 Welcome to Breaking Ground
Breaking Ground is a non-profit organization that is committed to grassroots action, sustainability, community empowerment, and global awareness.
Through networks of friends, families, co-workers, and even perfect strangers, we raise money to support sustainable, community-based, projects in Cameroon.
Current Project Updates
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Cameroonian Handicraft Sales
If you're in the Richmond, VA area this weekend, come to Carytown on Sunday, April 5th, to shop Cameroonian
handicrafts! There will be hand-carved wooden pieces as well ...
Posted Apr 5, 2009 4:36 AM by Matthew Clarke
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Bridge Project: March Update with photos
Our Ground Coordinate, Nathan Spence, reports that the actual bridge is all but complete!
"The concrete has been poured and is now drying and settling for four weeks. Whats left ...
Posted Mar 16, 2009 9:24 AM by Matthew Clarke
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Bridge Project Fundraising Push
The 34,000 villagers outside of Dschang in Cameroon are mainly
farmers who rely on sales of their produce to live. However, the
Menouet River serves as a barrier to ...
Posted Mar 20, 2009 9:08 AM by Matthew Clarke
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Glory Bilingual School featured on CRTV
Posted Feb 11, 2009 10:20 AM by Matthew Clarke
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Breaking Ground Women’s Football
Breaking Ground
Football targets teenage girls who come from a variety of cultural
and social backgrounds. They learn to work and respect others whom
may not be of the same ...
Posted Oct 9, 2008 5:04 PM by Matthew Clarke
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Menouet River Bridge Project
Spring 2009 Fundraising Push
The 34,000 villagers outside of Dschang in Cameroon are mainly
farmers who rely on sales of their produce to live. However, the
Menouet River serves ...
Posted Mar 20, 2009 9:06 AM by Matthew Clarke
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Women's Entrepreneurial Program
The Women's Entrepreneurial Program empowers women to overcome poverty through their initiative and motivation. The classes provide critical business skills and the confidence to put them to use.
Winter ...
Posted Jul 28, 2008 12:37 PM by Alex Moore
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November 2007
Projects
Current Projects | Completed Projects | Future Projects | Locations November 2007Our first Ground Coordinator, Sarah Oxford, is off
to a fantastic start. In the two months since her arrival in ...
Posted Apr 7, 2008 1:03 PM by Matthew Clarke
Recent News
- Apply now to become our next Ground Coordinator! Breaking Ground is seeking a qualified volunteer to serve in Dschang in the Western Province beginning in November.
- Breaking Gound affiliate Nathan Boon spent much of 2008 living in Dschang and conducting water quality analysis in the surrounding areas. His recently completed report can be found here.
- Nathan Spence of Durham, NC continues his work as the Western Province's first official Ground Coordinator. Nathan arrived in July 2008 and is currently working with local coffee growers. His blog can be found here. Nathan is scheduled to return home in July 2009.
- See the results produced by the Women's Entrepreneurial Program business class graduates.
- Breaking Ground is featured in Maine's Gazette.
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