The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Regional Stabilization Facility—Cameroon Window (RSF) in the Far North Region, identified and supported Dringate’s group and other agricultural initiatives in the region to grow. The project assisted the farming groups to organize themselves into Common Initiative Groups (CIGs), strengthened their agricultural and entrepreneurial skills, and provided them with agricultural inputs and seeds (onions, sorghum, okra, and maize) as well as work equipment (heavy-duty motor pumps, hoes, wheelbarrows, sprayers, rakes, load carriers, and motor tricycles). The project also constructed warehouses near community markets to facilitate the storage of agricultural produce. "Before, transporting our little harvest to the market was exhausting; having where to store the harvest was a bigger problem. Now with the tricycles and a warehouse, life is much easier!" says Ms. Aisha, a member of Maya Ngozi CIG.

The Maya Ngozi GIC has considerably improved and intensified its agricultural activities. The members now work efficiently in both the dry and rainy seasons, with a significant increase in their annual agricultural production, from four to eight tons for onions and from zero to seven tons for sorghum. Figures they could never have imagined. The impact of the RSF intervention has helped them to extend far beyond the fields. The increase in income has enabled the GIC, like several others, to improve the well-being of their families, a dream they once thought impossible. “This intervention was timely. It came to us like a sudden light in the heart of darkness. The skills and material received have enabled us not only to bounce back but to considerably expand our activities and turnover.” Expresses Ms. Dringate with a big smile.