Aug
08
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 brilliant time which had exceeded all...
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Jun
05
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 Sub-Division. CETIC Kongola is the...
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May
03
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 schools in the region...
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Apr
18
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 industries. Fast forward 60 years, this African...
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Apr
13
“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 Strategic Humanitarian Services (SHUMAS), a development and humanitarian NGO in Cameroon....
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Mar
15
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 funded by BSFA supporters, Rick...
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Mar
14
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...
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Mar
11
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 in this nimble approach, utilising all resources...
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Feb
24
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 to meet. We decided...
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Feb
24
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 2017...
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