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Building access to education and hope for the future with communities in Cameroon.

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Schools helped

309

Classrooms built

64

Health centres/water projects

100

% of donated funds go to projects

BSFA building schools with our partners SHUMAS

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We work with our partner NGO SHUMAS to fund projects that give access to education, healthcare and drinking water with rural communities in Cameroon.

Who gives a crap?? We do! At every school we buil

Who gives a crap?? We do!

At every school we build we include the construction of latrines with hand washing facilities, all for the price of a laptop.

We know from experience that with these toilets the children’s health improves, the sanitation of the school improves, their academic achievement improves, and the confidence in the community improves.

That’s why we give a crap!

#cameroon🇨🇲 #sanitation #health #globalgoals #sdg6 #sdg4 #sdg3

Where are they now ...? We met these children - an

Where are they now ...?
We met these children - and hundreds more like them - in 2010. They were all in school in NW Cameroon, and each of them was looking forward to a bright future. However, almost all schools in NW and SW Cameroon have been closed for the past three years. Many children have been orphaned through the violent political unrest. Thousands are now IDPs. In order to survive, boys have become child soldiers and girls have turned to prostitution. This is not the future they dreamed of. We must do all we can to keep children in education and bring hope back to the anglophones in Cameroon.
#cameroon🇨🇲 #education #sdgs #buildingschools

Another marvellous new maternity centre - this one

Another marvellous new maternity centre - this one has been built and equipped using funds raised by our supporters @Lead Forensics.
This local health centre in NW Cameroon serves 2175 people including 430 recently arrived Internally Displaced People who have fled the fighting in other parts of the region. There were no maternity facilities at all before this centre was constructed and health centre staff were working in a borrowed building with very poor second hand equipment.
More than 300 patients per month are expected to benefit from this new facility. #SDG3 #cameroon #healthcare

New equipment for Akumlam health centre. This bui

New equipment for Akumlam health centre.
This building had been standing empty since it was constructed in 2009 because the community could not afford to buy beds and equipment. Thanks to our wonderful supporters, this health centre is now fully operational and serving a community of over 3500 people, including many of the displaced anglophones in NW Cameroon.

This tap in Sodiko provides safe and accessible dr

This tap in Sodiko provides safe and accessible drinking water to a community which includes two schools previously funded by our supporters.
Water borne diseases are common in rural Cameroon and severely disrupt a child's ability to follow a programme of education.
Help us with building more drinking water sources like these by visiting the link in our bio.

#Cameroon #water #health #globalgoals #sdg3 #sdg4 #sdg6

A huge thank you to Cliff and all at Positech Game

A huge thank you to Cliff and all at Positech Games for funding the building of St Barthelemy School!

The community has been working hard over the last 6 months with our partner NGO SHUMAS to build the school and it’s now open for learning!

Proudly showing off their new school uniforms, the

Proudly showing off their new school uniforms, these children are finally settled in their new primary school in the village of Bake in Cameroon. Each of the 61 new arrivals at this school are Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who arrived with nothing - but thanks to the generosity of Ken Hughes Foundation, they all now have uniforms, books and pens - and the school has 3 new classrooms, an office and a new latrine. It will make the world of difference to these children’s lives.

As a result of political tensions and terrorist ac

As a result of political tensions and terrorist activity in areas of Cameroon 75% of children no longer have access to education and have more immediate health and sanitation needs.

We’re working with our partner NGO Strategic Humanitarian Services (SHUMAS) to fund this urgent and essential need.

Find out how you can support by clicking on our link in our bio.

Photo credit: @rosebainbridgephotography
#cameroon🇨🇲 #IDPs

This is one of the smallest kids in the nursery cl

This is one of the smallest kids in the nursery class at a school for 361 Internally Displaced children in the West Region of Cameroon. She knows the importance of education - and she is aiming high.

These lovely kids are not yet five years old. They

These lovely kids are not yet five years old. They have lost their homes and their parents and have fled to West Cameroon for safety. They are in the nursery class at a makeshift school for 361 internally displaced children, held in a coffee warehouse.
The community leaders say that keeping the children in school helps them to overcome some of the traumas they have experienced.
See our appeal in our bio

Increasing violence and insecurity in Cameroon has

Increasing violence and insecurity in Cameroon has forced over a million people from their homes.

Our partner @shumas2017 are providing emergency relief focused on family healthcare, shelter, access to driving water and restoring livelihoods.

Click on the link in our bio for more information and how you can help.

#cameroon🇨🇲 #idps #crisis #shelter #water #sdg3 #sdg6

The @unmigration estimates there are almost two mi

The @unmigration estimates there are almost two million Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Cameroon.

We have launched a campaign to raise money for the delivery of immediate and emergency relief by our partner @shumas2017 in Cameroon.

Funds will provide basic but vital equipment to improve healthcare and shelter.

Click on the link in our bio to find out more.

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