AJESH (AJEMALEBU SELF HELP)

Sustainable Co-Management of Natural Resources:

• Forest governance and protection of terrestrial and marine ecosystems
• Promoting Nature-Based Positive Solutions for REDD+ and Climate Change
• Biodiversity Conservation (Protected Area, Key Biodiversity Areas – KBAs, Alliance for Zero Extinction – AZE, Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures – OECMs)
• Biodiversity Research and Innovation (genetic resources, access to Benefit Sharing (ABS), Bio-trade, Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), certification
• Restoration of landscapes and seascapes
• Bio-monitoring and wildlife surveys
• Climate Change (Adaptation, resilience, mitigation)
• Land tenure management (mapping and land use planning)
• Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFs)
• Landscape Management (Land Degradation Neutrality)
• Conservation and environmental education
• Forest landscape certification
• Ecotourism

Community Wellbeing:

• Agroforestry, agroecology, Regenerative agriculture
• Agricultural Soil quality enrichment (Biochar, regenerative processes, ….)
• Improving production, processing, and marketing / Value Chain Development Approach (VCDA)
• Promoting Agro/Livestock Enterprise Development
• Promoting Income Generation Activities (IGA) in Agriculture and Livestock
• Promoting cultural heritage and protection of traditional, and ancestrial income sources
• Food security
• Humanitarian Support
• Community environmental health care

AJEMALEBU SELF HELP (AJESH) is a not-for-profit organization legally registered in Cameroon (2006), USA (2022), Ghana (2022), Tanzania (2023), etc. We were originally founded in Cameroon by a group of development professionals and like-minded thinkers to promote nature-positive and self-help poverty alleviation initiatives among forest and coastal dwellers in Africa, taking into account the sustainable management of nature and the environment.

The focus of the organization is to sustainably manage natural resources by promoting community well-being through Human Rights-based Approaches (HRbA) in harmony with their environment through sustainable terrestrial and marine ecosystem protection and restoration, Sustainable livelihoods, and the promotion and facilitation of nature care services. AJESH’s efforts in the different countries are concentrated on nature protection-based approaches (NPBA) in the areas of biodiversity conservation; wildlife management; freshwaters and wetlands protection; lands, forest, and marine governance; forest restoration; climate change; ecosystem-based adaptation; nature-based solutions (NBS); landscape management; forest and wildlife monitoring; livelihood and food security; agroecology, agroforestry and regenerative agricultural promotion; essential services; sustainable livelihoods; human rights; and access to health care services for communities around protected areas. AJESH carries out her activities in partnership and collaboration with related government services and international and national organizations.