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YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Farmgate cocoa prices in Cameroon’s main growing regions have fallen by as much as 6 percent since April as heavy rains have hampered drying of beans and further damaged unpaved roads needed to transport the beans to port, farmers said on Tuesday.

Prices fell to between 925 and 940 CFA francs per kg in Bafia, the main growing hub in the Centre region, from about 960 to 975 CFA francs in April. In Mamfe in the South West region, prices fell to between 875 and 900 CFA francs per kg from 960 CFA francs.

“It is not easy for farmers to sun their beans as it is raining heavily almost everyday,” said Dickson Tambe, head a local farmers’ cooperative in Mamfe.

“Farmers can neither take their few beans to marketing centres nor can buyers come in from Kumba and Douala (the main commercial centres),” Tambe added, reffering to the deteriorating state of the roads.

Attacks by caterpillars and black pod disease earlier in the year has delayed the start of the mid-crop harvest in the Centre and South regions and this has also hurt prices, said Essien Efa, who farms in Ebolowa.

“The mid-crop harvest has started very slowly and from all indications this may also affect this season’s output,” Efa said.

Cocoa output in the world’s fifth grower hit a record of 240,000 tonnes in 2010/11 and the Cocoa Development Authority (SODECAO) projected the figure would rise to 250,000 tonnes this year. But so far exports have been lagging.

The cocoa season in the Central African country, the world’s fifth grower, runs from August 1 to July 31 with the main crop harvest from October to January/February and the mid-crop harvest from May to July.

We are what we eat!

It is an oft overlooked fact, but in today's world it can be so easy to forget about the importance of eating well.

Our generation has inherited a highly disfunctional food system, and along with it, poor diet and a global epidemic of diet-related diseases which has led to 43 million children under the age of 5 being overweight, while millions of others around the world go hungry. There is more than enough food to feed our entire global population, but inequal distrobution in our food systems results in a great divide between those who have enough to eat and those who do not.

We have the opportunity to change this system; creating sustained change is not easy, we need a revolution in the way we think about food in order to empower individuals to understand how food contributes to global challenges like obesity, povery, sustainability and human rights.

Starting with Education to better understand all of the ways food has an impact on us and our world is an important first step towards unleashing the change we wish to see.

The revolution kicks into high gear on May 19th with Global Food Revolution Day.

Food is a great way to bring people together and there are many ways to get involved:

You can follow the discussion with the hashtag #realfood ,get started with the toolkit : 30 Ideas to Start a Food Revolution in Schools, demand food education at your school by taking the pledge or host or join a dinner party on May 19th where you cook with fresh ingredients - no processed foods allowed.

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With revolution this delicious, the taste of change will certainly be comming to a plate near you.

We are what we eat!

by FoodRevolution. Browse more data visualizations.

It is an oft overlooked fact, but in today's world it can be so easy to forget about the importance of eating well.

Our generation has inherited a highly disfunctional food system, and along with it, poor diet and a global epidemic of diet-related diseases which has led to 43 million children under the age of 5 being overweight, while millions of other around the world go hungry. There is more than enough food to feed our entire global population, but inequal distrobution in our food systems results in a great divide between those who have enough to eat and those who do not.

With revolution this delicious, the taste of change will certainly be comming to a plate near you.

Achieving Health Heights

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ABC-TV Correspondent, John Quinones

Government Interference Denies Freedom of Assembly, Expression

(Nairobi) – Cameroonian authorities on March 27, 2012, illegally shut down a human rights workshop in Yaoundé that was to include discussion of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and arrested one of the workshop organizers, Human Rights Watch said today. The action violated rights to freedom of assembly and expression under both Cameroonian and international law, Human Rights Watch said.

The workshop, scheduled to be held at a Yaoundé hotel, had been authorized by the local sub-prefect, an administrative official, in accordance with Cameroonian law. But the sub-prefect revoked his authorization as the event was beginning, upon realizing that the “human rights” to be discussed included the rights of sexual minorities. Police arrested Stéphane Koche, an activist working with the convening organizations, and detained him for three hours before releasing him without charge.

“Cameroonians have the right to freedom of assembly and expression, even if their viewpoints are not popular in the eyes of the authorities,” said Boris Dittrich, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “Shutting down a workshop and detaining an activist is no way for Yaoundé authorities to treat people who have come together to talk about human rights.”

The workshop, which was scheduled to take place over three days, was coordinated by three groups – Adolescents against AIDS (SID’ADO), Association pour la Défense de Homosexuel-le-s, (Association for the Defense of Gays and Lesbians, ADEPHO), and Collective des Familles des Enfants Homosexuel-le-s (Collective of Families of Gay and Lesbian Children). It was to include a range of human rights and professional organizations, including women’s rights groups, AIDS organizations, and groups representing pharmacists, doctors, and lawyers. Representatives of the United States and German embassies in Yaoundé were also present.

Participants told Human Rights Watch that shortly after they arrived at the hotel, local youth, described by a participant as “thugs,” arrived. A representative of the Cameroonian Youth Rally – an anti-gay youth organization with no public authority or policing powers – arrived with a group of young men and told participants, “Leave – this meeting is not going to take place.”

Shortly thereafter, police, gendarmes, and civilian authorities, including the prefect of Mfoundi and the Yaoundé sub-prefect who had authorized the meeting, arrived and dispersed participants.

Participants told Human Rights Watch that the sub-prefect claimed that he had authorized a meeting that was to address HIV/AIDS, not a meeting at which homosexuality would be discussed. “They said it was illegal to talk about homosexuality because homosexuality is illegal,” one participant said.

Cameroonian law prohibits “sexual relations with a person of the same sex.” The existing law violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees the right to privacy (article 17) and the right to be free from discrimination (articles 2 and 26). Cameroon has no law that could justify a prohibition on meetings to discuss the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

Contacted by Human Rights Watch regarding the legal basis for shutting down the meeting, a Justice Ministry official said he was not aware of the incident.

“Using Cameroon’s disputed sodomy law as a pretext to prohibit discussion of sexual rights is unfair and extreme, compounding one human rights violation with another,” Dittrich said. “The Cameroonian authorities should apologize to the workshop organizers and permit them to hold this workshop and others, safely and peacefully.”

Two ministers; the minister of public health, André mama Fouda and the minister of basic education, Youssouf Hadidja Alim were in the government primary school mballa ii this 3rd may to launch the 2012 national campaign to de-worm children of school age.

The two day campaign which targets some 8.5 million Cameroonians has been organized to fight against bilharzias and other intestinal worms.

On the occasion, Minister Andre Mama Fouda expressed gratitude to donor organizations particularly the Hellen Keller International Organization for the support given to Cameroon.

He called on school authorities to help the children respect basic hygienic rules in order to roll back infections.

The campaign ends this Friday, 4th of May 2012.

CRTV

Les jeunes de plus en plus exposés à la drogue

Au Cameroun, 60% des drogués ont environ 20 ans. Et 15% sont moins âgés.

Ces données statistiques sont l’œuvre du Comité national de lutte contre la drogue. Autres chiffres. Ceux-là émanent d’Emmanuel Wansi, chercheur camerounais. Son enquête menée en 2002 a établi qu’à 15 ans, un jeune sur quatre avoue avoir consommé de la drogue au moins une fois dans sa vie. Une autre étude menée en 2008 auprès de 12000 élèves du second cycle, dans les établissements scolaires de Douala, témoigne de l’addiction croissante des jeunes pour les substances illicites.

Ils sont 60% à y avoir goûté. Leur emploi répété concerne 24% d’entre eux, les filles effectuant une montée fulgurante. Pour ce qui est de la consommation intensive, 8% en font usage plus de 20 fois par mois.

Aujourd’hui, l’âge moyen de la première cigarette est 14 ans, selon les données disponibles auprès de l’Oms. « J’ai allumé ma première cigarette en 4e pour faire comme les copains », se rappelle Melissa S., 19 ans. Aujourd’hui, la jeune étudiante fume un demi-paquet par jour. « Je sais que le tabac est mauvais pour la santé, mais ça me permet de moins manger et de ne pas grossir », assure-t-elle. Philippe Z., lui, c’est en famille qu’il a appris à consommer du cannabis. « Mon père s’est toujours roulé des joints au vu et au su de tous à la maison.

Je n’ai fait que les rejoindre, lui et mes aînés, là-dedans », avoue le lycéen de 17 ans.

Comme pour Philippe et le cannabis, c’est en famille que de nombreux adolescents font souvent la découverte de l’alcool. Puis, les professionnels du secteur des boissons les « confirment », comme qui dirait. En effet, ils séduisent les jeunes à grand renfort de « premix » et « d’alcopops ». Les premix sont des boissons associant des sodas ou des jus de fruit avec des alcools forts (whisky, vodka…). Les alcopops sont composés d’un mélange de boissons alcoolisées (bière et vodka par exemple) ou d’un alcool avec un arôme (vodka au citron). Conditionnés en bouteille ou en canettes, ces produits ont une teneur en alcool qui s’élève à 5 ou 6 % du volume.

Au-delà de l’alcool et du tabac, les jeunes détournent certains produits dont la colle de leur usage. Les médicaments psychotropes et des champignons hallucinogènes ont même fait leur apparition dans les cours de récréation. Les week-ends, les vacances, les activités de décompression après les examens, surprises parties et autres sorties sont des moments propices pour sortir l’arsenal. Avec des conséquences parfois dramatiques : diminution de la vigilance à l’origine d’accidents de la circulation, comportements violents, agressions, viols…

Cameroon Tribune

Paul Sadera Kilelu: hi burt
The report is just powerful, the video for poluted water
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-782692

Great - thank you - spreading the info about clicking on the link is helpful so we get to #1 of 44 messages. We are now at 1528 hits. When we reach 1700 we move from #4 to #3, then we work to be #2, then #1.

We keep going like this and when #1, I call AGAIN the CEOs of Time Warner and Warner Entertainment who released JOYFUL NOISE movie (now available in Blu Ray) and in June on DVD and show them we are promoting their movie all over the world.

Paul Sadera kilelu: great work

and will they help us eliminate polluted water while all the choirs of the world share the info.

So we are very grateful that the JN Choir accepted our message for one of the 44 they did.

Paul Sadera kilelu: fantastic

Thanks for asking everyone you know to click on the link for the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWYntqLZ1c4&hd=1

and asking them to do the same with everyone they know. The quicker we get to #1 the better.

Paul Sadera kilelu: iam almost certain that jfp will perform in kenya. When get the people to help us plan the event it can be very soon

with max support from JFP/ABC4All

Paul Sadera kilelu: thank you burt

always

It is a remarkable partnership for sure since each of us leaves no stone unturned and we are very grateful to be working with such an outstanding partner

Paul Sadera kilelu: it is very encouraging to see your support at all our time of need.

It is not possible to have a more important cause - all worthwhile causes are important - but cannot be more important and thus the support from JFP/ABC4All is more than justified and needed.

Paul Sadera kilelu: sure

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A 20-Second Video Spot Helps Eliminate Drinking of Polluted Water in the World!

200 more views and we move from #4 to #3 out of 44 messages! THANKS to all who view this amazing 20-second spot for ABC4All. We are approaching 1500 hits. We are building towards the Viral Loop of the Century on 12/12/12. Let's get to #1 BEFORE 12/12/12!! the sooner the better so the whole world will know we are going to ZERO out drinking polluted water in the world. WE CAN AND WILL DO THIS. And now the DVD Available on 5/1/12 on GLOBAL LOVE DAY! Imagine all across the world who will see this AND the JOYFUL NOISE Choir's Message for ABC4All: http://youtu.be/MWYntqLZ1c4

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LifeLine for the World

WEST LAFAYETTE — Six Purdue University students are heading to the African nation of Cameroon to make life easier in one rural village with a three-wheeled motorized vehicle they’ll build on the spot.

The students head Monday to Bangang (BONG’-ohn), Cameroon, where they’ll work with local residents to build their so-called basic utility vehicle that’s low-cost, durable and adaptable.

Purdue’s first vehicle designed for Cameroon was made mostly of wood, but the new design features more iron and car parts that can be salvaged from junkyards. Those changes have lowered the vehicle’s cost to about $800, excluding the engine.

The three-wheeled Purdue vehicle is designed to maneuver the village’s narrow and heavily rutted dirt roads. The goal is to allow villagers to move large amounts of water and goods over the rough terrain.