Schools For Africa

Building a Future for These Communities

Schools for Africa is a fundraising campaign, working through AidCamps International, to help build a future for rural communities in Cameroon.

Our Progress to Date

ANOTHER SCHOOL COMPLETE

Early in June 2008, the School at Roh Meluf was opened. This school was funded by the Liz Earle Beauty Company, and a member of their staff attended the opening.

The opening of the school at Roh Meluf

Jamie Fulbrook from Liz Earle Beauty Company joins the opening celebrations

The school at Menjung (funded by Clymac Ltd.) has also now been completed - pictures of the opening will be posted as soon as we receive them.

The first school to be funded by Schools for Africa, in the village of Ntseimbang, was officially opened in mid-November.

The new school at Ntseimbang

Work on the new school at Quebessi is progressing well. This school should be ready to be opened in September/October 2008

Working hard to get the school finished

Quebessi school ready to plaster

Building Schools for Cameroon

"Education is the door to freedom, democracy and development" (Nelson Mandela)

“We gave the village a school, but we came away with so much more.” (Volunteer in Cameroon with AidCamps International, 2005.)

Our aim is to raise money to build schools in rural Africa in association with AidCamps International UK and SHUMAS Cameroon.

Help Us Build a School

Since 2003, SHUMAS, our partner organisation in Cameroon, has received over 500 applications from rural villages asking help to rebuild their local schools. Of this number, 150 have been identified as 'top priority' because of the state of delapidation of the buildings.

Schools For Africa started fundraising in April 2007. Three schools are already up and running, and two more are currently under construction. It costs so little to build a village primary school in Cameroon, and each school improves the lives of thousands of children.

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News

LATEST NEWS!

We are very pleased indeed to announce that the Riverside Church in Sleaford, Lincolnshire have decided to fund the rebuilding of one of our village schools, and plan to continue supporting this school in the future. We are sure that this will prove to be of immense value to both communities and we would like to thank all concerned for their generosity.

It is always wonderful when a donation comes our way, right out of the blue ... but we were particularly delighted when we received a cheque from Norwood Green Infant and Nursery School eary in June. The children had enjoyed an International Picnic, and chose Schools for Africa as the recipient of their fundraising effort. How lovely that little children here can be involved in our efforts to help Cameroonian children get a primary education. Thank you to everyone who took part in this event - from the bottom of our hearts!

Our second Marathon Run this year

Congratulations to the Hairy Haggis Marathon team who completed their run in under four hours on Sunday 25th May - and still had enough energy at the end to smile for the camera - and feast on some haggis, before retiring to the pub! Well done all of you - and thank you for supporting us. LOVE those T-shirts!

We are delighted to announce that the combined efforts of the Heriot Watt Student Association (including those Hairy Haggis runners) raised over £2,300 for us this summer.This money will go towards the next school which we build, to be announced later this autumn. Thank you to everyone who took part in the RAG events in Edinburgh - we REALLY appreciate your support.

Fairtrade Africa

Percol is a well-established Coffee company who have championed Fairtrade for many years. They have just launched their brand new range of products sourced entirely from Africa and they have generously offered to make a donation to Schools for Africa for every pack of their Fairtrade Africa products sold this year. The team at Schools for Africa have tried their ground and instant coffee, tea and hot chocolate and they are REALLY DELICIOUS! Look out for this range and help Percol to help us. Visit their website for more information. http://www.percol.co.uk/charities

New Schools Being Built Now!

In January, work started on the rebuilding of the two new schools: Menjung (sponsored by Clymac) and Roh Meluf (sponsored by Liz Earle Beauty Co.). Pictures are on our Building Schools page. These schools were opened in June, to great acclaim by the communities and a double page spread in the Bamenda Vanguard newspaper.

Clymac have recently made us another extremely generous donation which will build another two schools next year.

Fundraising for Schools for Africa is continuing at Lambeth Academy and the school which they are supporting (IPS Bamali) will start to be built in June, with a view to it being opened in October/November 2008. Everyone at Lambeth Academy is really excited about this project and it is so heartening that children in this country are working so hard for the benefit of other children's education in Cameroon. We wish them great success. News updates on our Fundraising Page.

The new school at Quebessi is almost complete. A generous corporate donation from a firm in London has funded the rebuild of the dreadfully delapidated primary school in this village.

THANK YOU to everyone who has promised us help in the future. We will make sure that the money you raise will help to provide a bright future for the children of Cameroon.