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  Fake news continues to be a never ending problem which has affected the trust between the population and  journalists. With respect to that, fellows of the ongoing African Fact Checking fellowship based in Bamenda have recently had a talk with Students of Communication and Development studies at the University of Bamenda on information verification and fact Checking to enable them do their work in the future diligently.   These students who gathered for an academic internship orientation, had a chance to be schooled on the importance of information verification and fact-checking and digital rights as well as responsibilities to prepare them for the outside world upon graduation. It was thanks to Defyhatenow in Yaounde in partnership with UBa.      Defyhatenow Team in Action. The advent of the internet which has made information of any kind accessible, given  that people are free to share information received has made the dissemination of fake ne...

  Over 100 community actors  have benefited from a one-day training geared at strengthening their capacities as peer educators in various Communities on a methodology towards combating Gender Based Violence GBV. The networking workshop organized by Centre for Human Rights and Democracy  CHRDA in Africa which took place in  Nkwen  over the weekend was marked by presentations and interactive sessions on Gender Based Violence, experience sharing on the new methodology known as SASA- Start; Awareness, Support; Action  and strategies for effective networking.              Madam Sally Mboumien, GBV Expert According to the main trainer of the day, Sally Mboumien harmful cultures which is an "opinion" continue to push for and cause Gender Based Violence within various communities and to change the narrative, participants were introduced tailoring their actions towards enhancing collaboration, mutual respect, dialogue while...

  Adolescent Girls and Young Women AGYW leaders from different sociocultural groups in Bamenda, have acquired knowledge and skills on the different strategies used to overcome prejudice. This was during a one-day capacity building organized by Common Action for Gender and Development COMAGEND with support from #defyhatenow Cameroon in Bamenda. Considering that Identity and context, prejudice was identified as one of the main drivers of violence in Cameroon, most especially in the North West and South West regions, wherein the participants were tasked to refrain from and rather uphold hate mitigation in their various communities. According to one of the organizers, Sally Mboumien, the reason behind such an initiative, stem from the Anglophone Crisis which has lost the lives of many, started as a prejudice from an individual before becoming a community affair.     Founder of COMAGEND Sally Mboumien   “This is a group that is often left behind. They suffer the brunt of ...

  Within the context of the Anglophone crisis in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon which has caused suffering, hurt, bleeding due to the loss of lives, property and Mass movement, Common Action for Gender and Development COMAGEND, in Collaboration with the Cameroon Association for Bible Translation and Literacy CABTAL , organized  a four-day training of trainers workshop from 11th to 14th May for grassroots female leaders, to build their capacities as community relay agents on Trauma Healing. Drawn from six different communities within Mezam, North West region of Cameroon, these 30 women leaders who assembled at  COMAGEND office Hall in Bamenda, were equipped with skills, techniques and processes to engage other community members in the Trauma Healing process. Given the fact that, the session was centered on faith base healing, the Founder of COMAGEND Sally Mboumien elucidates the reason behind her motivation. “After our careful analysis of the community, ...

   At a time when the armed conflict in the North West region continue to escalate, media personnels have been trained by Alternative Women in Action WAA Cameroon, on their duties and responsibility in building peace through ethical and responsible reporting with the expected outcome being lasting peace and safety. The capacity building workshop which took place at the Catholic Women Immaculate Conception Home on May 6th saw over 20 journalists in attendance ready to be equipped with skills to enable them go about their work diligently. Facilitated by The National Coordinator of the Cameroon Community Media Network and also a Peace Expert, Madam Rosaline Obah, the workshop kicked off with a slogan "Peace my Agenda" a response to "Hello" wherein journalist are expected to remind themselves of the phrase while carrying out their duties to see to it that their report is peace oriented and not set out to destroy. Trainer, Madam Rosa...

A four hours session organised by Draufsicht on Wednesday May 5th at the Presbyterian Church Center Mankon saw the training of over 20 journalist on how to use non- violent Communication in their reporting and Psychological Care could help foster their work. The workshop which was  part of  the Community Journalism Project run by Draufsicht Bamenda of which CCMN Journalists were trained focused on different presentations  tasked to/by different facilitators.              After a word of welcome from the Coordinator of Draufsicht Bamenda, Mr Dzebam Godlove, kick- started the capacity building workshop with a presentation  focused on the concept of Nonviolent Communication, NVC ,the basics of NVC as discussed by Marshall Rosenberg which rhymed from Coming up with an empathic connection rather than the mainstream sympathy, everyone being equal without leaving out  the key processes of NVC being Obser...

As reported by a survey carried out to situate the population of Bamenda one, two and three perception and attitude towards Peace building and human rights in the context of the anglophone crisis, a data has been released by Charmers Media and Communication Consults CHAME CC, to over 30 individuals in the presence of the Delegate of women's empowerment for the North West Region, with the purpose of recommendations that can bring lasting peace to the region. Delegate For Women's Empowerment, Mr Wirba Asan As stated by the founder of CHAMECC while giving a brief presentation on the background of the project to participants he said ; " The survey falls under a one-year project. We had to carry out a series of activities like radio program, publications and now surveys to get the impact of the crisis on the population. We trained ten volunteers to administer questionnaires in Bamenda 1, 2, and thr...