تَعَاوُنُوا

# From aid to independence — one community at a time.

We design community development projects engineered to make themselves unnecessary. Water first. Then food. Then livelihoods. Then education. In that order.

See Our Work How It Works
12,000
Refugees Reached
10
Fish Ponds Built
10,000L
Clean Water / Day
4
Pillar Model
The Challenge

## Aid creates dependency.
Infrastructure creates freedom.

For over a decade, 12,000 refugees from the Central African Republic have lived in Lolo Camp, Cameroon. The World Food Programme cut rations to 50%. Pulses, oil, salt — gone from the basket. The world's response: give them just enough to survive, never enough to thrive.

This is not a poverty problem. It's a design problem. The resources exist — water underground, fish in rivers, fertile soil, capable people. What's missing is the system that connects resources to people and people to self-sufficiency.

Taawunu builds that system.

Our Model

## Four pillars. One sequence. No shortcuts.

Each pillar depends on the one before it. Water before food. Food before livelihoods. All three before education can be sustained. This isn't theory — it's the proven order of community development.

Water
→
Food
→
Livelihoods
→
Education
Water

Clean water is the foundation of everything. A 70m borehole now pumps 10,000 litres daily — enough for the community and the aquaculture project.

Food

10 fish ponds with capacity for 35,000 catfish across 3 harvest cycles per year. The community feeds itself — no more waiting for WFP trucks.

Livelihoods

Surplus fish are sold at local markets. Revenue funds operations, creates jobs, and builds an economy that doesn't depend on outside funding.

Education

When a community can feed and sustain itself, it can build schools. Revenue from the farm funds teachers, materials, and permanent learning spaces.

Community members and project team planting at Lolo Farm, Adamawa Region, April 2024
Flagship Project

## The Lolo Aquaculture Project

In the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, 12,000 CAR refugees decided to stop waiting. With a £43,006 investment, they're building a self-sustaining fish farm that projects £92,000 in annual revenue.

10 earthen ponds. 35,000 fish capacity. 3 harvest cycles per year. A community-run enterprise that makes foreign aid unnecessary.

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Children study Quran on wooden alluha boards, Lolo Camp, February 2025
Why Education Comes Last

## First the well. Then the farm. Then the school.

These children study Quran on wooden boards, sitting on the red earth beside the mosque. They have no desk, no textbook, no light after sunset. But they have a teacher. And this year — they'll have a school.

Education is the final pillar because it must be sustained. A school funded by a campaign closes when the campaign ends. A school funded by a fish farm runs forever.

"We have started to stand on our own feet. We see a future for our children unfolding."
— Community elder, Lolo Camp
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ
"And cooperate in righteousness and piety."
Al-Ma'idah 5:2

### Infrastructure that outlasts the project.

This water tank will be here long after the team has gone home.

How We Work

## Design. Manage. Verify.

Taawunu is a social impact studio — not a charity, not an NGO. We partner with registered charity organisations who handle donations, while we provide the expertise to turn those funds into permanent infrastructure.

01

### Design

We assess community needs, design the sequential intervention (Water→Food→Livelihoods→Education), create budgets, and build the project plan with measurable milestones.

02

### Manage

We coordinate between funders, charity partners, and local implementation teams. Every pound is tracked. Every phase is documented. We publish setbacks alongside successes.

03

### Verify

Independent monitoring and evaluation. On-the-ground field visits. Published reports with photos, financials, and honest assessments. No spin — just truth.

Our Partners
SWAN London
HFA Australia
UDES UK
Omega Ventures

## Every project we design is engineered
to make itself unnecessary.

Whether you're a donor looking to fund lasting change, a charity seeking implementation partners, or a foundation exploring new approaches — we'd like to hear from you.

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