Funding Cycle
Cycle 1
Category
Restore
Location
United States
Grant Amount
5000

The Project

The goal of the project is to empower 150 rural small holder farmers in the southwest and northwest regions of Cameron, which are severely affected by a civil war crisis, with regenerative agriculture.The project will provide them with skills and information, and drought resistant native seeds to rebuild their degraded communities, improve livelihoods and combat climate change in these abandoned communities.CLISSD plans to create a regenerative farmers’ cooperative where regenerative farmer group members from different communities and regions can share knowledge, sell their farm products and discuss issues of regenerative agriculture and climate change.

The grantee

Centre For Livelihoods And Support to Sustainable Development (CLISSD)

CLISSD is a US and Cameroon-based organization working to empower and improve lives of poor and vulnerable people especially women and youth through education, regenerative agriculture, climate change mitigation, health, and menstrual hygiene management.