About RUDEC CAMEROON
The Rural Development Centre (RUDEC) is a Community based Organization initially created with a mission to promote Private/Public Partnership in the deep countryside of the South West Region of Cameroon. RUDEC was registered in August, 2002 in accordance with Law No 92/006 of August 14th and its Decree of Implementation No. 92/455/PM of 23rd November 1992 in Cameroon relating to the creation of Cooperatives and Common Initiative Groups.
80+
Communities Reached
30+
Years of Service
12
Partners
Our Team
The management team consists of a Project Coordinator, Gender Officer, Field staff, a finance officer and office assistants among other staff.
RUDEC is founding member of Community and Forest Platform in Cameroon created under the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) for Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT), member of SWECSON and International Land Coalition Africa
Our Mission
Walking alongside rural communities, our hearts beat passionately. We deeply believe women, children, and families deserve the foundation to thrive. Safe infrastructure, sustainable livelihoods, quality education, secure land rights, and a protected environment. Through genuine partnership, we awaken communities’ power to claim the change they deserve.
Our Activities
RUDEC is dedicated to ENABLE communities awaken to their needs and ability to change and put this change to practical use through a participatory, partnership approach and multiplier effect.
1
Basic Social Infrastructure
We bring clean water, sanitation, and basic infrastructure to underserved rural communities.
2
Nature & Environment Protection
Protecting forests and wildlife, restoring Cameroon’s fragile ecosystems for future generations.
3
Tenure Governance & Security
Training communities to secure land rights through fair, transparent governance systems.
4
Regenerative Agriculture
Empowering farmers with sustainable techniques that restore soil and boost harvests.
5
Access to Education
Opening classroom doors, giving underprivileged rural children a real education.
6
Capacity Building and Security
Strengthening local skills and safety systems for resilient, self-reliant communities.
During the past TWENTY (20) years, RUDEC has implemented community development activities in Kumba and its environs and has through these activities developed new thinking and practice in participatory community action and community mobilization.
Boots On Ground Approach
All activities have strong links to alleviate the suffering of individuals and families in the poorest communities through grassroots sustainable initiatives aimed at particularly local empowerment, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability at a community-level. All our activities are action-based and have strong focus on achieving leading local participation, sustained learning benefits and replication of local success stories.
Today, RUDEC boasts of many unique and innovative Community/youth led programs that range from pipe borne water supply/maintenance projects to long term livelihood projects and from entrepreneurial to vocational training for underprivileged youth.
As RUDEC looks to the future, with the aid of volunteers, staff, and other partners and organizations, RUDEC will continue to improve on its current programs, while staying innovative and flexible in its drive for the holistic development of the rural masses
