The construction of our school projects in the Extreme North region can be slow-going at times!! There is currently terrible flooding of the all the roads leading to our project at CES Dama in the Mayo Danay Division, so SHUMAS staff who were monitoring the building work had to put their... read more →
Sep
21
Sep
19
Our brilliant supporters at the Portsmouth companies of Market Makers and Lead Forensics are well underway with their fundraising for our charity for this year. The plan is to build blocks of classrooms at two schools in the NW Region - GS Kungoh (a primary school whose current overcrowded and... read more →
Aug
11
Two young students, Henry Gardner-Roberts and Ed Gripper, recently got in touch with us to say they were going to trek the length of the River Thames - from its source right down to the Thames Barrier - to raise some funds for our projects. And now they have done... read more →
Jul
25
On one of the hottest days so far this year, our plucky supporters from Bamboo Crowd decided to get dressed up in Panda suits as part of their attempt to raise £1000 for us. They are such a great crowd and are already over half-way towards their target. Thanks guys!
Jul
24
Andrew (with the mike above) and Linda Hindle and their two young children, Amelie and Fraser, are - quite simply - Superstars!! They have started fundraising again for a third school building project through BSFA/SHUMAS - and this month the children took the lead with a sponsored climb up Mount Snowdon -... read more →
Jul
24
We are thrilled to welcome another company on board! SUNESIS is supporting Building Schools for Africa and SHUMAS in our attempt to help as many Cameroonian children as possible to go to school in clean, hygienic, weatherproof classrooms. They have started a new initiative of funding the construction of a school in Cameroon for every school they construct in the... read more →
Jul
24
We recently received a wonderful donation from a primary school pupil from Ripon.Hamish took part in a 'Fiver Challenge' - he spent his fiver on seeds and set up a gardening business, weeding and planting at the gardens of friends and neighbours and also sold flowers and plants at school. He... read more →
Jun
30
We are pleased to publish our latest newsletter, which you can download and print if you wish. It has been a really busy year to date, with lots of new classroom blocks at schools being opened and clean drinking water provided to communities that have never before enjoyed this basic... read more →
Jun
30
The pupils in Year 6 at Brighstone Primary School are really enjoying working in their brand new classroom - and were concerned to see how children have to put up with terrible conditions at many schools in Cameroon. They decided to raise some money for BSFA and agreed that food is... read more →
Jun
30
The pupils at Caistor Grammar School decided to donate the money they raised earlier this year to Building Schools for Africa. We were delighted, needless to say! It may not sound very glamorous but their fundraising has paid for the construction of the new VIP latrine at one of the... read more →