Schools These pictures of old and new school buildings show just some of what we achieved in 2019, thanks to the generous donations of our supporters. New classroom blocks, complete with furniture, a teacher's office and a new latrine were constructed at six different schools in... read more →
Dec
23
Nov
19
We build new toilets at each of our school projects. They are not fancy by western standards: they are Ventilated Deep Pit Latrines which are divided into cubicles, providig essential privacy - and they are appropriate structures for these rural locations. Each latrine is also provided with basic hand washing... read more →
Oct
16
Our latest newsletter can be downloaded here Newsletter _ Summer 2019 Update Our emphasis this year, across all our projects, has been to help as many Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Cameroon as possible. We hope you find it an enjoyable and informative read.
Oct
16
This is the kind of makeshift house that thousands of families now call home in the jungle and bush areas of the NW and SW regions of Cameroon. Their villages have been burned, their subsistence farms destroyed, family members killed. They live in fear of their lives and hope that... read more →
Sep
17
The UN has recently announced that the number of anglophones who have become displaced since the start of the political crisis in 2016 has doubled since 2018. There are now a million IDPs from the NW and SW regions of Cameroon - very many of whom have fled to the... read more →
Sep
17
We are so proud and very very happy to announce that our 100th school building project has been completed. The primary school in the village of Konya Mbetta, in the Centre region, is finished and the children are already using their new classrooms. There will be a final coat of... read more →
Jul
17
We are SO CLOSE to our 100th school project now .. we can hardly believe it. Thanks to the Ken Hughes Foundation, we have been able to send out the funds to construct 3 classrooms, an office and a new latrine at EP Bake in the West Region, where many... read more →
Jun
19
Huge thanks are due to Kevin Dundas at Willmott Dixon for organising this year's football tournament, with teams taking part from their various suppliers. This is the second such tournament and it looks as though they will have raised around £600 for BSFA (almost double the amount they raised last... read more →
Jun
19
... but they are so essential!! A new Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine at a school makes all the difference to the health, well-being and confidence of children - and it means that girls can continue going to school after they reach puberty, when otherwise they might drop out because they... read more →
Jun
03
It's very exciting. We are getting close to 100 new school buildings funded since Building Schools for Africa started working with SHUMAS Cameroon in 2007. This little primary school, called Ecole Publique Bamendou Chefferie is located in Penka Michel sub-division in the West Region of Cameroon and it will be... read more →