The President of the International NGO, Incontro FraI Popoli of Cittadella, Italy, Professor Leopoldo Robellato, held a working session with the Programmes Manager of the Fine Forest Foundation – Cameroon, James Achanyi-Fontem, at the Missions Procure General of Akwa-Douala on May 22.
FFF Cameroon Programmes Manager was accompanied by Trustee Anna Nven, one of the Commissioners of account of the organisation, to present the charity's activities coordinated from its headquarters at Nchou Njeh in Lebialem Division of the south west region of Cameroon.
In effect, Professor Leopoldo Robellato was delegated by Father Silvio Turrazzi, the founder of Associazione Muungano in Parma, Italy to investigate on the visibility of the operations of Fine Forest Foundation Cameroon by tracing its history, activities undertaken, on-going projects, management policies, community projects orientation, beneficiary target groups, impact and community involvement approaches.
The programmes manager told Professor Leopoldo Robellato that Fine Forest Foundation is a national NGO covering the whole territory of Cameroon with Lebialem Division being the pilot site of its activities due to the assert in Menji for expansion and rural communities outreach. He added that FFF Cameroon's head quarters at Nchou Njeh has plans to house a Galenic Laboratory, while the land assert located in Menji, Nveh, Ncheh Mbin, Njeh, Barombikang, Mbalangi and Bombe is reserved for planting medicinal plants that would be transformed into pharmaceuticals in the future.
The envoy of Father Silvio Turrazzi asked how large the FFF organisation is and if it had legal frame documents. The list of the board of trustees and the legal frame work documents were presented. He asked about the specialist who was going to assist in setting up the galenic laboratory project and was informed that Dr. Ajuah Nkohkwo, who lived in Italy for several years working on pharmaceutical in puts and out puts was champion of the initiative, though the community populations were involved in the production of rural materials like medicinal plants, planting and harvesting before transformation.
The project will associate the traditional healers in the collection and transformation of special species. When questioned on what the project is expected to cost, James Achanyi-Fontem, guided Professor Leopoldo Robellato on project strategy, cost and time frame already established covering the period from 2009 - 2012.
On collaboration with the government, FFF Cameroon presented documents and pictures of realizations, training and community awareness campaigns undertaken during Commonwealth professional internships in London and Cameroon with the health library set up within the Azi District Hospital to serve staff and the public for information and consultation purposes.
Concerning social inclusion and integration of orphaned children, Prof. Leopoldo Robellato, was told that the best gift children in Africa need is education, and this explains why FFF Cameroon assists in paying school fees of under-advantaged children in poor families and orphaned children. The donation of multi-purpose grinning mills to well structured women’s organisations for empowering them economically was highlighted as an on-going annual initiative.
The girl-children not capable of continuing education for one reason or the other are introduced into micro-enterprise learning activities, which lead them to self-employment after training as apprentices. The above presentation ended with a small album of FFF cameroon past activities explaining vibrant impact activities presented during the working session.
Who is Prof. Leopoldo Robellato ?
Prof. Leopoldo Robellato is a biologist and retired University lecturer of Bologne,Italy. He stopped lecturing four years ago to start solidarity and humanitarian work as new occupation through the Italian NGO “Incontro Fra I Popoli” chaired by him. He had worked in Yagoua, north region of Cameroon for four years from 1983 before moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of the world.
His international humanitarian organisation operates in partnership with the European Union and he is currently supervising projects in Cameroon (Bafia, Mbouda & Ngaoundere), Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Niger, Nepal, Peru, Romania and Sri Lanka.
The president of “Incontro Fra I Popoli” said his organisation is involved in the promotion of international solidarity through cooperation and reciprocity based on partnership. Within the partnership, emphasis is put on the sharing of experiences of the same mission with the civil society organisations working or engaged in development programmes and projects with their own human and technical resources.
According to Professor Leopoldo Robellato, both parties assist mutually, cooperate at the same level, receive and give advice and together a new world is built. The convergence through partnership starts with the objective of projects, the elaboration of a joint strategy, sharing of responsibilities, the consolidation of reciprocity links and both parties consider themselves as agents of development at the level of their respective populations.
With this approach, there is no limit to partnership. The president of “Incontro Fra I Popoli” said, that his organisation does not accept any partnership that aims at the execution of a project by an individual. To get involved, his organisation starts with new links of partnership and sharing of competence and responsibility. This approachhe added, is linked to the start of new collaboration.
At the end of the session, Professor Leopoldo Robellato, observed that the health development package of FFF Cameroon presented at the Procure General of Akwa-Douala could be estimated to cost a total of 100.000 Euros. He acknowledges that Fine Forest Foundation Cameroon is considered by him as a stable and well structured civil society organisation with visible development impact.
He explained that before leaving Italy, he intended to travel to Lebialem to inspect the project site at Nchou Njeh, but his very busy schedule and change in flight itinerary modified his intention. He lauded the efforts and the fact that a meeting took place for the presentation especially as the impact of health initiatives realized and planned for the future were made visible.
Professor Leopoldo Robellato can be contacted through the following address: Incontro Fra I Popoli, via Pezze, 16 – 35013 Cittadella(PD), Italia Tel/fax: 0039 049 597 53 38 Cell: 335 836 7012 Email:info@incontrofraipopoli.it
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