Agriculture - EPDA https://backup2.epdacameroon.org Achieve a world built upon healthy environment for the support of a sustainable and peaceful lifestyle by the combined efforts of communities, civil society, government and businesses. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:14:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-EPDA-LOGO-FINAL1EEE-150x150.jpg Agriculture - EPDA https://backup2.epdacameroon.org 32 32 238535643 Our COVID-19 Response https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/our-covid-19-response/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-covid-19-response https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/our-covid-19-response/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:19:15 +0000 https://demosites.royal-elementor-addons.com/landing-page-digital-product-v1/?p=232 Responding together It is no small task to balance personal concerns, professional duties, and to keep going for the sake of those we all serve, as part of our missions. We hope that your loved ones and colleagues are safe and healthy because that’s the most important thing since the outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As we learn together to navigate the landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is reassuring that we can reach out to each other for help, ideas, and support. We are working tirelessly to raise awareness and to support where possible and necessary to reduce the prevalence and transmission of the pandemic. We are glad that partners are supporting us to reach out to people in need especially at this time when the available option by our government has been restrictions and lockdown. Securing Lives and putting people first As we respond to evolving needs and stand by our commitment to support strategies securing lives and serving vulnerable communities and people hit hardest by COVID-19 and other crises, the EPDA Team is out for business. We will continue to gather the latest guidance and resources from the field to keep up to date with best practices. Please feel free to contact us for support. EPDA Management is agile and determined The EPDA staff team is on the frontlines of sensitization, creating and implementing locally relevant solutions in the field. EPDA takes COVID-19 to a different level by mainstreaming sensitization and support into core activities. Food Security, We’ve compiled COVID-19 resources from across EPDA three core programs: Food Security, Environment and Natural Resource Management, and WASH. EPDA has proposed a series of Food Security and COVID-19 in-house learning opportunities which include meetings and focus group discussions. WASH Our field team is providing continuous updates and news on COVID-19 and its impact on food and agriculture as well as WASHES practices. We provide face masks, hand sanitizers, and handwashing facilities as our contribution towards infection prevention and control strategy. Environment and Natural Resource Management EPDA top management team provides state of climate change, biodiversity and resource management strategies in the midst of COVID-19 using communication messages, sensitization, and support.

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Responding together

It is no small task to balance personal concerns, professional duties, and to keep going for the sake of those we all serve, as part of our missions. We hope that your loved ones and colleagues are safe and healthy because that’s the most important thing since the outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

As we learn together to navigate the landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is reassuring that we can reach out to each other for help, ideas, and support. We are working tirelessly to raise awareness and to support where possible and necessary to reduce the prevalence and transmission of the pandemic. We are glad that partners are supporting us to reach out to people in need especially at this time when the available option by our government has been restrictions and lockdown.

Securing Lives and putting people first

As we respond to evolving needs and stand by our commitment to support strategies securing lives and serving vulnerable communities and people hit hardest by COVID-19 and other crises, the EPDA Team is out for business. We will continue to gather the latest guidance and resources from the field to keep up to date with best practices. Please feel free to contact us for support.

EPDA Management is agile and determined

The EPDA staff team is on the frontlines of sensitization, creating and implementing locally relevant solutions in the field. EPDA takes COVID-19 to a different level by mainstreaming sensitization and support into core activities.

Food Security, We’ve compiled COVID-19 resources from across EPDA three core programs: Food Security, Environment and Natural Resource Management, and WASH. EPDA has proposed a series of Food Security and COVID-19 in-house learning opportunities which include meetings and focus group discussions.

WASH

Our field team is providing continuous updates and news on COVID-19 and its impact on food and agriculture as well as WASHES practices. We provide face masks, hand sanitizers, and handwashing facilities as our contribution towards infection prevention and control strategy.

Environment and Natural Resource Management

EPDA top management team provides state of climate change, biodiversity and resource management strategies in the midst of COVID-19 using communication messages, sensitization, and support.

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]]> https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/our-covid-19-response/feed/ 1 232 Open defecation https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/open-defecation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-defecation https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/open-defecation/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:10:28 +0000 https://demosites.royal-elementor-addons.com/landing-page-digital-product-v1/?p=234 In communities without or with limited toilets, the practice of defecating in the open (such as in fields, bushes, or by bodies of water) becomes common thereby ravaging public health. Exposed faecal matter contaminates food, water and the environment, and can spread serious diseases, such as cholera, typhoid, COVID-19. Coupled with poor hygiene practices, exposure to faecal matter remains a leading cause of child mortality, morbidity, malnutrition, and can negatively impact a child’s cognitive development.  It can cause adult mortality as well and a breakdown in the economy as families will spend more on health care. Open defecation is harmful to community health and well-being and can also undermine individual dignity and safety – especially for girls and women. When forced to travel greater distances from home to reach adequate hygiene facilities, girls and women are put at greater risk of violence. EPDA’s response EPDA is constantly working to provide safe sanitation for the most affected and hard to reach most vulnerable communities in rural and urban areas, and during emergencies. We mobilize communities, build toilets and showers, and partner with donors and local collaborators to plan and implement sanitation services. In emergencies, EPDA provides humanitarian relief actions to communities threatened by disrupted services and the risk of disease outbreak. We continue to improve on the provision of sanitation technology by using leading innovations; ensuring basic toilets are affordable, accessible and safe; and finding effective, sustainable solutions for sanitation challenges that harm vulnerable communities and their inhabitants. We create and train toilet management committees for public installed toilets. Ending open defecation Ongoing investment in sanitation services by households, communities and government is necessary to shift community behaviour so that ‘toilet use by all’ becomes the new norm and/or prerogative. EPDA’s commitment to reduce open defecation is intrinsic in our strategic work in vulnerable communities in urban and rural areas.

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In communities without or with limited toilets, the practice of defecating in the open (such as in fields, bushes, or by bodies of water) becomes common thereby ravaging public health.

Exposed faecal matter contaminates food, water and the environment, and can spread serious diseases, such as cholera, typhoid, COVID-19. Coupled with poor hygiene practices, exposure to faecal matter remains a leading cause of child mortality, morbidity, malnutrition, and can negatively impact a child’s cognitive development.  It can cause adult mortality as well and a breakdown in the economy as families will spend more on health care.

Open defecation is harmful to community health and well-being and can also undermine individual dignity and safety – especially for girls and women. When forced to travel greater distances from home to reach adequate hygiene facilities, girls and women are put at greater risk of violence.

EPDA’s response

EPDA is constantly working to provide safe sanitation for the most affected and hard to reach most vulnerable communities in rural and urban areas, and during emergencies.

We mobilize communities, build toilets and showers, and partner with donors and local collaborators to plan and implement sanitation services.

In emergencies, EPDA provides humanitarian relief actions to communities threatened by disrupted services and the risk of disease outbreak.

We continue to improve on the provision of sanitation technology by using leading innovations; ensuring basic toilets are affordable, accessible and safe; and finding effective, sustainable solutions for sanitation challenges that harm vulnerable communities and their inhabitants.

We create and train toilet management committees for public installed toilets.

Ending open defecation

Ongoing investment in sanitation services by households, communities and government is necessary to shift community behaviour so that ‘toilet use by all’ becomes the new norm and/or prerogative.

EPDA’s commitment to reduce open defecation is intrinsic in our strategic work in vulnerable communities in urban and rural areas.

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]]> https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/open-defecation/feed/ 3 234 WASH in Schools https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/wash-in-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wash-in-schools https://backup2.epdacameroon.org/wash-in-schools/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:59:28 +0000 https://demosites.royal-elementor-addons.com/landing-page-digital-product-v1/?p=236 “Making WASH services available in academic environments” Many schools and/or learning institutions lack safe drinking water, toilets and soap for hand-washing, making learning and teaching difficult for children and teachers respectively – with devastating consequences for the future of children most especially. Children who cannot wash their hands face a greater risk of infection and diarrhoeal disease than those who can, putting them at risk of missing more school days. EPDA is developing and building a huge resource base in order to support learning institutions in rural and urban settings. We also focus on establishing and rehabilitating WASH facilities in schools. Along with our partners, we advocate to governments, donors and the private sector to improve WASH services in schools, and to facilitate knowledge exchange and learning. WASH in emergencies “SSafing and serving vulnerable people and their communities in times of crisis” During humanitarian emergencies, the risk of human rights violations, violence and displacement to the affected individuals is extreme. Above all, water and sanitation systems are often vulnerable to attack. With no potable water or adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities, individuals especially those already suffering from malnutrition and weakened immune systems — become even more susceptible to water-borne diseases. To prevent the outbreak of public health emergency, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services needs to be tailored to support communities in times of crisis – including during armed conflict and other fragile contexts. EPDA’s response EPDA’s approach to WASH interventions during emergencies focuses on preparedness in conflict and natural disaster risks. EPDA aims at securing lives in fragile and vulnerable contexts by first providing water in containers, treating piped water, repairing damaged water supply and sanitation systems, digging wells, constructing temporary latrines, providing essential hygiene items and promoting hygiene practices.   Peace preservation By intervening in both humanitarian and development related work, we mainstream peace education and encourage spirit of social cohesion especially in conflicted affected localities. EPDA support vulnerable people with water and sanitation services to IDPs, host families and host communities.   After a disaster EPDA conducts rapid assessments of the needs of populations affected as well as recovering from disasters to facilitate the process of defining support streams. We work to assess physical damages, economic loss, and the cost of recovery in the wake of natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies, and partner with international organizations to assist those in critical need.

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“Making WASH services available in academic environments”

Many schools and/or learning institutions lack safe drinking water, toilets and soap for hand-washing, making learning and teaching difficult for children and teachers respectively – with devastating consequences for the future of children most especially.

Children who cannot wash their hands face a greater risk of infection and diarrhoeal disease than those who can, putting them at risk of missing more school days.

EPDA is developing and building a huge resource base in order to support learning institutions in rural and urban settings. We also focus on establishing and rehabilitating WASH facilities in schools.

Along with our partners, we advocate to governments, donors and the private sector to improve WASH services in schools, and to facilitate knowledge exchange and learning.

WASH in emergencies

“SSafing and serving vulnerable people and their communities in times of crisis”

During humanitarian emergencies, the risk of human rights violations, violence and displacement to the affected individuals is extreme. Above all, water and sanitation systems are often vulnerable to attack. With no potable water or adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities, individuals especially those already suffering from malnutrition and weakened immune systems — become even more susceptible to water-borne diseases.

To prevent the outbreak of public health emergency, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services needs to be tailored to support communities in times of crisis – including during armed conflict and other fragile contexts.

EPDA’s response

EPDA’s approach to WASH interventions during emergencies focuses on preparedness in conflict and natural disaster risks.

EPDA aims at securing lives in fragile and vulnerable contexts by first providing water in containers, treating piped water, repairing damaged water supply and sanitation systems, digging wells, constructing temporary latrines, providing essential hygiene items and promoting hygiene practices.

 

Peace preservation

By intervening in both humanitarian and development related work, we mainstream peace education and encourage spirit of social cohesion especially in conflicted affected localities. EPDA support vulnerable people with water and sanitation services to IDPs, host families and host communities.

 

After a disaster

EPDA conducts rapid assessments of the needs of populations affected as well as recovering from disasters to facilitate the process of defining support streams. We work to assess physical damages, economic loss, and the cost of recovery in the wake of natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies, and partner with international organizations to assist those in critical need.

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