The Association des Jeunes pour le développement du Monde Rural (AJED-MR) is a Cameroonian development and humanitarian organization founded in 2001, working for a world where “well-being is a right”. Its mission is to contribute to the self-realization of rural communities by mobilizing citizen power against poverty, crisis and climate change.

Its activities cover the following key areas of intervention (1. Decentralization and citizen participation; 2. Economic, social and environmental resilience; 3. Community development; 4. Capacity-building for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), etc.), closely linked to the National Development Strategy (SDN30) and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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The partnership with RESILAC began in October 2018, when a call for expressions of interest was issued by RESILAC consortium members( ACF and CARE) to select local implementing organizations: AJED-MR bid and was selected. During RESILAC phase 1, AJED-MR was in charge of activities under pillars 2B and 2A in the communes of Mindif and Koza, and pillar 1C in the communes of Dargala, Koza, Mindif and Mora. By the end of the project, this partnership had achieved very satisfactory results, with 44 AVEC (savings and credit associations) set up, 343 young people integrated into various wealth production or agricultural trades, 20 local agreements for natural resource management drawn up and validated, 36 farmer field schools (CEP) set up, etc.

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“If the RESILAC project hadn't existed, Cameroon would have created it,” said Mr. NDJJDA VAGAI, Mayor of the Commune of Mindif, at the opening ceremony of a session of the Comité Communal de Développement Economique et Social (CCODES), in 2020. This was to highlight the importance of the project for communities in his commune.

Considering RESILAC results which are still visible on ground after two years of interruption between the two phases of the project, AJED-MR is of the view that the sustainability of the gains made is assured and that a scaling-up of good practices is possible by the beneficiaries and decentralized local authorities in view of the political will expressed by the mayors with the constant support of AJED-MR from its community base.

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AJED-MR stressses its delight in partnering with RESILAC 2 once again, and looks forward to embracing all the support, knowledge and practices that the RESILAC project will make available. The Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) drawn up after the organization's self-assessment is expected to continue with the structuring work by developing policies to further improve the organization's governance, and also to maintain its position in humanitarian coordination and decision-making bodies steered by the public authorities in the Far North.

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The association’s hope is that, by the end of RESILAC 2 in 2028, it will become a well-structured, highly-quoted, reliable and competent civil society organization, able to apply for funding tenders on a par with international NGOs.