In June 2025, twenty-two members of the Climate Finance Action (CFA) working group in Cameroon, held its first in-person meeting in Buea, Cameroon. This in-person meeting came after almost 4 virtual meetings held every first Friday of the month at 12 noon since January 2025. A one year initiative co-lead by Women for a Change (Wfac), with support from World Resource Initiative (WRI) under the Green Accountability Fund. The initiative runs from January to December 2025.  Members of the working groups represent diverse backgrounds, ranging from environmental rights defenders, indigenous rights leaders, adolescents, young women and media practitioners, agriculturists, academia, health professionals, trade unionists, students, researchers, community financial institutions, feminist leaders and civil society leaders, public and private sectors.

Institutional Members of the CFA working group in Cameroon are: African Humanitarian Development & Peace Organization (AHDPO); Ajemalebu Self Health (AJESH), BRIDGES, Creative Artists for Nature & Sustainable Development (CANSUD), Cameroon Women’s Convention for Peace, Committee of Women Workers (COFEM), Environmental Protection & Development Association (EPDA), Haneptracopay, GenEgaliteECCAS, MIFALI, Solidarity Health Foundation (SHF), Women for a Change (Wfac).

The one-day workshop seminar served as a  space for inclusive dialogue and critical discussions around key issues and strategies to monitor and assess the state of climate finance within the context of agriculture and food security, SRHR (WASH) and gender equality in Cameroon; strengthen capacities around gender responsive climate finance and budgeting for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of NAPs, GAPs and NDGs. A key outcome from the event was the review of the draft Climate finance manual, outlines of the policy briefs and research on climate finance and WASH services and actions in Cameroon.