[Rural Development Centre]

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Welcome to the website of RUDEC, Rural Development Centre, a Cameroonian NGO working on organic farming, small animal raising and rehabilitation.

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Tuesday 29 January 2008 by wenddy

RUDEC is a member of : World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms Ecoteer - cheap volunteering for a gap year or year out World Wide Volunteering > continue

You want to discover the Bamenda Highlands, visit our villages, meet local people, visit lakes, waterfalls,etc. You can discover Cameroon in a different way with Rudec. Contact us for more information. > continue

Community Health Initiative

Thursday 6 December 2007 by wenddy

This initiative came up as a result of poor hygienic and sanitation in our community which often resulted to poor heath of children and adults. RUDEC through community volunteers encourages the local people to take charges and responsibilities in their rural communities to fight poor health. (...) > continue

Volunteer Teacher programmes

Thursday 27 September 2007 by rudec

RUDEC is seeking volunteers who wish to teach in rural Cameroonian communities. A variety of different options are available, to which volunteers could contribute. RUDEC SCHOOL PROGRAMME. At present, existing rural schools are understaffed; one government-recruited head teacher has (...) > continue

Forest Conservation through Wild Silkmoth Farming - Can you help?

Friday 7 September 2007 by rudec

In rural areas of Cameroon communities depend on subsistence farming. Wild silkmoth farming is a supplementary activity that could generate extra income, and also help to conserve biodiversity. Wild silkmoth farming (sericulture) as a cottage industry offers many advantages to poor communities, (...) > continue

Bee Keeping

Monday 2 July 2007 by wenddy

Honey is known to be an effective natural medicine, used as a traditional remedy in the treatment of a wide range of illnesses. However, in many rural areas, including Belo, very few people produce honey despite the abundance of available space in which to build hives. RUDEC’s beekeeping (...) > continue

Organic farming

Sunday 27 May 2007 by wenddy

The overall objective of the organic project is to improve food security in the rural households by creating a sustainable environmental and friendly approach to agriculture and health. • The restoration of soil fertility and soil structure by collecting and applying animal droppings and (...) > continue

Old People’s Club

Sunday 27 May 2007 by wenddy

RUDEC Old People’s Club seeks ways to help elderly people in rural communities, who find it particularly difficult to earn incomes and are thus destined to be poor. The migration of younger people to urban dwellings to find jobs has made matters even harder for the old, since so few young (...) > continue