Rural Development Centre (RUDEC)

Rural Development Centre (RUDEC) Cameroon is a community-based Organization with a mission to improve the Socio-Economic conditions of communities by empowering them to sustainably manage their natural resources in the grassroots of Cameroon. Created in 1995, RUDEC is dedicated to helping communities, awaken to their needs and ability to change, and put this change to practical use through a participatory, partnership approach and multiplier effect. Our activities: are organized under the following main program areas: Provision of Basic Social Infrastructure in Rural Communities, Vocational training, The enhancement of Agriculture Infrastructure/ Livestock Production and Productivity, The Promotion and Protection of Nature and the Environment, Poverty alleviation; Food Security and Nutritional practices; Capacity Building and Training, Environmental sustainability. During the past 20 years, RUDEC has implemented community development activities in Kumba and its environs and has through these activities developed new thinking and practice in participatory community action and community mobilization. All activities have strong links to alleviating the suffering of individuals and families in the poorest communities through grassroots sustainable initiatives aimed at particularly local empowerment, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability at a community level. All our activities are action-based and have a strong focus on achieving leading local participation, sustained learning benefits, and replication of local success stories. Today, RUDEC boasts of many unique Community projects that range from pipe-borne water supply/maintenance projects to long-term livelihood projects to vocational training for underprivileged youth. As RUDEC looks to the future, with the aid of our supporters, we will continually improve on its current programs, while staying innovative and flexible in its drive for the holistic development of the rural masses.