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Bakokoli: announcing the latest cohort of ecofeminist leaders

2024-10-01T15:36:53+00:00November 2nd, 2023|

A joyous online ceremony marks the close of a transformative chapter for 19 participants in our ecofeminist leadership programme, but their journey continues 26 October 2023 We are delighted to share with you the excitement surrounding the successful completion of our most recent iteration of our ecofeminist leadership programme. This cohort has been on a transformative journey, culminating in a closing ceremony last week - a celebration shared between the participants, the Well Grounded team and partners. The Well Grounded ecofeminist leadership programme aims to support the emergence of female leaders within civil society across the Congo Basin, while championing [...]

Reconstructing Indigenous identities in recently granted or acquired forest areas

2024-10-01T15:49:12+00:00October 9th, 2023|

Webinar in our series of online events aimed at discovering the positive heritage of the Indigenous Peoples of the Congo Basin Wednesday 11 October 2023, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Central and West Africa - UTC+1) / 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Africa - UTC+3)   Well Grounded is pleased to invite you to the fourth event in our series aimed at discovering the positive heritage of the Indigenous Peoples of the Congo Basin. The Indigenous communities of the Congo Basin are increasingly distinguished by three types of identities: traditionalists, mixing traditions and modernity, and modernists. However, the common point [...]

Experiences, successes and challenges in securing lands customarily managed by Indigenous Peoples of the Congo Basin

2024-10-01T15:37:49+00:00September 8th, 2023|

Webinar in our series of online events aimed at discovering the positive heritage of the Indigenous Peoples of the Congo Basin September 14, 2023, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Central and West Africa - UTC+1) / 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Africa - UTC+3) Well Grounded is pleased to invite you to our third event in our series aimed at discovering the positive heritage of the Indigenous Peoples of the Congo Basin. Access to forest areas in order to maintain traditional lifestyles is a major challenge for the Indigenous Peoples of the Congo Basin region. Whether due to conservation projects [...]

Facilitators for Change (F4C) graduation ceremony celebrates 22 newly trained organisational development practitioners

2024-10-01T15:49:38+00:00March 31st, 2023|

March 31st 2023 Well Grounded’s year-long Facilitators for Change programme (F4C), which trained consultants based in the Congo Basin region in the facilitation of organisational development processes, came to a close in a graduation ceremony for the 22 participants on 31 March 2023. Facilitators for Change is a 12-month programme which seeks to equip highly committed individuals not only with the technical skills to be an effective facilitator, but also and equally importantly, with the soft skills to inspire trust, to create a space for all voices within an organisation and to enable them to be [...]

Connecting representatives of civil society and development support organizations

2024-10-01T15:40:39+00:00March 29th, 2023|

Well Grounded Rainbow Event • January 24 and 25 2023 Our Rainbow event, held in Douala, Cameroon in January, proved to be both memorable and edifying for us all. The event brought together civil society organizations with whom we have worked in the past and development partner organizations to explore ideas and inspiration and to share Well Grounded’s strategic plan 2023-26. Well Grounded’s work seeks to help CSOs in Cameroon who are engaged with social and environmental justice to gain the power to influence natural resource governance and empower communities to determine their own future. The [...]

Team Meeting in Cameroon a great success

2024-10-01T15:41:20+00:00March 9th, 2023|

Team Meeting • 16-20 January 2023 • Loulouti Lodge, Zalou/Yaoundé, Cameroon The first team meeting since before Covid was held in Cameroon at the end of January. The main objectives were to connect as a team; to develop a common understanding of Well Grounded (WG) strategy; and, of course, to have fun as team too. A detailed evaluation was carried out at the end of the week and, based on that, we can report that these objectives were certainly achieved, leaving all WG team members with a better sense of being connected and understanding the WG strategy. We also left [...]

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