemoration of values of Kings and Traditional Chiefs, under the denomination: “DAY OF THE KEEPERS OF AFRICAN TRADITIONS”. The advocacy and action plan of the event has been conceived and circulated at various levels of the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon and Africa on the revival of African Kingdoms and Traditional Chieftaincies. The following personalities have been informed on the menace of the Opportunities for Africa’s Emergency: • His Excellency MANVEU Célestine KETCHA COURTES, Minister of Housing and Development • Honorary Patron of Urbanisation and International Day of Women, • His Excellency, President Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroun, 1st King and Traditional Leader. • His Excellency Alim HAYATOU, Secretary of State and President of the National Council of Kings and Traditional Chiefs of Cameroun • Donald Hardy, Executive Président of WOCOTOMADI NGO • His Majesty, TCHOUA KEMAJOU Vincent, Honorary President of WOCOTOMADI NGO • Professeur DJOUSSE Luc, President of the Scientific Committee of WOTOMADI NGO, • Lord Mayor, Dr. Fritz NTONE NTONE, Government Delegate of Douala City Council, • His Majesty, Guy TSALA, Vice-President of the National Council of Traditional Chiefs of Cameroun, S. M. and Senator Salomon MADIBA SONGUE, Traditional Chief of Canton BAKOKO • HRM TATABONG Alexandre of LENALE NDEM (MELONG) Pioneer Founding Member of WOCOTOMADI Cameroon, just to name a few. • A host of Queen Mothers of African Kingdoms and princesses attended the MADI meeting in Akwa-Douala. From the agenda circulated, one could sense a hidden issue in the constitutive general assembly because the logo of MADI was used to hide the words on the document given to participants. WOCOTOMADI has members in all ten regions of Cameroon, but the organizers of MADI constitutive assembly did not invite any participants from the east and three northern regions of Cameroon. The west region dominated in numbers at the constitutive general assembly during which no election of executive board members took place.

Civil Society Organisations Trained on Community Health Management In Douala

By James Achanyi Fontem, camlinknews

District Civil Society Organisations (CSO) from the Littoral and West Regions took part in a two-day long capacity building training in Douala from the 19th to 20th November 2019 in Afrique Hotel Douala-Brazaville. The CSO are coordinating malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS prevention activities in their respective health districts in the regions. The training workshop was officially opened by the interim-regional delegate for public health in the Littoral, Dr. EKOUM MINTAMACK. Organised by IRESCO Cameroon, the training covered issues related to the context, justification and objectives of the training on-going project, the Community Directed Interventions (ISDC), the different roles of the actors at various levels and partners, obstacles encountered during execution and implementation of planned activities within communities, inappropriate justification of the World Bank Fund by CSO and consequencies review of tools for the collection of data within the communities, the filling of data matrix, difficulties encountered by the civil society organizations at the level of health district administration and health areas, the process for reviewing and validation of reports from Community Health Workers (CHW) which now have to be done on the spot itting errors corrected on the spot in the different health areas with the contribution of the health area chiefs and the CHW. The new strategy also aims at reviewing the methodology and action plans for better execution of activities during home visits by CHW. The participants were invited to operate in synergy with the different health district authorities for attaining global objectives and positive results. Each health district now has a focal point who could report incidents to the district authorities and the coordinators of civil society organizations, Emphasis was put on the different documents to be collected by the coordinators in the different health areas during validation of reports from Community Health Workers. A narrative report on essential drugs management by the community health workers has been included on the list of documents to be collected each month. This document should be able to present the essential drugs and tools received within the month, the quantity used and what is left, the quantity of drugs considered to have expired before renewal each month by the Community Health Area Chief. It was explained that this will assist in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of demand and supply at different levels of health areas, the district level and regional supply chain as a whole in the regions. Civil Society Organisations were told to emphasize at the level of the health areas that the month of CHW ends on the 25th and the new month starts at on the 26th. CHW should respect the different calendar dates for depositing of their reports because late reports will not be validated and consequently the CHW will not be paid. Payment of CHW now regular on monthly basis. IRESCO central bureau has taken the decision to pay CHW every month and it is imperative that the reports must be validated on time within the date-line fixed by the project. It was announced that the reports for the month of December 2019 have to be deposited by the 20th so that the validation for payment can be effective by the 25th December because it is the last month of the year. T he central bureau has to prepare its annual report on time and deposite the plan of action for 2020 at the level of the Ministry of Public Health for forwarding to the World Bank on time for consideration. The report of the workshop is shared with the different Chiefs of District and Health Area Chiefs for better implementation circulation and exploitation during coordination meetings at various levels at the district and health areas. Those that have not completed their village community carthographies are advised do that now as we move to the three year of the project which end on the 31st December 2020. The evaluation of the project depends more on good timely execution.

Le Cameroun celebre la semaine nationale de l’allaitement maternel 2019

Par Ojong Helen Ayamba, camlinknews

Le Ministre de la Sante Publique, Dr. Mandouda Malachie, a lance le semaine camerounaise pour la promotion de l’allaitement maternel a la Fondation Chantal Biya a Yaounde le 22 Octobre, 2019 en présence des représentants de l’OMS et UNICEF au Cameroun. L’occasion était pour l’évaluation du progrès dans le cadre de la promotion de l’allaitement maternel et la nutrition infantile au Cameroun. Dans le mot du bien venue de Directeur du Centre « Mere et enfant de la Fondation Chantal Biya, il a présenté la situation de traitement des enfants dans le centre et parle du centre en generale avant une visite de lieu par le ministère de la sante et sa suite. La Directrice de la promotion de la sante au ministère de la sante, Dr. Fanne Mahamat épse Oussman, a présenté la situation de l’allaitement maternel au Cameroun en disant que le taux est déjà a 48%. Le Cameroun compte atteint le taux de 50% et plus fixé par l’OMS en 2025.

Apres l’intermède culturel, Le président de la Fédération Camerounaise des Associations pour la promotion de l’allaitement maternel, M. James Achanyi Fontem, a fait le bilan des activités avant d’annoncer le plan d’action pour l’avenir de son groupe. Il a exprimé la joie de FECABPA a participer au lancement de la semaine camerounaise pour la promotion de l’allaitement maternel en utilisant l’opportunité offerte pour exprimer leur sincères gratitudes et remerciements au gouvernement, l’Organisation Mondial de la sante( (OMS), UNICEF, le Réseau d’Afrique pour la promotion de l’allaitement maternel (IBFAN Africa) et l’Alliance Mondiale pour la promotion de l’allaitement ( WABA), pour leur appui dans le cadre la sensibilisation des populations dans nos régions. L’acticité principale est le soutien des pères, mères et jeunes en milieu communautaire avec le monitoring du respect du code national pour l’allaitement exclusive des bébés pendant les premières six mois âpres l’accouchement suivi des stratégies complémentaire jus qu’a 24 mois. Le president de la FECABPA a eu l’honneur de dire que le Cameroun est à la tête du groupe d’initiative des hommes de WABA depuis plus de huit ans. Ceci est une preuve de l’efficacité des actions et contributions pendant les échanges avec les autres fédérations qui font la promotion, le soutien et protection de l’allaitement maternel dans le monde entier.

Le thème de la célébration de la promotion allaitement cadre avec la promotion de l’équité du genre. Il a insiste que l’homme camerounais doit voir l’allaitement comme une activité pour la promotion du bien être des bébés et donnez l’appui aux mamans, à bien allaiter les enfants exclusivement pendant les premières six mois et continuer jusqu'à 24 mois comme prescrit par l’OMS. M. James Achanyi Fontem a ajoute qu’il est bien connu que les enfants bien allaité ne tombent pas régulièrement malade et ces enfants bien allaite sont plus intelligent comparativement aux enfants qui n’ont pas bénéficié des bons gestes des mères. Le Cameroun avait participé aux échanges des World Breastfeeding Conférence à l’Inde et en Afrique du Sud et la FECABPA va participer aux dialogues programmés à Basil en Amérique du sud.

Le president de la FECABPA a conclu en remerciant son Excellence M. le Ministre de la sante publique pour les encouragement et actions menées pendant les visites dans nos formations sanitaires parce que la protection des nos bébés commence à la première heure de l’accouchement. C’est le moment de renforcer la sensibilisation sur notre code pour éviter les conflits d’intérêts entre l’allaitement maternel et les laits artificiels.

Continuons à promouvoir, soutenir et protéger l’allaitement maternel pour le bien être de nos bébés au Cameroun. Le représentant de l’OMS au Cameroun, Dr. Mandouda Malachie, a félicité le Cameroun pour le progrès réalisé en demandant au gouvernement de soutenir l’Initiative de l’hôpital Ami de Bébé. Le 50% de taux sollicité peut être attient avant

IDE CARINE TCHOUNGA de Radio Medumba a Bangagté, Cameroun a reçue l’Award George Atkins 2019

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Le Préfet de département de Ndé, M. Daniel Mpouamze a présidé la cérémonie de la remise de l’Award Dr. George Atkins de Farm Radio International Ottawa, Canada à Mme Ide Carine Tchounga le jeudi, 04 octobre 2019 dans la salle de confeence de Radio Medumba à Bangante enpresence de M. le sous-préfet, Aurelien Mbampa, le maire de Banganté, Jonas Kouamouo, le PCA de conseil d’administration de Radio Medumba, Eric Niat, le Délégué Départemental de de l’Agriculture de Ndé, Mme Momo Tankeu Sandrine Christelle et autre invités. Dans le mot de M. James Achanyi Fontem, il a prsente l’historique de l’award en disant que l’Editeur en Chef de RRI Canada de Dr. George Atkins 2019, Vijay Cuddeford, avait annoncé le résultat de la sélection des gagnants récemment avec Mme IDE CARINE TCHOUNGA de Radio Medumba de Bangangté, région de l’Ouest Cameroun en tête. Elle était suivi par Seydou Camara de Radio Wassoulou, Mali et Matilda Amoah de Today's FM au Ghana. Selon de communiqué de FRI Canada. Le RRI récompense les autres finalistes en qualité de vice-lauréats et leur remet un certificat aussi. Les vice-lauréats de George Atkins Awards 2019 sont Ouaboue Bakouan de Radio Manivelle, Burkina Faso, Modeste Shabani Bin Swani de Radio Sauti ya Mkaaji, République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), Helubanchi Enyew de Amhara Mass Media Agency d’ Éthiopie, Rifati Jumanne Mgobole de Radio Pambazuko FM, Tanzanie et Mululi Moses de Radio Kitara, Ouganda. Les lauréats ont été sélectionnés à la suite d’un vote de 58 des membres du personnel de RRI Canada, des membres du conseil d’administration et les anciens lauréats du prix. Chaque lauréat a reçu une récompense en argent de CAD 500.00 Nous profitons pour donner nos félicitations aux lauréats et aux vice-lauréats qui manifestent un engouement et une détermination pour la réalisation des émissions radiophoniques de haute qualité pour leurs auditoires agricoles.

La Gestionnaire des Resources pour les diffuseurs, Mme Blythe McKay, a reconnu que le Cameroun a des potentiels diffuseurs des émissions radiophoniques en félicitant Mme Ide Carine Tcohounga comme la première lauréate de George Atkins Communications Award cette année. Blythe McKay a aussi promis de circuler un appel à proposition pour les organisations en République Démocratique du Congo et Cameroun relative à faciliter les échanges des partenaires sur un groupe WhatsApp. QUI EST TCHOUNGA Ide Carine ? TCHOUNGA Ide Carine est née le 18 Aout 1973 à Bangangté. Après les études primaires et secondaires à Bangangté couronnées par l’obtention du Baccalauréat A4, elle s’inscrite à la faculté des droits de l’Université de Yaoundé 2 à SOA. En 1999, elle est diplômée de l’école Supérieure de Sciences et Techniques de l’Information et de la Communication (ESSTIC) de Yaoundé. Sa carrière professionnelle débute en décembre 2000 à la Radio Medumba Bangangté. En 2001, Elle occupe la fonction de chef de station en même temps comme présentatrice des émissions sur la santé et l’agriculture. De 2001 à 2018 elle devient rédactrice en chef du journal Echos du Ndé dans lequel elle rédigeait chaque mois au moins un article sur le monde rural. Elle découvre en 2005, les pochettes de radios rurales internationales qu’elle utilise pour la production de ses émissions. Elle a demandé ensuite l’adhésion et le contact est noué avec RRI Canada. Dès lors, ils sont considérés comme radiodiffuseurs et c’est ainsi que Rostand Meli visitera à Bangangté pour parler d’avantage de radios rurales internationales tout en écoutant ce que la station produisent déjà comme émissions agricole. Par la suite, deux personnels de la Radio Medumba ont bénéficiés quelques années plus tard d’une formation à Douala avec Mr. James ACHANYI FONTEM dans lr project Commonwealth of Learning (COL) sur les stratégies de RRI Canada. Le partenariat va continuer par la participation à la plate-forme des échanges en ligne et la publication des articles sur yenkassa Afrique.

Depuis le début, sa force est la production des émissions directement dans les plantations, la présentation sur les ondes des spéculations sur le marché local, la facilitation de la rencontre entre les agriculteurs et les délégué d’agricultures de du département de Ndé, ce qui a favorisé les échanges et le suivi pour une bonne production en quantité et en qualité. Dans le mot de remerciement de Mme Ide Carine Tchounga, elle exprime sa joie en souhaitant le bienvenue aux autorites du departement de Nde a la cérémonie de remise de l’Award George Atkins 2019. Elle a eu l’honneur d’être attribuer le prix de communication de Radios Rurales Internationales base à Ottawa, Canada. Ide Carine reconnait que la distinction est le couronnement d’un travail de longue haleine donc le début remonte à 2005, année au cours de laquelle radio Medumba est inscrite dans les registres de RRI Canada comme radio diffuseuse de leur programmes Radion Medumba étant une radio rurale, les émissions sur l’agriculture occupe une place de choix dans la grille de programme. Elle ajoute que pour produire les programmes, elle collecte les données sur le terrain, échange avec les agriculteurs et invite les personnes ressources tel que les délégués de l’agriculture, d’élevages, de l’environnement et technicien pour participer aux émissions en directe dans le studio. Elle utilise les pochettes que RRI Canada met à la disposition de la station toutes les semaines. Ces pochettes de RRI Canada contiennent des informations très riches qui les permettent d’édifier les agriculteurs sur plusieurs sujets intéressants a l’instar des méthodes culturelles, des partages d’expériences d’autres agriculteurs d’Afrique. En 2011, deux personnels de radio Medumba ont bénéficiés de la formation à Douala sur les méthodes de production des émissions agricoles dans les radios rurales avec l’appui de Commonwealth of Learning (COL). A cette formation, l’émission témoin présentée par radio Medumba a été fort apprécié par le formateur, M. James Achanyi Fontem dont je salue sa présence a Bangangate pour remettre mon award, étant un ancien lauréat du prix de communication George Atkins en 1996. Les activités de radio Medumba ne s’est pas limitée à la production des émissions. Radio Medumba collabore avec RRI Canada en participant aux sondages, aux échanges en lignes et rédigeant des articles de presse pour yenkassa Afrique. Unarticle a été rédigé sur la Commune de Bangangte a l’occasion de la célébration de la journée internationale de femme rurale et un autre sur le soutien aux jeunes agriculteurs qu’apporte l’honorable Ngssam Thérèse dans le cadre des microprojets parlementaires. WHO IS IDE CARINE TCHOUNGA ?

She graduated from the Cameroon School of Science of Information Technology, and Communication in 2000, Ide Carine Tchounga chosed to work at a radio station in her village: Radio Medumba. Nearly 20 years later, Mrs. Tchounga is the head of the station and presents a program called “Actualités agropastorale” (Agro-pastoral news). The idea to start this program came to her after she read several of Farm Radio’s Resource Packs. According to her: “I decided to take advantage of these packs to create a program for farmers, which was appreciated by the management committee at the station who saw this as an occasion to be closer to the population.” At the beginning, the program was called “Le Monde Rural” (Rural World) and was broadcast twice a week. It has since been renamed to “Actualités agropastorale”. During the episodes, the station brings together farmers and experts who “illuminate them” on areas of confusion. She says, “This promotes contact [between farmers and experts] and in most cases the farmer's technicians assist farmers in the field after the show.” The program tackles topics like pest management, growing maize in the off-season, market gardening, how to make compost, eating organic, and more. Her passion and strengths are linked to rural populations: visiting fields, being close to farmers, and being solicited by farmers to share the experiences of other farmers. Mrs. Tchounga says that a major problem for farmers in her region is the lack of training and finance: many people only turn to farming because they believe they have failed in life. She and the other broadcasters at Radio Medumba uncovered this sentiment during an investigation. In response, they took the problem to a representative from the Department of Agriculture who intervened in several episodes to educate farmers and show them the various opportunities offered by the government for obtaining finance and training.

One source of financing is micro-projects that are sponsored by parliamentarians. Thanks to “Actualités agropastorale,”, a group of young farmers has been supported by these funds. Mrs. Tchounga says a parliamentarian —who is a loyal listener—decided to support the youths after hearing their story on the radio. She called the station and advised the group to form a formal association, then provided them with funding. Mrs. Tchounga shared this experience in a FRI Barza Wire Spotlight story and on YenKasa Africa. Radio Medumba has a long partnership history with FRI Canada. The station benefited from training in 2011 in Douala where the broadcasters learned about producing rural radio programs. Mrs. Tchounga says she uses FRI’s resources “non-stop” to improve the content of her radio programs. She has also spread the word to other stations in her area.