Bees for Development Journal 130 March 2019
CAMEROON We have been training throughout the whole country but especially in the North West, South West and Central Regions to encourage beekeepers who ceased working due to the continued national crisis.
Photos © BERUDA
NEWS
We carried out three major trainings sessions to raise awareness within the community around Bamenda and enabled people to have a stable source of income. We appreciated the teaching materials we received from Bees for Development which have been of great help to us and our community. Ngwainmbi Simon Chia, Executive Director, BERUDA, Bamenda We were invited by Cameroon Gender and Environmental Watch to provide training on honey harvesting, bottling and reinstalling hives when broken
Moving hives to a new site
Setting up a hive after training
Trainees received certificates after completing the course
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funding to purchase beekeeping materials for our apiaries. The training provided for the women has helped them in significantly reducing poverty in their households and improving their livelihoods. The training included: making top-bar hives, harvesting honey using smokers, making veils, colony management, wax extraction and rendering and pollen and propolis harvesting.
Rural women empowerment through beekeeping One hundred and seventy-seven rural women in the five poorest communities in the northern region of Ghana thank Bees for Development for giant support! We were advised to apply to FAO and were successful in obtaining
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Top-bar hives under Acacia trees for shelter
