Blog

At last the children from all parts of Kumbo Central can travel safely to school.  This new permanent river bridge was opened at the end of March 2015.  It replaces a dilapidated wood and bamboo structure that was collapsing under the strain of weighty lorries, motorbikes and pedestrians.  The old... read more →

All the trustees of Building Schools for Africa are immensely grateful to the students from Royal Holloway College who were involved in the Insanity Radio broadcast over the Easter holidays. Katherine, Matthew and Harley undertook a mammoth 24-hour charity broadcast on Good Friday and raised just over £250 for us.... read more →

We have had an unexpected and generous donation which will really give a boost to the students with disabilities at the SHUMAS Rehabilitation Centre. For some years now SHUMAS has been training young adult students with various physical and/or mental difficulties, in a variety of trades in order to allow... read more →

Good luck and best wishes to Andrew Hindle and his team of fellow mad-caps who are undertaking a sponsored Mud Run for us today (18th April). This is one of several fundraising events which Andrew is organizing to raise money for classrooms and a latrine at this primary school in... read more →

The staff at Market Makers and Lead Forensics in Portsmouth are really going the extra mile to raise funds to build  schools in Cameroon.  This year they have a Mission to get to London by various means.  Some people are going to cycle to the capital from Portsmouth, others are... read more →

We have recently learnt that students from Royal Holloway College in Surrey are undertaking a whole string of 24-hour broadcasts over the Easter Holidays, on their university radio station - Insanity Radio (103.2 FM in the Surrey area, or on-line at insanityradio.com ) On Friday 3rd April they will be... read more →

The 25th February 2015 was a long awaited day of celebration for the people in Kumbo Central when a brand new Health Centre was opened at Kovifem, funded by BSFA supporters.  This forms part of a large integrated project which also included the construction of classroom blocks at five schools... read more →

Friday 20th February 2015 was another great day for secondary education in NW Cameroon, with another two Technical Secondary Schools getting new classrooms blocks for their pupils.  Government Technical College (GTC) Ntigi in Bambili got four new classrooms and GTC Nkeung got three.  Both schools also benefitted from 27 benches... read more →

The next few months will be a busy time for SHUMAS  as it is hoped that all the projects we have funded recently will be handed over to their respective communities in the first quarter of 2015.  The communities themselves are busy too - digging new catchments for water projects,... read more →

A number of the students at Amherst High School in Massachusetts, USA belong to a club which likes to make an impact on the world.  And they have certainly managed that!  This year they raised $20,000 which is helping the children at the Government Bilingual Primary School Upper Bayelle (NW... read more →