Ecole Publique Kodek is situated in a village about 7 Kms from Maroua, the capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon. The school currently has 800 pupils enrolled but it has not had a supply of clean drinking water - until now! This small project, costing just...
23rd November 2023 was a day of great celebration in Kongola - a rural village in the sub-division of Maroua III in the Far North of Cameroon - as three new classrooms, an office and a new latrine (funded by BSFA and constructed by SHUMAS) were being handed over to...
Many thanks to everyone who supported us during the Big Give Christmas Challenge. With our matched funding, we reached a total of almost £6,000. 100% of this money will go directly to our current projects in Cameroon - the Economic Empowerment for Education...
This year, Building Schools for Africa has linked up with the Big Give Christmas Challenge where modest individual donations to our charity, made between Tuesday November 28th and Tuesday December 5th through the link below, will be matched - up to a total of £6,250. ...
Our partner, SHUMAS, has a new initiative designed to raise awareness in young people about environment issues, and also to improve their carbon footprint. It is called the SHUMAS Healing the Earth Strategy and all projects will now incorporate this message. The...
We were so delighted to learn that the British High Commissioner, Mr. Barry Lowen, was able to visit the Technical High School at Kongola whilst he was in the Far North region recently. CETIC Kongola is our latest school building project, which is due to be handed...
There was great excitement today amongst the 800 children and the teachers at the primary school in Kodek, which is located approximately 7 Kms from Maroua, the capital of the Far North region of Cameroon. A huge drilling rig arrived at the school and started to...
The SHUMAS Rehab Unit at Mile 6 Nkwen, has undergone an major transformation in the past months. For many years it provided training in skills from tailoring to hairdressing, shoe-making to basket weaving for disabled adults who were otherwise unable to earn a living...
The school hall at All Saints Catholic College in Bayelle, Bamenda, was packed with pupils who were buzzing with excitement at the prospect of being able to study in their brand new science lab. The fully equipped lab was handed over to the College in a wonderful...
“ICO's goal is to be the leading international organisation working for peace and reconciliation in divided conflict settings with a special focus on enabling minority communities in these divided settings to participate in the respective peace process.” (James...
Dear amazing Donors BSFA and SHUMAS have just given us the greatest honour of allowing us to come visit Cameroon and see the amazing work that they do. During our trip we travelled all over the country, seeing the potential that the diverse landscape and motivated...
The Far North region is the second most populated region of Cameroon and one of the poorest. The region currently faces immense challenges including weak public services and chronic insecurity caused by armed conflicts by the Boko Haram. The impacts of climate change...
Two sixth-formers recently spent three weeks of their summer holiday working with our partner, SHUMAS, on behalf of Building Schools for Africa. Oby Gompels and Monty Woodward weren't entirely sure what they were letting themselves in for - but they declare they had a...
We are excited to be funding another school building project in the Far North region this year. The school that will be benefitting from a new classroom block, latrine with hand washing facilities and COVID 19 prevention materials is CETIC de Kongola in Maroua 111...
We are excited to announce that work will soon start on a new Science Lab at All Saints Catholic College Bayelle in Bamenda, NW Region. All Saints College was created in 2019 in response to many requests from parents of children who had attended other secondary...
By Oliver Smith In the early 1960s, after gaining independence from France and the UK, Cameroon was considered a place of hope in the central part of Africa, building essential infrastructure such as roads and railways as well as profitable agricultural and petroleum...
“There’s nothing greater than the feeling of helping another human. That's what motivates us.” Stephen Ndzerem, Founder and Director General, SHUMAS At Building Schools for Africa we have always been aware of the effectiveness of our exclusive partnership with...
12th December 2022 was a joyful day in the village of Sogum. After years of having to use straw huts as classrooms, the primary school in the village took ownership of three new properly constructed classrooms and a school office, built by SHUMAS contractors and...
These are the beneficiaries of the Economic Empower for Education project that BSFA trustees met in Yaounde on 28th January 2023. Meriline is 35 years old. She came to Yaounde three years ago with her children aged 13, 10 and 6. She used to live in Kumbo and said she...
When there is war in a country, it is essential for humanitarian agencies to be able to respond quickly to the changing needs of suffering communities and not have their response slowed by needless bureaucracy. Fortunately, our partner in Cameroon, SHUMAS, is expert...
Normally our trustees visit Cameroon every year to monitor progress of our various projects, but this has not been possible in recent years because of the pandemic ... so the trip we made this January was really action-packed with SO MANY projects to visit and people...
It was with mixed feelings that we ventured down into the middle of the town of Bamenda during our trip to Cameroon this year. Bamenda has always been our 'home away from home' since we starting our partnership with SHUMAS, but we haven't been able to go there since...
During our visit to Cameroon we met just some of the 100 IDP women that we have helped our partner, SHUMAS, to train in small business management. The women were then each given start up materials, to the value of 50,000 CFAs (£65) to get their businesses started. In...