I.C.E.Y. AFRICA

Jonathan with Mayor of FONGO-TONGO Camaroon

I.C.E.Y  FONGO-TONGO PROJECT

 

Background/ Problem

             Fongo-Tongo is a newly created city in Cameroon, situated some 300km from Douala, the economic capital of the country .

Fongo-Tongo has a total population of 70000 inhabitants amongst with 70%  are people under 18 years, 60% women and 90% leaving in rural areas.

             Agriculture and livestock are the many activities of the populations, which provoke a lot of damage to the environment by forest, and land destruction.

             Moreover, Fongo-Tongo has a deposit of bauxite minerals (about 100 millions)  which exploitation in new future will create  unprecedented environmental problems. So planting trees is very welcomed in Fongo-Tongo for reasons exposed above.

 

             Presentation of Fongo-Tongo

             School population: 1950

             Students primary school

             Children below 18 years

             15000

Sites of trees planting

Zone

Numbers

Ownership

Schools gardens

25

Schools and the project

markets

10

city  and the project

Traditional trees farms

10

traditional authorities and the project

Private houses

5

landlords and the project

Total

50 sites for planting

 

             Species of trees needed

1.      Local fruit trees (Mangoes, avocados)

2.      Ornamental trees

3.      Any proposed species

 

Cost of the project

1.      Supply of trees seeds

2.      Community mobilisation (meetings and clearing of planting areas)

3.      communication and public relations

4.      digging of holes and planting

5.      follow up labour during  the trees growing period

6.      Organisation of the official public launching of the project, par a senior government official

How do we proceed?

             In America

1.      Study and evaluation of the proposals

2.      Resubmission of the proposals for amendment or reorientation (if any)

3.      Approval of the project and financing

In Cameroon

1 - We plan to launch the project during the national youth week, between the 6th and 10 February 2010 where a lot of youths and children are feasting.

 How ever, this will he ＾Symbolical￣ because, the whole trees planting exercise will start by June, when rain is falling.

2- Initiatives ACCES will act as a coordinating body in Cameroon and Africa, for ICEY, so as to involved as many children communities as possible.

Initiatives ACCESS, who¨s president is Jean Paul NANFACK, Vice Mayor for Fongo-Tongo city, has already contacted the following cities in Cameroon, for a similar operation after Fongo-Tongo city.

These cities are:

Yokadouma    (20000 children)

Bafoussam                    (20000 children)

Menji                (10000 children)

Bandja                           (10000 children)

Baham                       ( 10 000 children)

 

Jean Paul Nanfack      Africa  Coordinator

I.C.E.Y. - U.S.A.!

The inaugural activity in the U.S. was an exciting visit to the 4th grade science classes at an elementary school in Mississippi.  Jonathan Lee, I.C.E.Y.'s Youth Ambassador, gave a speech and a visual presentation to the students.  While the students enjoyed the presentation, they also enjoyed the question and answer session at the end.  It's exciting to see so many students with an eagerness to learn. 

Jonathan also spoke to the 1st graders at the same school.  It was a fun filled time with a visual presentation, examples of items to be recycled and a tree planting demonstration.

　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　

I.C.E.Y. was officially started in the U.S. on September 18, 2009.

If you would like to join I.C.E.Y. or would like more information, please visit www.icey.or.kr.  If you have questions for Jonathan, you may email him at jonathan@iceyhope.org.  If you have questions for his parents, you may mail us at info@iceyhope.org.

Thank you for your interest in I.C.E.Y.!