ERuDeF Has New Assistant Coordinator For Education

With the ever-increasing need to strengthen her Education for Sustainable Development Program, ERuDeF has brought on board another staff, zoologist Emmanuel Ndip as Assistant Coordinator. He will be assisting the Manager of Education, Akeh Nug, in the implementation of strategies to foster the program.

Ndip is holder of a B.Sc in Zoology from the University of Buea and has had quite a lot of experience as an Education Officer. He has been the full time General Keeper at the Limbe Wildlife Centre in the South West Region and has also acted as a Field Monitoring Assistant at Ebo Forest Research Project in Limbe where he carried out community education.

Reacting to his new responsibility, Ndip said, “My employment as an Assistant Education Officer gives me much joy. It has always been my dream to join a conservation organization like ERuDeF which uses research and scientific methods for environmental protection and conservation of biodiversity while respecting and involving the local communities.”

The 29-year-old believes that his experience as Education Officer at the Limbe Wildlife Centre puts him in the right place to work in synergy with the rest of the ERuDeF team to strengthen the Education Program and make the conservation of the Great Apes in the Lebialem Highlands in particular and Cameroon in general a reality. He intends to contribute to ERuDeF’s vision by bringing in his bio-monitoring skills and assisting the bio-monitoring arm of the organisation.

Together with Akeh, Ndip will strive to penetrate the entire Lebialem Highlands, making them join the conservation train with changed attitudes, developing resilient communities for social and economic development which comes with conservation.

By Akeh Nug