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The children at this little primary school, CS Batoke in Limbe, can hardly believe their eyes as they see their new school taking shape.  Up until now they have been studying in a ramshackle wooden construction with gaping holes in the plank walls and a leaky roof:  they have been... read more →

There is a little bilingual nursery school at Akok-Ndoe, on the outskirts of the capital of Cameroon, Yaounde.  The school is ironically called the Marvellous nursery school, however its facilities are far from marvellous.  The school has no building, so it has borrowed a room as a temporary measure, but... read more →

There is cholera in Cameroon at the moment - and we are doing all we can to help reduce the spread of this dreadful disease.  Clean drinking water and good sanitation are key to preventing cholera from spreading.  Last year we funded a new block of classrooms at Ecole Publique... read more →

We are so pleased to be able to announce that this little primary school in the south of Cameroon will soon have three new purpose-built classrooms (to replace those in the picture), an office and a new latrine with hand-washing facilities.  This will make such a difference to the children's... read more →

We are delighted to announce that the wonderful group of supporters from Market Makers and Really B2B have survived their charity walk.  It took a total of 20 hours to get around the Isle of Wight last weekend, in the rain, wind and cold - but their spirits never failed... read more →

It has hardly rained at all for months and months here on the Isle of Wight, where Building Schools for Africa is based .... until today, that is.  Suddenly it is distinctly autumnal - cold, windy and raining - and yet this plucky bunch from Market Makers and Really B2B... read more →

For the past three months, a pilot scheme has been running in the remote village of Buh in the NW Region, bringing solar powered light to households in the village, and a little extra money to the entrepreneurs who are trying this business project, introduced by Wessex Social Ventures.  If... read more →

The Hindle family are on a mission to raise sufficient funds to build a THIRD school through BSFA.  This summer they organised a four-day relay marathon, with participants running the length of Offa's Dyke - a magnificent effort in anyone's book - and they followed this with a slightly more... read more →

Thanks go to our wonderful supporters at Clymac who funded the construction of a new classroom block at the technical secondary school Banock, which was opened this week.   This was a wonderful example of participatory development in action.  The whole community got behind the project, ensuring that all the... read more →