Crises Regions : The Path To Reconstruction

Cameroon has within the past decade faced several crises in parts of the country including the socio-political crisis in the English-speaking North West and South West Regions, the Boko Haram insurgency in the Far North Region as well as humanitarian crisis. These crises in the three regions took a violent twist as separatist fighters in the North West and South West Regions took up arms against the State. Meanwhile, the Boko Haram Insurgency group infiltrated the Far North borders of Cameroon, wreaking havoc not only on human lives? but also causing untold infrastructural damages in the Cameroonian territory.  In both situations, a humanitarian crisis was born besides the massive destruction of public edifices, roads, bridges and other social infrastructure.
President Paul Biya in his clairvoyant leadership convened a Major National Dialogue on September 30 to October 4, 2019 to proffer solutions to the crises. Following the Major National Dialogue, the government of Cameroon requested support from UNDP to formulate the Presidential Plan for Reconstruction and Recovery (PPRD) NW/SW. The PPRD is a component of the National Development Plan 2020-2030, aimed at reducing the effects of the socio-political crisis for affected communities of the North West and South West regions. As such, the PPRD is articulated around 3 key pillars: social cohesion, infrastructure rehabilitation, and local economic revitalization.
The PPRD-NW/SW has recorded significant progress in the North West and South West Regions as it seeks to assuage the pain of the crisis in different dimensions.  In the North West Region, some 258 projects have been successfully implementated within the framework of the PPRD. 
Going by the recent presentation and review of the status of implementation of the PPRD in the South West from 2020 to 2024, a total of 243 projects have been executed so far with an amount of FCFA 5,944,102,748. The projects range from strengthening social cohesion, rehabilitation of basic infrastructure, and local economic revitalization. The plan made notable strides in fostering social cohesion through; the issuance of 800 lost documents, 59 socio-cultural events, reconstruction of 11 community based women empowerment centres. Significant contributions to improve basic infrastructure were also made among them; the reconstruction of 79 schools, 37 health facilities and 37 water point...