Brief history of SHUMAS..1993 - 2010
- 1993-5
- – Initiatives by socially aware individuals, create the formal organization.
- 1996-7
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– Non-profit making Development NGO SHUMAS formed.
– Re-Settlement Scheme for the Physically Disabled begins. - 1998
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– Training for women's groups & co-operatives starts.
– Links forged with UK charities FIOH & 'Plant a Tree for Africa'. - 1999-2002
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– Spanish charity 'Manos Unidas' helps women's empowerment,
post-harvest & labour saving in poor rural communities.
– Networking begins: local councils, government & NGOs, religious & village groups.
– Eucalyptus Project Phases I & II begin.
– Partners MIVA(Switzerland) provide mobility for our projects.
– Village Water scheme supplies piped water & boreholes to rural communities. - 2003
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– Primary schools built: Bangwe, Mbokui & others, partnering with
AidCamps International.
– Sahel Region: Afforestation Project begins. - 2004-5
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– Community Health Care project & Integrated Organic-Farming
Training Center start.
– HIV/AIDS mainstreamed to Primary Health Care.
– New SHUMAS branch in USA supports afforestation programmes. Small scale mixed farm project starts for disabled.
– Some staff training schemes start. - 2006
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– Schools: 1 refurbished, 3 given equipment, 1 assessed for help.
– Staff Training: 1 Staffer studies Organic farming techniques in Japan.
– AidCamps volunteers work 4 weeks at GS Bamali- 3 classrooms built.
– Development work: internships granted to 3 students.
– Training for 45 FIOH Women's Cooperatives.
– EUREP Phase II, staff training in nursery establishment, operational & marketing programmes.
– Disabled projects start: Organic Farm & Douala Rehabilitation Centre.
– Sponsorships for HIV/AIDs Orphans: 11 pupils and 2 undergraduates. - 2007
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– Schools: 5 refurbished, 1200 pupils benefit.
– EUREP II:- Nurseries extended for 1.5 million saplings.
Outplanting of indigenous trees.
– Feasibility studies begin for health centres.& Water Supply schemes
– Adult Literacy: Our Centre in Oku registers over 100 women.
– Social Welfare: Construction of Disabled Rehabilitation Centre in Bamenda begins.
– Scholarship Scheme: supported by USA group "CAMSO". Claire Thomas Scholarship starts: to qualify medical students to work in their communities. - 2008:
- – 6 schools built - teacher's salaries supported with income generating schemes
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– Sponsorships for:
20 primary & 20 secondary poor pupils
4 students for further education
3 year training courses for 6 student nurses
– 4 disabled groups established with life & occupational training for users
– Rehabilition Centre constructed & in use
– 170 water projects surveyed - 70 needed urgently - 6 already in construction
– Bio Farm & Clinic for training farming groups in organic sustainable agriculture
– 21 Micro-Credit schemes launched after group training
- 2009
- – Headquarters relocated to permanent site at Mile Six Nkwen- Bamenda, and includes a new Rehabilitation Centre for people with special needs,
- – 7 operational units at the Rehabilitation Centre are offering 17 people with special needs (10 trainers and 7 trainees) a source of income and life skills training that are already producing marketable products,
- – 12 schools (3000 pupils) benefited from 66 classrooms, 10 toilet blocks were constructed, and over 250 benches, regular drinking water and didactic materials were supplied to the schools and their neighbouring communities,
- – 31 trainees of the first batch of organic farmers graduated from a 10 month course at the SHUMAS Organic Farming Centre and are now back in their communities practicing techniques learnt and sharing their experience with other community members,
- – 27 women cooperatives are engaged in income generating activities with micro credit
- – 11 communities supported with water and sanitation projects. 6 communities benefited from potable water supply and 5 from scholarships for the training of community based nurses.
- 2010
- – 50 rural school classroom constructed in partnership with BSFA
- – 3 more poor rural communities supplied with potable water
- – solar energy installed at our Biofarm Training Centre
- – significant increase in partnership collaboration – new partners DED & VSO
- – our projects receive increased local & national media publicity
- – 50 poor children sponsored from primary to university level
- – 40 more poor Women's groups allocated low interest micro loans
- – 2nd year life skill training ongoing at our Centre for the Disabled
- – 9 internship students from 5 national universities worked with us in 2010
If you would like to help us with funding or training with any of our
endeavours, please email our General
Coordinator, Stephen Ndzerem.
