Volunteering
Email this to a friend!Each year AidCamps International runs a school-building project in conjunction with SHUMAS and takes fifteen paying volunteers to work on the project. It is because three of the BSFA trustees took part in one of these projects (in 2006) that Building Schools for Africa came into existence. We work closely with AidCamps International and can thoroughly recommend their projects.
The most recent AidCamp held in Cameroon was in the Teloh quarter of the village of Bamouka. This took place in November 2009.
When the BSFA team visited the village of Teloh in 2008 and saw the state of the school there, we were happy to recommend it to AidCamps for their next project. Just over 600 children were on the role of the school at that time, with over 100 children in most of the classrooms. Only two of the classrooms had tin roofs and most classes were abandoned during the rains because they become awash.
The school now proudly boasts four brand new, weatherproof, light, airy and hygienic classrooms with a Head Teacher's office and a storeroom. The entire village was thrilled with their new classrooms and the Chairman of the PTA said that it was the first example of real development in Teloh since the stone age.
The next AidCamps International project in Cameroon will take place in November 2011.
It will be in the village of Bambui and will be replacing this building (below) with a brand new classroom block. If you would be interested in taking part in this project, please find full details on the AidCamps International website www.aidcamps.org or email
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If you are looking for some longer term volunteering opportunity - perhaps 6 months - SHUMAS is looking for mature volunteers with plenty of experience who can help them in the following areas of work
1. To develop the IT facilities in the office and give some training to staff in its use
2. To make applications to funding bodies for specific SHUMAS projects.
SHUMAS is an organisation which is still in its infancy, in comparison to NGOs in the West: they have to cope with very poor infrastructure and need help to develop the skills that will allow their work to flourish.
If you would be interested in this type of voluntary work, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Other longer term volunteering opportunities with SHUMAS are detailed on the volunteering/jobs page of their website www.shumas-cameroon.org .
Last Updated ( Friday, 09 September 2011 )
