Cassava business becomes means of livelihood for Cameroonian women

STORY: Cassava business becomes means of livelihood for Cameroonian women DATELINE: Nov. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:07:43 LOCATION: MENGONG, Cameroon CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cassava related footage and local women processing cassava 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SYLVIE MEWOULOU, Local villager 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): MARIE JOSEPH, Local villager 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): HONORINE NDONGO, Local villager STORYLINE: Cassava is a traditional food crop at a village in Mengong town in southern Cameroon. Growing and processing cassava have become important means of livelihood for local villagers, especially the women who are trying to be economically independent. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SYLVIE MEWOULOU, Local villager "Cassava helps us a lot. People get sick, then they get treatment with money earned from selling cassava. We eat cassava, we pay tontine with money earned from cassava. There are a lot of things in my life. Everything I do in the village is based on cassava. We pay for our children's tuition, fe