Under study
This project is in design and seeking funding. It is not yet deployed on the ground.
Project under study — not yet deployed. In Cameroon, customary law and family conflicts keep women farmers under a permanent threat of eviction. Terres d'Avenir puts women at the heart of the land circuit: long-term leases and titles registered for cooperatives they manage—so autonomy stops being a male privilege.
Under studyGuarantee women the right to exist on their land so that autonomy stops being a male privilege.
In Cameroon, customary law and family land conflicts keep women farmers under a permanent threat of eviction and dispossession. Investing on land without legal guarantee condemns them to work in fear of losing everything overnight.
Terres d'Avenir breaks that precariousness: we formalise and register long-term leases and land titles directly for the benefit of women-managed cooperatives. If the family plot is already solid, validation is enough and Gouttes d'Avenir can proceed. Otherwise we study acquiring non-buildable farmland on the outskirts of Yaoundé. Secured on her are, each woman farmer plans, invests and keeps exclusive control of her income.
Rights
First step under study: clarify who can farm sustainably—titles, family agreements, registrations—and place women farmers at the centre of that formalisation. Many Gouttes d'Avenir Hubs will rely on a plot the family already holds once use rights are consolidated.
Acquisition only if the diagnosis shows it: non-buildable farmland only, on the outskirts of Yaoundé (including Angon), for a multi-year horizon—never funding concrete.
Agroecology
On secured plots: compost, rotations, mulch ≥ 10 cm against battering crust, local biopesticides—suited to clay-lateritic soils and Centre Cameroon's dry season.
Training and follow-up by Awaken Destiny Yaoundé: each woman farmer can plan several seasons and connect to the Gouttes d'Avenir kit—without land becoming a vulnerability again.
Power
Secured on her are, each woman farmer sells part of production on local markets. The goal is not permanent aid, but dignified income of which she keeps exclusive control.
Land is no longer a source of vulnerability: it becomes the legal foundation of their emancipation and of local food security.
Solidarity
When production exceeds household and market needs, surplus joins the foundation's work: food distribution for vulnerable people.
Two circuits, one land: self-reliance through sales, solidarity through sharing. That is the heart of Terres d'Avenir.
Reference plot — 1,000 m²
€5,000
Order of magnitude under study: ~€5,000 for 1,000 m² of non-buildable farmland near Yaoundé, or for heavier legal securing for the benefit of women-managed cooperatives. Amounts confirmed file by file—no land acquired yet.
Goal under study: a few reference files on the outskirts of Yaoundé to anchor the model (self-reliance + solidarity surplus), linked to the Gouttes d'Avenir cluster.
Support acquiring a plotDual circuit
On each plot, most market-bound production funds farmers' self-reliance. A share of surplus is set aside for distribution led by the foundation.
So your gift does not only buy a piece of land: it opens a cycle where the land feeds both those who cultivate and those who can no longer afford to eat.
Beyond acquisition, Terres d'Avenir follows the FIETS approach: five dimensions that secure self-reliance without creating dependency.
Selling harvests provides household income; surplus feeds solidarity distribution without a new gift for every meal.
Awaken Destiny Yaoundé steers plot access, training and follow-up—rooted locally, linked to the foundation in Belgium.
Exclusively non-buildable farmland; agroecological practices to protect soils and biodiversity.
Local know-how, adapted tools, hands-on training—no dependence on imported tech that vanishes from markets.
Titles and leases for the benefit of women-managed cooperatives: economic autonomy stops being a male privilege.
Three transfers of power: the right to exist on the land, exclusive control of income, and a legal foundation for emancipation.
Rights
Long-term leases and titles registered for women-managed cooperatives—no more permanent threat of eviction or dispossession.
Power
Secured on her are, each woman farmer plans several seasons, invests in agroecology and earns dignified income of which she keeps exclusive control.
Foundation
Land is no longer a source of vulnerability: it becomes the unshakeable legal foundation of their emancipation and of local food security.
For institutional funders: one dossier. For the public: two donation levers. Terres d'Avenir (land) and Gouttes d'Avenir (water) form the Hub under study near Yaoundé — complementary, never competing.
Hub land strand · under study
Terres d'Avenir
Leases, titles and women-managed cooperatives—or acquisition when land is missing or remains precarious.
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Hub water strand · under study
Gouttes d'AvenirEnd the water chore and put income in a women-managed fund—~€9,500 kit on a validated plot.
Background publication
Restoring dignity through water and land — against dry seasons
The right to exist on the land, the end of the water chore, women's governance — the human and technical frame for Terres d'Avenir and Gouttes d'Avenir.
From cultivation start to a full plot: every amount prepares the acquisition of non-buildable farmland on the outskirts of Yaoundé—once the project launches. Indicative amounts (~€5/m²).
€150
You help launch agroecology: seeds, soil preparation and the first steps of farming on the plot.
€500
You fund the equivalent of one are of non-buildable land—a concrete step toward a cultivable plot.
€1,500
You secure a meaningful share of land dedicated to agroecology and self-reliance.
€5,000
You fund the reference acquisition of a full agricultural plot: land, cultivation start and accompaniment.
Prefer a different amount or monthly support? Every contribution, whatever its size, supports a family and equips a talent.
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