Free Grant writing workshop with CAMJACPROMCO LTD - USA related Development Agencies

Akwajobs   (Kumba, South West Cameroon)

Posted : 12 July, 2021

Category : Training & Development   Location : Kumba, South West Cameroon

Job type : Full Time

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CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR LEADERS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY

ORGANIZATIONS:  

GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP

 

PROJECT PURPOSE:

To implement a capacity building workshop on the US EMBASSY AND US related 

development Agencies methodology on grant writing proposal for leaders of local community

organizations in Kumba, South West Region of Cameroon. 

 

GOAL: 

Develop the capacity of 30 leaders of local community organizations in Kumba by empowering

them with the knowledge and know-how on the US Embassy and US related development

Agencies grant proposal writing methodology. 

 

PROCESS OF ACHIEVING THE GOAL: 

A two-day grant writing workshop involving 30 local leaders in the city of Kumba.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

The population of Kumba is estimated at 500 000 and like most emerging cities in Africa, it’s 

home to more than 3 thousand local community organizations, yet the population still face

several challenges that compromise their socio-economic potentials.

Access to funds and funding sources are the main challenges slowing down professional and

institutional growth for most of these social entrepreneurs led organizations, as well as civic and

public management leaders in Kumba.

Kumba is faced with diverse social and economic challenges, yet blessed with a vibrant

population with innovative and scalable ideas. As they struggle to thrive in their various areas,

access to funds remains a major problem to them realizing their goals or scaling their ideas.

According to the September 2020 US Agency for International Development report, 2019 civil

society Organization Sustainability Index for Cameroon, the “financial sustainability of CSO’s

remains weak. Most CSO’s depend on funding from their members, and relatively few of them

receive external funding.” The report continues by stating that; Most CSO’s are poor at

fundraising…..they depend on voluntary donations from members to support their activities.

Other local sources of funding are scarce and ad hoc.

While the government, through a series of programs, is making conscious effort to accelerate the

socio-economic empowerment of the civil society, their impact has been limited, and the jobs

created are often short lived. It has become clear that there is a training gap in the working-age

population.

According to a 2015 World bank report, 67% of the working age population in Cameroon has

received no additional training. There’s a need, therefore, to empower these organizations with

skills needed to thrive in their chosen field.

 

 

METHOD AND APPROACH

 

We propose to conduct an intensive two-day Grant Writing Workshop for social entrepreneurs,

civic and public management leaders in Kumba so that they may acquire skills to write grants in

order to support worthwhile community development projects. The workshop will be conducted 

in Kumba, and it will host participants from different backgrounds, sectors and will be gender

balanced.

The workshop will be conducted in English and French and workshop materials translated too.

Leaders of local community Organizations will benefit from this project; they will be able to

scale up what they are doing and achieve more impact in their communities. The workshop will

foster knowledge and help participants gain deeper insights into key skills in grant writing,

including the essential elements of a successful proposal strategies for targeting specific funders,

and the do’s and don’ts for successful design and execution of grants. Through hands-on,

participatory activities, the workshop will also outline of grant writing and highlight grant

writing best practices.

The workshop has been designed to foster collaboration between participants. The participants

will become aware that they are not alone facing funding challenges and will learn other

effective ways to fund projects beside grants. Immediately after training a civil society

organization union will be formed to function as a support network to accompany each other in

their distinct organizations.

The participants will be given access to materials obtained from the command organizations; The

U.S embassy in Cameroon, The Appalachian State university, Happy Mother, Happy Child and

Green Farmlands.

 

RECRUITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS

 

We’ll recruit participants from all over Kumba, after a wide publicity on social gatherings such

as religious gatherings and social media. Applicants will be invited to apply for the 2 days

workshop by completing an online registration form. Announcements will be through word of

mouth and social media, and acknowledgement will be made to the command organizations (The

U.S embassy in Cameroon, The Appalachian State university, Happy Mother, Happy Child and

Green Farmlands).

The announcement will specify the qualities and attributes that an applicant must have to be

competitive. At the least applicants must; be emerging leaders in the NGO movement who have

demonstrated expertise in civil society issues; currently employed in an NGO; A civic and public

management leader in either the local council or city council; have two or more years of 

professional work experience in civil society at least two years of professional work experience

working with NGO’s or civic organizations; demonstrates proficiency in both written and oral

English; be self-directed and able to work with less supervision; and be genuinely interested in

developing individual projects of their own selection within their organizations or communities.

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SELECTION

 

Participants will be selected 2 weeks after the deadline of submission through a screening

conducted by the project manager and coordinator. This stage will seek to screen out applicants

who do not meet the criteria or have incomplete applications.

We will purposely over select candidates should others withdraw or should their circumstances

change between when they are selected and when the workshop takes place.

The selection will be sensitive to youth leaders within the ages of 18 years and 35 years, gender

balance (45% males and 55% females), minority group, and marginalized populations in Kumba,

including individuals with disabilities. All participants selected will be notified a week to the

workshop. 

ORGANIZATION’S CAPACITY/PROJECT TEAM RESOURCE PERSONS

Project owners: CAMJACPROMCO LTD and Grant writing Team (Green farm lands)

PROJECT OFFICER: MUKWELE ALBERT NGOH – is a grant writing trainer and the

Executive Director of the Cameroonian youths in Cameroon and the Diaspora platform made up of 71 youth leaders. He is an entrepreneur with an HND in professional Farming and an EMPRETEC UNCTAD certification as well as Leadership award laureate with nine (9) years in the Agribusiness. 

ASSISTANT PROJECT OFFICER: BAKORI MARBIAN NKAWA – is an entrepreneur

with a Masters in International Communication and Public Action from the

International Relations Institute of Cameroon, a Mini MBA in entrepreneurship,

EMPRETEC UNCTAD certification as well as certificates in Monitoring and evaluation

within the international network of young emerging evaluators (Evalyouths).  Bakori

has over 5 years proven experiences in project design, proposal writing, organization

and coordination of varying projects in various organizations.

LOGISTICS OFFICER: ELONGE MARTIN - Is a communication specialist, with an M.Sc.

in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea, Cameroon. He has led several projects with nongovernmental organizations as project officer and logistics manager for

over 8 years. He is intently-result-driven with proven communication and strategic management experience. Also, he is tactful in identifying procedural loopholes and proposing smart options for optimal performance.

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE OFFICER: NDIKUM ROSE MBEH

Accountant with 5 years’ experience in accounting, taxation, auditing, financial management,

reporting and internal control. Proven track records in optimizing cash flow, reducing cost and integrity in analyzing and resolving complex accounting, reporting and regulatory issues

 

IT SUPPORT OFFICER: Mr. AKAH MANDELA 

Akah is an IT trainer and consultant with over 3 years of experience in the Tech industry. He uses innovative, creative and technical software applications to solve, build and manage businesses. 

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