Muaku Village is located in Bangem Sub-division, Kupe-Muanenguba, South-West region of Cameroon. In 2006, the Muaku Community under the legal entity Muaku Community Development Association (MUCDA) initiated the creation of the Muaku Community Forest (CF). Muaku CF since the beginning of this year has received funds from WWF-Cameroon; Leading the Change project through FORUDEF.
Among others, Muaka CF has in her list of planned activities for this year: nursery establishment, beekeeping and boundary tracing. FORUDEF under the auspices of Leading the Change Project, from Nov 8th to 13th carried out activities geared towards:
- Assisting Muaku CF in boundary tracing
- Monitoring projects carried out by Muaku CF
- Identifying gaps and challenges.
Boundary tracing for the Muaku CF was carried out with the use of GPS, paint, paintbrush and cutlasses, with collective participation from 4 community members and 2 FORUDEF staff. With the use GPS, boundary coordinates were identified, located, traced and marked.
Monitoring and evaluation which is a combination of data analysis and assessing to what extent a program has met its objectives, also helps organizations to ensure accountability in the use of resources are essential management functions that are interactive and mutually supportive. Through this field activity, Muaku CF has constructed 50 top bar bee hives ready for installation. Also, they have 100 bitter cola seedlings ready to be transplanted.
