Back in 2015, thanks to our wonderful supporters at Market Makers, we funded some school projects in Mbiame, one of which was the little Nursery School at Ntoh Mbiame. The following year, unfortunately, almost... read more →
Aug
29
Jun
16
Many of the children in the IDP communities in Cameroon are suffering from either Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) or Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) during this period of political unrest. It is very hard for families to get food. Their livelihoods and farms are gone - they have no income to... read more →
Jun
11
Here are two examples of how practical help can enable children to continue with their education. Nearly all schools in the NW Region have been closed for almost four years, but the teacher training college at Mbengwi has... read more →
May
26
Since 2016, Bui Division in the NW Region has been particularly hard hit by violence of the Anglophone crisis. This is a Division where, over the years, Building Schools for Africa and SHUMAS have been extremely effective in improving both access to education and the health status of thousands of... read more →
Apr
24
We recently received a wonderful donation of 21 reconditioned laptops from Willmott Dixon. These are destined for children in secondary education and will make an enormous difference to their ability to study and pass exams. In Cameroon around 90% of children write their end of course exam in Computing without... read more →
Apr
17
As if there weren't enough difficulties in Cameroon at the moment, COVID-19 has now arrived and it is spreading quickly. Our partner in Cameroon, SHUMAS, has been quick to respond to this new crisis and is busy getting information about social distancing and how to prevent the spread of the... read more →
Apr
14
During our trustees' visit to Cameroon in November 2019, we saw at first hand some of the appalling situations of the anglophone Internally Displaced People (IDPs), thousands of whom had fled their homes, farms and businesses in the NW and SW regions in order to escape the violence of the... read more →
Mar
04
Thanks to three large donations from supporters, we have very nearly reached our target for the Special Appeal to improve the living conditions of 1000 Internally Displaced People in hard-to-reach communities in the forests and the bush regions of NW & SW Cameroon. We would like to thank everyone who... read more →
Feb
03
Our most grateful thanks are due, once again, to the children at the Dragon School in Oxford who recently sent us a second marvellous donation of over £300 towards our projects. Last November, the BSFA trustees who travelled out to Cameroon to hand over our 2019 projects, were pleased to... read more →
Dec
27
This November we were fortunate to have a meeting with the newly appointed Prime Minister of Cameroon, His Excellency Joseph Ngute. His Special Adviser has known of SHUMAS' work with BSFA for many years and he was keen that the Prime Minister should learn more about our programme of Building... read more →