• What We do

  We work to balance direct community action with policies that influence those community needs.

• Our Vision & Mission

  LUKMEF believes that durable peace, democracy, the respect of fundamental human rights and sustainable development is achievable in Cameroon. We have the understanding that every citizen and every generation should be capable of attaining their life expectations; hence the current generation must promote dialogue across cultures, economics, environment, religions, sexes and sexual orientations to gain peace, development and shared values.

NEWS & EVENTS

US Asistant secretary of State for African Affairs meets with LUKMEF CEO and other high level members of the civil society in Cameroon to discus burning issues around upcoming elections LUKMEF CEO meets with a college of Ambassadors accredited to Cameroon and presented the pilot project on the role of technology in upcoming Elections

Mobile Technology to be used as a tool in election Transparency in Cameroon

US Ambassador to Cameroon Speaks at LUKMEF project launch

The Martin Luther King Jr, memorial Foundation ( LUKMEF-Cameroon) has proposed a technology to the Cameroon elections commission (ELECAM) aimed at extending Public access to the electoral list by using mobile phones. The initiative partly funded by the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) of the US Embassy in Cameroon is the first of its type in Africa. Considered an innovative idea, the US Embassy and other missions in Cameroon are in full support of the initiative. Also backed by the Cameroon Civil society Forum for Democracy, the project tittled " Confirm my Vote Card" allows voters to know their status ( registered or NOT) in the electoral list long before the close of the registration process and before the polling day by SMS/USSD. This simple technology eliminates the possibility of voters' names being jumbled that was used in the past as a rigging strategy. LUKMEF hope to extend the use of this Technology to support voters registration and poll return trends using a combination of GSM/3G technology and GPRS.

LUKMEF continue to seek active partners towards wider use of technology in promoting governance and transparency at all levels( democracy, Human rights and development). Local and international partners are welcome.

Limbe City Council approriate's a LUKMEF project as Cholera hits the City

The alarm bell about the misuse of rivers in Limbe City was sounded by LUKMEF in 2009. Not listened to then, the Foundation moved ahead in 2010 to start community mobilisation and data collection to exposed the situation. In 2011, it come to down on the city with a Cholera outbreak that infected hundreds and registered 10 officially declared deaths. Under this situation, the City council is now in full conversation with LUKMEF on the issues and possible actions. It is now clear that the council is taking actions. It has been hinted to be a priority in the council budget for the next year. A proposed 5 years strategic plan to redress this problem has been proposed to the city council by LUKMEF and will be officially commissioned on the 23rd of April 2011. The council following this and its own initiatives has opted to sign the "Istanbul protocol on water and the environment" that will be presented to the UN this year.