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VoNat Newsletter

August  2024

VoNat Staff Monitor Trees to Enhance Survival

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Voice of Nature (VoNat) Climate Action team has monitored and evaluated trees planted some 2 months ago in public spaces and river sites in Buea, South West Region of Cameroon, within the framework of the organization’s climate justice initiative implemented with funds from Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Mcginnity Family Foundation. The monitoring and evaluation exercise, which took place on July 23, 2024 was aimed at identifying key threats to the survival of the trees for the development of protection and sustainable management measures. Read More

Six Students Join VoNat Volunteering and Youth Mentorship Programme

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Six students from the University of Buea have joined the Voice of Nature (VoNat) Volunteering and Youth Mentorship Programme in different fields including; Climate Action, Species Conservation, Project Management, Human Resource Management and Communication. The volunteers and interns are participating in this programme have signed up for different durations from 1 to 6 months. Read More

VoNat, Mag Wah Extend EcoKids to Douala; 100 Children to Benefit

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Some Cameroon-based environmental non-profit organizations, Voice of Nature (VoNat) and Meg Wah (My Earth) are extending their EcoKids project to Douala in the Littoral Region of Cameroon. EcoKids is an annual climate action kids programme jointly developed and implemented by Meg Wah and VoNat with funding support from Earth Rising Foundation. Over the last 3 years both organizations have engaged over 120 kids from communities within the Mount Cameroon Area and Bamenda Highlands of the Southwest and Northwest regions of Cameroon respectively, in experiential learning and community sensitization on climate change. Read More



Restoration Academy: VoNat ED Joins Restoration Implementers to Learn, Contribute to AFR100

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The Executive Director ( ED) of Voice of Nature (VoNat), Ndimuh Bertrand Shancho, recently participated at the Restoration Academy in Dar Es Salaam-Tanzania. The week-long international conference took place from June 16 to 20 2024. The Restoration Academy is a tailor-made and engaging workshop format that enables restoration implementers to contribute to and benefit from the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade) and regional initiatives like the AFR100. Read More

“Threatened Trees Domestication Will Make us Stop Deforestation”-Matthew Dede
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“I will plant these trees in my compound here in Bokova so that my children and grandchildren will harvest and use for furniture, fuelwood and medication when they grow up. They will not have to go deep into the forest in search of them like us,” Pa. Dede Matthew, a resident of Bokova in the Mount Cameroon Area said shortly after receiving some indigenous threatened tree species from Voice of Nature (VoNat). Read More   

Eco-Warriors Urges Mount Cameroon Communities to Protect Endangered Species

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A group of kids and youths for species conservation and environmental sustainability in the Mount Cameroon Area, Eco-Warriors, have called on adjacent communities to the Mount Cameroon National Park to retreat from activities that threaten endangered biodiversity species and uphold good environmental practices. Read More  

VoNat’s Ful Stanley Backs Masters

in Geography

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The Landscape Restoration Assistant of Voice of Nature (VoNat), Ful Stanley Kom, has defended his Masters Thesis in Geography. He defended his thesis on August 6, 2024, at Classroom Block 2 50A in the University of Buea, South West Region of Cameroon. The Executive Director of VoNat, Ndimuh B. Shancho, was present to represent the organization and to support him. Read More  



“I Acquired Communication & Project Management Skills at VoNat “- Volunteer
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“My stay at Voice of Nature (VoNat) was a time to learn and acquire new skills. I particularly gathered so much experience and new skills in project development, business communication, public speaking, project management and reporting amongst others,” Azofah Lennin Ngufor, Climate Action Programme Coordinator and former volunteer at Voice of Nature (VoNat) said while presenting her end-of-volunteering report at the organization’s Head Office in Buea-Cameroon, July 2, 2024. Read More  



Volunteer with Us!
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Our Volunteering & Youth Mentorship Programme provides the opportunity for everyone both nationally and internationally to use their skills, knowledge, experience and resources to contribute to creating a healthy and safer planet for current and future generations, as well as put smiles on the faces of vulnerable children and women in forest communities in Cameroon. Read More and Apply

Support Us!
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VoNat depends on donations and grants to proffer solutions to urgent conservation & environmental challenges and to bolster support for forest communities in Cameroon. Donate now to enable us bring back endangered species from the brink of extinction, restore degraded ecosystems and help indigenous communities adapt lives & livelihoods to the changing climate. 

About Us

Voice of Nature (VoNat) is a  Cameroon community-based biodiversity conservation and sustainable development non-profit organization dedicated to building a greener, safer and more sustainable planet for wildlife and humanity to thrive. VoNat was created in 2019 and legalised in 2020, following registration No.1125/G.37/C84/VOL.I/SASC. It is   an apolitical, non-denominational and non-profit organization with Head Office in Buea, South West Region of Cameroon. 

Voice of Nature (VoNat)
Opposite Pres Hostel Junction Malingo Street-Buea, 

South West Region, Cameroon
info@vonat.org /www.vonat.org

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