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=Project Banka Coop=
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::The idea of starting a worker coop in the rural village of Banka in Bafang Cameroon Africa came from the need to encourage local consumption of foodstuff cultivated by local agricultural laborers and create a trading platform to facilitate the buying between Cameroonian producers and buyers.
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==Context==
===Social, Economic, Political Environment(North/South)===
*Technical and cultural exchanges + funding
*Participation in international networks, building and sharing social capital
*Sharing of development experiences and social organization:South-South, South-North, East-West.
====Cameroon====
''notes''
::--An estimated 70% of the population farms, and agriculture comprised an estimated 45.2% of GDP in 2006."Cameroon", The World Factbook.
::--They sell their surplus produce, and some maintain separate fields for commercial use. Urban centres are particularly reliant on peasant agriculture for their foodstuffs.Human Development Indices, Table 3: Human and income poverty, p. 35.
::--Reliance on agricultural exports makes Cameroon vulnerable to shifts in their prices. "Cameroon", The World Factbook.
::--The main food crops are plantains, cassava, corn, millet, and sugarcane.
::--Cameroon is among the world’s largest cocoa producers; 130,000 tons of cocoa beans were produced in 2004. Two types of coffee, robusta and arabica, are grown; production was 60,000 tons in 2004. About 85,000 hectares (210,000 acres) are allocated to cotton plantations.
::--Human rights organisations accuse police and military forces of mistreating and even torturing criminal suspects, ethnic minorities, homosexuals, and political activists."Cameroon", Amnesty International; "Cameroon (2006)", Freedom House; "Cameroon", Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, U.S. Department of State; "Elections to the Human Rights Council", Amnesty International.


==Project Description==
== Issues ==
::''what'' : a cooperative of agricultural workers and buyers
::''how'' : use new technologies to facilitate the transactions between producers and buyers( members of the coop can advertise their goods and offers on a Web site with their own Internet addresses, and farmer and trader groups can set up Web sites to manage all these services for their members) and have a local store where producers can advertise and sell their products to local community members. 
::''who'': agricultural workers of Banka/Bafang, buyers of cities (Yaoundé, Douala)
====Project Objectives====
::''why'':
::-to enable agricultural workers (peasants) to prosper through timely supply of reliable, high quality local agricultural inputs and services to urban buyers
::-to faciliate the trade between rural and urban buyers
::-to initiate other socio-economic activitities to improve the welfare of the Banka/Bafang community
*Activities


*Tasks
{{#ask:[[Category:Social issues]]}}


==Organizations/NGOs/Partners==
== Culture ==
*ICO: [http://www.ica.coop/fr/ International Co-operative Alliance]
::The International Co-operative Alliance is an independent, non-governmental organisation which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide. ICA members are national and international co-operative organisations in all sectors of activity including agriculture, banking, fisheries, health, housing, industry, insurance, tourism and consumer co-operatives. ICA has 222 member organisations from 85 countries. ICA's priorities and activities centre on promoting and defending the Co-operative Identity, ensuring that co-operative enterprise is a recognised form of enterprise that is able to compete in the marketplace. ICA's activities include:
:::#ICA raises awareness about co-operatives.
:::#ICA ensures that the right policy environment exists to enable co-operatives to grow and prosper.
:::#ICA provides its members with key information, best practice and contacts.
:::#ICA is able to communicate the position of the Co-operative Movement on a wide range of economic, social and cultural issues because of its special status with the UN, the Council of Europe and regional development banks.
:::#ICA provides technical assistance to co-operatives through its development programme.
'''NGOs'''
*Pya.Pya
::A Development Consultancy working with and for communities directly at the grassroots level, in partnership with dynamic individuals, social groups and local civil society organizations. Fostering of real change and promote gender equality and respect of women’s rights through the utilization of women’s skills and intelligence, cultures and resources.
*Organisation of Rural Women's Development Association for Progress
::An umbrella organisation made up of fiften Rural Women's Association and based in Cameroon. our main activities include farming, acquacullure, trade, revolving credit scheme, cooperative activities such as gari processing and many others. Because of diversified activities and greater participation, we are spread all over South West Province of Cameroon.
*Femmes Étoile de Banka
::Association qui fait dans la transformation du manioc en divers produits(Baton de manioc,Tapioca,Couscous).
'''Partners'''
#Chefferie Banka
#exportateur de café
#fonctionnaire au service de l'agriculture
#radio communautaire


==Evaluating solidity, accountability and sustainability==
{{#ask:[[Category:Culture]]}}
*Criteria 
#capacity to build and maintain relationships with local social movements
#reputation
#ties with civil society
#innovative
#leadership


==Gender: 5 Actions with women==
[[Useful CED software]] - Some free software useful for CED project development.
*5 Actions
#create publications on women's activities and give out in city and villages
#capacity-building training seminars on policy work to increase participation in the implementation of priority issues
#build a support network by organizing forums on rural women's priorities
#reinforce women's entrepreneurial role with management capacity-building training
#support women's collection, analysis and processing of data


==Links==
[[Media]] - Media (films, news stories, books, etc) that may relate to CED.
*Cameroon
 
**[http://www.bartelby.org/151/cm.html Cameroon Profile]
== Useful ==
*Geographical Information
 
**[http://famille.banka.free.fr/images/or_carte/Image2.jpg Haut Nkam District]
[http://www.coco-net.org/ COco: The Centre for Community Organizations]
*ICO/Partners/NGOs Information
 
**[http://www.ica.coop/ica/2009-ica-rules-en.pdf International Cooperative Alliance Rules]
[http://www.charityvillage.com/ Charity Village: Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector]
**[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=121fa55c1f23dea9&attid=0.9&disp=inline&realattid=f_fw5dqu698&zw Femme du groupe Femme Étoile de Banka]
 
**[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=1216926e578d42a7&attid=0.1&disp=vah&zw Pya.Pya Constitution]
[http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/?q=en/home The Canadian CED Network]
**[http://famille.banka.free.fr/ Chefferie Banka]
 
*Activities
[http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/ The Citizen's Handbook]
**[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=121fa55c1f23dea9&attid=0.6&disp=inline&realattid=f_fw5ddbd35&zw Dried Manioc]
 
**[http://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/(from%3A(defores%40gmail.com)+OR+to%3A(defores%40gmail.com))/121fa55c1f23dea9 Hearthstone]
[http://www.thereadinggroup.sg/Articles/de_Meaning%20of%20%20Social%20Activism.pdf (de)Meaning of Social Activism: a great article about activism and its constituents]
**[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=121fa55c1f23dea9&attid=0.4&disp=inline&realattid=f_fw5d8bdj3&zw Corn Processing Machine]
 
== Fair Trade ==
 
[http://transfair.ca/ TransFair Canada Web Site]
 
[http://www.fairtrade.net/ FLO International Web Site]
 
[http://www.flo-cert.net/flo-cert/main.php?lv=2&p=1 FLO-CERT GmbH Web Site]
 
== Social Entreprises ==  
 
[http://www.cooplamaisonverte.com/en/node/4 Coop La Maison Verte: Ecological Products and Services]
 
== Art and Activism ==  
 
[http://www.artdissidentart.com/ Dissident Art]
 
[http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=15669 The Art of Activism] An Interview with Freda Guttman- a local artist activist
 
[http://photos.cmaq.net/v/murale_kader/ Mural for Kader]: a mural that I have participated in summer 2008 for Mr. Kader- the refugee living in a church in Pointe-St-Charles (Magda)
 
[http://www.vcn.bc.ca/quilt/ Middle East Peace Quilt]
 
[http://www.communityarts.net/ Community Arts Network]
 
[http://www.vimeo.com/3383731 Call of the Earth]
 
[http://www.banksy.co.uk/drawing/draw_frameset.html Bansky: artist]
 
[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=2306901 Sara Rahbar: Iranian Photographer]
 
[http://www.xroadsproject.org/book.html Book: Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts]
 
[http://www.heidelberg.org/history.html The Heidelberg Project]: Artist Tyree Guyton and his vision of urban art.
 
[http://www.muralmovement.org/ Mural Movement]
 
[http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/wallofrespect/main.htm The Wall of Respect]
 
== Movements ==  
 
[http://www.slowmovement.com/ The Slow Movement]
 
[http://www.lookism.info/eng/index2.html Fight Lookism]
 
[http://www.altruists.org/about/ Altruists International]
 
[http://freegan.info/ Freeganism]
 
[http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22349/42003-principles-spiritual-activism Principles of Spiritual Activism]
 
[http://www.2bvp.com/ 2 Billion Voices for Peace]: a historical record for all humanity, promoting a culture of peace, for people and their communities
 
 
=== Government and social transparency ===
 
http://eaves.ca/2009/04/20/what-the-post-bureaucratic-era-will-mean-for-the-public-service/
 
== Anti-Psychiatry / (established) Psychology ==  
 
[http://www.stopshrinks.org/ Stop Shrinks]
 
[http://www.shropsych.org/jayinterview.pdf Not at all in the genes]
 
[http://www.davidsmail.info/psypsy.htm Some past and present critics of established Psychology and Psychiatry]
 
== Women ==
 
[http://www.imow.org/home/index International Museum of Women]
 
[http://www.about-face.org/ About-Face: body image, media, eating disorders]
 
== Participatory Budget ==
 
http://www.gender-budgets.org/content/view/401/155/
 
http://theconnectedrepublic.org/posts/346
 
== Health and Wellness ==
 
[http://www.westonaprice.org/healthissues/ethicsmeat.html The Ethics of Eating Meat]
 
[http://www.gethappy.net/freebook.htm Get Happy: Human Happiness- Its Nature and Its Attainment]
 
[http://www.naturalnews.com/ Natural News: Natural Health, Natural Living]
 
[http://mondediplo.com/2006/05/16bigpharma US: Selling to the worried well]
 
== Environment ==
 
http://www.epeat.net - EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes.
 
== Enablement ==
 
[http://www.instructables.com/home Instructables: how to make things]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map Mind Map: to help you with brainstorming] - see http://ced.zooid.org/wiki/Useful_CED_software for a free mind map application.
 
== Education ==
 
http://academicearth.org/ - free video lectures from MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, etc on broad topics including [http://academicearth.org/subjects/economics economics]

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Issues

Culture

Useful CED software - Some free software useful for CED project development.

Media - Media (films, news stories, books, etc) that may relate to CED.

Useful

COco: The Centre for Community Organizations

Charity Village: Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector

The Canadian CED Network

The Citizen's Handbook

(de)Meaning of Social Activism: a great article about activism and its constituents

Fair Trade

TransFair Canada Web Site

FLO International Web Site

FLO-CERT GmbH Web Site

Social Entreprises

Coop La Maison Verte: Ecological Products and Services

Art and Activism

Dissident Art

The Art of Activism An Interview with Freda Guttman- a local artist activist

Mural for Kader: a mural that I have participated in summer 2008 for Mr. Kader- the refugee living in a church in Pointe-St-Charles (Magda)

Middle East Peace Quilt

Community Arts Network

Call of the Earth

Bansky: artist

Sara Rahbar: Iranian Photographer

Book: Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts

The Heidelberg Project: Artist Tyree Guyton and his vision of urban art.

Mural Movement

The Wall of Respect

Movements

The Slow Movement

Fight Lookism

Altruists International

Freeganism

Principles of Spiritual Activism

2 Billion Voices for Peace: a historical record for all humanity, promoting a culture of peace, for people and their communities


Government and social transparency

http://eaves.ca/2009/04/20/what-the-post-bureaucratic-era-will-mean-for-the-public-service/

Anti-Psychiatry / (established) Psychology

Stop Shrinks

Not at all in the genes

Some past and present critics of established Psychology and Psychiatry

Women

International Museum of Women

About-Face: body image, media, eating disorders

Participatory Budget

http://www.gender-budgets.org/content/view/401/155/

http://theconnectedrepublic.org/posts/346

Health and Wellness

The Ethics of Eating Meat

Get Happy: Human Happiness- Its Nature and Its Attainment

Natural News: Natural Health, Natural Living

US: Selling to the worried well

Environment

http://www.epeat.net - EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes.

Enablement

Instructables: how to make things

Mind Map: to help you with brainstorming - see http://ced.zooid.org/wiki/Useful_CED_software for a free mind map application.

Education

http://academicearth.org/ - free video lectures from MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, etc on broad topics including economics

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