GCI Updates

University of Buea students begin internship with Global Conscience Initiative. For the past two weeks, Global conscience Initiative welcomed the presence of 08 interns from the University of Buea. The said students are from the Faculty of Social and Management sciences and from the department of Sociology and Anthropology/the department of Women and gender studies/Law. […]

Global Conscience Initiative (GCI) is a Non Governmental Organization and a Non profit making Organization situated opposite Kumba High Court. It has as objective to promote and protect Human Rights in and around Kumba and its vicinities. To attain this objective, GCI and its entire staff have selected a good number of Communities in and

The CAMs project has been very productive this week! On Thursday, three of our staff members put their heads together to begin forming our new workshop curriculum on mob justice. Spearheaded by American intern Rachel Braden, this curriculum will eventually be used in Mbalangi as well as future partner communities to sensitize and educate the

Yesterday there was a protest in front of the High Court Building in Kumba. This is opposite our office building. It began around 11 am and ended around 4:30 pm. There were about 1000 people in attendance. The peaceful protest was over a land dispute in Matoh, a village on the outskirts of Kumba. The

This past week the CAMs project saw an enthusiastic crowd in attendance for its fourth workshop with the Mbalangi Traditional Council. Our workshop this past Friday concentrated on Transparency and Accountability within the government structure. In particular, this workshop addresses how governments on the local level (like Traditional Councils) can implement policies to promote transparency

We have been very busy these last few weeks. We have organized several film presentations with local secondary holiday programs. We have done one presentation at CLABIC. We have one presentation at St,. Anthony’s on Friday the 20th of July at 12pm. We also have a presentation at St. John’s on Wednesday the 25th of

For the past week CAMs has been continuing with our workshop series in Mbalangi. Last week we held two workshops, one each for the Quarter Councils and for the Traditional Council, respectively. With the Quarter Councils and Social Group leaders, we discussed the importance of Accountability and Transparency in Governance. Workshop attendees participated in an

The CAMs project is well under way in Mbalangi! Every Tuesday and Friday CAMs team members deliver workshops to the Mbalangi community on Good Governance, Accountability and Transparency, and Fair Justice. On Tuesdays we work with the Quarter Councils and local community leaders and members of social groups. On Fridays our work is with the

This past week has been a very exciting one for GCI. We have received a new projector and are busy making plans on how to best utilize it. We are making plans to show short films to various community groups in Kumba and the Meme Division. We are also preparing to travel to Buea to

June has been a month of transition for GCI. We said goodbye to one intern, Dimitrios Lais, and welcomed two more, Rachel Braden and Ariel Bilyeu. Rachel arrived on June 1st and has been working diligently on implementing the CAMs workshop curriculum in the village of Mbalangi. Ariel arrived on June 17th, and will be