About us
An organisation working to organise, represent and develop rural women in Cameroon.
Overview
Federation of Rural Women's Networks of Cameroon
The Federation of Rural Women's Networks of Cameroon (FRFRC) brings together women organised in networks around a shared ambition: to make rural women's potential a real engine of economic, social and community development.
It supports women in farming, processing local products, entrepreneurship, developing agricultural value chains and creating income-generating activities.
It works to build women's skills, showcase their know-how, ease their access to markets and economic opportunities, and promote their participation in the development of their communities.
Rural women are not just beneficiaries of development — they are essential drivers of it.
Our story
The Federation was born of a conviction: rural women have an essential role to play in Cameroon's development. To give them more weight, it chose to organise them into networks and to federate those networks at national level.
Today the FRFRC relies on 35 local branches and some 5,500 mobilised women. Its ANGARA BINENGA Bé Nnam festival is in its sixth edition, and its GOLDEN programme carries its first agricultural value-chain projects. It now aims to be present in all ten regions of the country.
Our vision
To build a Cameroon in which rural women are organised, economically independent, recognised for their skills and fully involved in the decisions that shape their future and that of their communities.
We want to help bring about a dynamic rural world in which local resources are valued, farming creates wealth and women have real opportunities to start businesses, innovate and prosper.
Our mission
To federate, represent, support and strengthen Cameroon's rural women's networks in order to improve their living conditions, develop their economic and entrepreneurial capacities and foster their participation in sustainable development.
- Organising rural women into networks.
- Building technical, entrepreneurial and organisational capacity.
- Developing agricultural and agri-food value chains.
- Processing and marketing local products.
- Promoting rural women's entrepreneurship.
- Seeking technical, financial and commercial partnerships.
- Promoting rural cultures, traditions and heritage.
- Promoting food security and local economic development.
Our objectives
General objective
To contribute to the economic and social empowerment of rural women through collective organisation, the development of their productive activities and better access to markets, finance and development opportunities.
Specific objectives
- Strengthen the organisation and representativeness of rural women's networks.
- Develop women's skills in farming, food processing, management and entrepreneurship.
- Foster the creation and growth of rural businesses led by women.
- Encourage local processing of raw materials and the creation of value-added products.
- Ease access to markets, equipment, finance and partnerships.
- Promote innovation and economic initiatives suited to rural realities.
- Preserve and promote traditional know-how, local produce and cultural heritage.
- Encourage job creation and income-generating activities in rural communities.
- Foster collaboration between rural women, public institutions, private companies and development partners.
- Contribute to food security and the sustainable development of territories.
Our values
What guides our work
Solidarity
The strength of the collective: bringing women together to amplify their voice and capacity to act.
Dignity
Enabling rural women to live with dignity from their work and be recognised for their skills.
Development
Viable activities that create value and lasting income.
Professionalism
Rigorous projects focused on concrete results.
Local roots
Initiatives suited to the realities and needs of communities.
Heritage
Promoting traditions, know-how and local produce.
Our approach
Participatory and results-oriented
The Federation's work is based on a participatory, results-oriented approach.
Collective organisation
Bringing women together to strengthen their voice and capacity to act.
Making the most of local resources
Building on the agricultural, cultural and human wealth of our territories.
Creating value
Favouring local processing rather than selling raw materials only.
Economic independence
Encouraging viable activities that allow women to earn an income.
Cooperation
Working with institutions, businesses, local authorities, associations and development partners.
Local roots
Developing initiatives suited to the realities and needs of communities.
Who we serve
- Rural women and farmers
- Women's groups and networks
- Women processing farm produce
- Rural women entrepreneurs and project leaders
- Craftswomen and local economic actors
- Rural communities benefiting from the projects
Young people and other local actors may also take part in projects, training and initiatives carried out with partners.
Governance and organisation
An organisation built on networks
The Federation is chaired by Mrs Appolonie NGONO. It relies on its member networks and local branches, which carry its work as close as possible to rural women. A detailed presentation of its governing bodies and officers will be published once validated.
A word from the President
An open door to rural women
Dear partners, dear rural women, dear visitors,
Welcome to the official website of the Federation of Rural Women's Networks of Cameroon (FRFRC).
The Federation was born of a deep conviction: rural women have an essential role to play in our country's development. They produce, process, feed families, preserve our traditions and contribute every day to the vitality of our communities. Yet their work and potential still deserve more recognition, support and opportunity.
That is why we work to bring women together, build their skills and support their economic initiatives. Our ambition is to make farming, local processing and rural entrepreneurship real levers of empowerment and wealth creation.
Through our networks, our projects and the ANGARA BINENGA Bé Nnam festival, we want to give rural women greater visibility, showcase their know-how and build bridges between their initiatives and the opportunities offered by institutions, businesses and development partners.
We are convinced that rural development cannot be built without the women who keep our territories alive. That is why we want to strengthen our collaboration with everyone who shares this vision and wishes to contribute to concrete, lasting action.
This website is an open door to our organisation, our projects, our ambitions and the women we support. We invite you to discover our initiatives, to join us and to build partnerships that deliver results with us.
Together, let's give rural women the means to produce, process, start businesses and prosper.
Appolonie NGONOPresident of the Federation of Rural Women's Networks of Cameroon (FRFRC)
Why support us?
Supporting the FRFRC means contributing to a development dynamic that puts rural women at the heart of wealth creation. It means helping to promote local produce, create economic opportunities, build skills, preserve know-how and improve living conditions in communities.