Community Youth Centre for Computer and Internet Education (CYCCIE)
Bambili-Cameroon

Context of the project:

• Computers, their peripherals and software's are very expensive in Africa and in Cameroon in particular.
• Most schools in Cameroon are computerless; in the North West, this phenomenon is more acute.
• Many schooling children have never seen a computer nor have an idea of what is called Internet or E-mail tool.
• Bambili is a rural suburb situated 12 kms out of Bamenda town, the provincial capital. This community is characterised by a very high concentration of education & professional institutions (09 in total) with none of them equipped with information technology put at the disposal of students, teachers or lecturers.
• The CYCCIE project is designed to concentrate its means in 01 centre, accessible to all the 09 youths institutions, under membership and managed by ICF.
• Note that these partner schools and professional training institutes are very closed in distance; the highest distance is 1km.

Objectives of the cycle project:

• To contribute to an effective integral education in Cameroon.
• To contribute in improving the quality of the Bambili youths education, via Internet resources and CD-ROMs.
• To provide computers and Internet literacy to the 09 partners schools in Bambili, North West Province of Cameroon.
• To provide Internet access to these youths, via the CYCCIE focal point.
• To contribute to a universal cultural exchange through E-mail and Internet resources.
• To contribute in training generations of future Cameroonian leaders.
• To contribute to the genesis of youth self-employment activities (creation of cyber café, computerised private secretaries, printing business.)

Target population:

• 03 secondary and high schools students in Bambili
• 04 Higher education institution in Bambili
• 02 Agricultural training institutions in Bambili.

Outputs expected:

• 2500 youths trained per academic year, through a membership approach. They shall be from the 09 partners schools.
• 40 sets of Pentium II & III computers obtained for training.
• 60 sets of Pentium II & III computers obtained for Internet networking of the CYCCIE.

Networking materials obtained:

• External cordons RJ45
• Ethernet cordons RJ45
• Wall female RJ45 sockets
• Male RJ45 connector
• Hub 16 ports RJ45 100 base T- Ethernet cables: category 5 UTP.
• Electrical protection tools obtained Surge arrest 10A
• Back UPS Pro 500 VA
• 10 air conditioners obtained
• CYCCIE Internet connectivity obtained

Software obtained:

• Wingate for Internet,Windows 98, Windows 2000, word 98, Microsoft Office Pro 2000, acrobat reader 4.0, MSN, Internet timer, Internet cyberlog, winzip 8.0, Norton antivirus 2001

Time-frame for the project's execution:

• From academic 2001/2002 up wards

Needed Resources:

• An in-kind contribution of: - 100 sets of Pentium II & III of personal computers (either new, used, refurbished or excess inventories us), valued at 150 US$ each, making a total of 15.000 US $.
• 200 second hand chairs and tables.
• A cash contribution useable for: The purchase of the CYCCIE networking materials: 19 991 US$
• The purchase of the CYCCIE electrical protection tools: 2030 US$
• The purchase of 10 air conditioners for Internet rooms: 2667 US$
• The purchase of software's: 1676 $
• The fees for networking of the PCs: 2000 US$
• A prepaid deposit for Internet connectivity: 4040 US $
• The telephone bills: 5506 USA $ / year
• The motivation allowance for the project animators 5200 US $ / year
• The fees for equipment maintenance: 11200 US $ / year

Total cash contribution for the start of the project: 72,647 US $

Corporate fabricating Computers, foundations, organizations or willing personalities partial or full contributions to the CYCCIE project are welcome.

Financial management and progress reports will be forwarded to donors.- Donors names shall appear on our Donor Rolls of honor, except otherwise, for recognition.

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Needy Children Centre (NECC)
Bamenda Cameroon

Nature of the problem:

Since 1990 they have been regular tribal wars between some villages in the North West Province of Cameroon bringing families to leave their respective villages and settle in Bamenda, the provincial headquarter; when these families arrive in town, parent don't easily have a means of living; this situation forces children to move at random for survival or even to be abandoned.

Another aspect of the problem is that since 1990 there have been a constant reduction of parents purchasing power, due to a persistent economic crisis which has put Cameroon in the list of Very indebted poor countries.

With these 02 events, many children have drop-out-of school, some abandoned, and all becoming social problems to the community. We think that a needychildren centre (NECC) can be a sustainable approach to overcome issues related to this situation.

Objectives of the project:

• To serve as a secured and lovely home for Needy children (NECC/Home)
• To facilitate a foster parenting or adoption of needy children
• To serve as an interface between ICF, the child's family of origin and the government through the Ministry of social Welfare.
• To maintain a sustainable vocational training centre for destitute adolescents and out-of-school youths (NECC/VTC) fields to undertake: Tailoring, wood work and home furniture, domestic electrification, plumbing, computer technologies, domestic painting, poultry production.

Target population:

• Needy children under five (abandoned orphans or children from very poor families)
• Street children
• Destitute adolescents and out-of-school youths

Localization of the project: Bamenda town-Cameroon, central Africa

Time-frame for the project execution: The project is expected to be executed in three phases our existing land of 2 ha.

• Phase I: Construction of the Needy Children Centre's home (NEECC/Home) in Bamenda town. This is to be done in years 2002 and 2003. Cost 73,143 US $.
• Raw plan of the NECC/HOME
• Phase II: In year 2004, the needy children school NECC/School shall be constructed comprising: 03 classrooms for the start. The cost involved in this phase is 26,000 US $.
• Phase III: In year 2005, the construction of thevocational training centre NECC/VTC shall start; cost for the buildings 30,460 US $.

Corporate entities, foundations, organizations or willing individual partial's contributions to this project are welcomed. Financial and progress reports will be submitted to donors on an ongoing bases or as requested.
The Needy Children's Home existence is a perquisite to move to the next phones.

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Computer and Internet literacy in schools (CILS)

Nature of the problem: Schooling youths of Cameroon in general and of the NorthWest province in particular do not have access to modern information technologies and the word of knowledge this convey. These permanently threaten and hampers their human potential, as it perpetuates and widen the gap between youngsters of the North West
Province of Cameroon and other nations' with access to computers. The youths of this part of Cameroon must be exposed to it, for a strong support for their education.

Objectives of the project:

• To provide at least 10 sets of personal computer in each secondary school of the Northwest Province of Cameroon.
• To train the youths on computer and on Internet technologies
• To create computer & Internet clubs in partner schools
• To provide Internet connectivity for each school club.

Outputs expected:

• The target population shall become familiar with computer and information technology. Exposing and training them in modern IT shall enhance the schooling youth's individual potential.
• An increase in the possibility for raising the living standards of the local population, through knowledge that otherwise may never be available to them.
• It narrows the artificial gap that access to information creates by being available only to populations living in the most technologically advanced countries
• Additionally, corporate dealing with information technologies have a golden opportunity to create new consumers for their products, since these youths shall be trained and become familiar with computer systems

Target population: Youths attending secondary schools in the Northwest Province of Cameroon, Central Africa. The total number of schools is spread in 06 divisions. Each school shall receive at least 10 sets of computers.

Time frame for the execution: The project is expected to be executed in three (03) phases throughout the NorthWest province.

• Phase I: Academic year 2001/2002In Mezam Division In Momo Division
• Phase II: Academic year 2002/2003 In Ngoketundjia Division In Bui Division
• Phase III: Academic year 2002/2003 In Menchum Division In Druga Mantun Division

Needed resources:

• An in kind contribution of 720 (10 x 72) sets of Pentium II & III Personal computers (either new used, refurbished or excess inventories) valued at 150 US$ each, making a total of 108.000 US$.
• A cash contribution for the transportation and delivery of 720 personal computer sets to the target schools in the north west province of Cameroon; the cost/computer set is valued at 30 US$ making a total cash grant of 21.600 US$.
• A cash grant of 12 000 US$ This is a grant to establish an endowment fund for the project general expenses during each phase (motivation allowances for the project animators, security of equipment in each school, Internet connectivity).

Total cost of the project: a + b + © x 3 phases) = 165,600 US$

Corporate entities, foundations, organization or willing individual partial's contributions to this project are welcomed.
Financial and progress reports will be forwarded to donors on an on going basis or on request.
Donor's names shall appear on our Donor Roll of Honour except otherwise, for recognition.

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Books for Education - Cameroon (BOFEC)

Nature of the problem:

• Books are very expensive here in Cameroon
• Many youths in schools ,college and universities are from very poor families and do not easily access to books (academic or general reading)
• Cameroon's Government does not pay much attention to school libraries in general.
• Books for some specific academic fields are very scarce
• We strongly believe that a book is never old nor unusable.

Your generous donating of books to this project is welcomed.

Objectives of the project:

• To collect books and share in Cameroon secondary schools and universities.
• To support Cameroon schools' library
• To support the creation and the functioning of academic resource centres in Cameroon.

Outputs expected:

• Total number of schools and colleges to benefit from the project: 317
• Total number of universities to benefit from the project: 08
• Total academic resources centres to benefit from the project: 05
• Each institution shall receive a minimum allocation of 500 books academic year, making an annual total of 165 000 books received and shared by ICF.

Target population: Cameroon secondary schools and universities.

Localisation of the project.

• North west province of Cameroon (72 secondary schools)
• West province (30 secondary schools)
• Littoral province (130 secondary schools)
• South west province (25 secondary schools)
• Centre province (40 secondary schools)
• East province (10 secondary schools)
• South province (10 secondary schools)
• 08 universities
• Academic Resource Centre Bambili and 04 others

Time frame for the execution: This project is pending for books donation during academic year 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005

Needed resources:

• Donation in Kind: 165 000 books / academic year, to be shared in 317 secondary schools,08 universities and
  05 academic resource centres in Cameroon.
• Cash grant of 4000 US $ /Academic year: useable for the transportation of books, deliveries, administration fees and motivation allowances for the project animators, who are all volunteers.

Publisher, Corporate entities, foundation, organization or willing individuals' partial contributions to this project are welcomed.
Financial management and progress reports will be forwarded to donors.
Donor's names shall appear on our donors roll of honour, except otherwise, for recognition.

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Rural adolescents and sustainable development (RASD)

Nature of the problem:

• In most of the rural communities in Cameroon, there is an increasing population of unemployed youths/adolescents with no hope for future.
• Because of the consistent economic crisis in Cameroon, many parents can not easily pay school fees to their children, and they end up leaving school at their adolescent age.
• Many graduate youths are today found in villages, without any means of living, despite the existence of their fathers land, because they don't have the technical know-how and financial capital to start a project.
• This project is designed to answer these issues.

Objectives of the project:

• To train rural adolescents/youths for bee farming, poultry production, potatoes production.
• To empower the youths in the west and north west province for a solid technical know-how on rural productions
• To create an opportunity for self-employment and revenue generating activities for the youths in rural areas of the west and north west - Cameroon.

Outputs expected:

• 100 youths to be trained for fee farming in the west and north west provinces (year 2002)
• 250 youths to be trained in poultry production in the North West province (year 2002)
• 300 youth to be trained on potatoes production in theNorth West and West Provinces (year 2002)

Target population: Rural adolescent out of school and rural unemployed youths.

Needed resources:

• Training of 100 youths for bee farming in year 2002
  The evaluated cost is 3,340 US $
• Training of 250 youths for poultry production in year 2002
  Costs for the training, follow-up and evaluation 13 436 US $
• Training of 300 youths on potatoes production in year 2002
  Cost for the training, follow-up and evaluation 20 300 US $
  

Detailed training curriculum and other details US $ can be obtained on request from ICF on request icfcam@yahoo.com

Total cost of the RASD project for 2002: 37 076 US$
Your partial or full contribution is welcomed

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