SHUMAS SCHOOL REFURBISHMENT PROGRAMME
School buildings in some rural parts of Cameroon are in a very poor state 
and in 2003, SHUMAS started collaborating with the British charity AidCamps
International to replace and equip village primary classrooms in a dilapidated state. We also assisted by donating much needed textbooks.
Past Projects...
In 2003, we constructed and equipped six
classrooms at 
BANGWE
village in Menchum administrative Division of the Northwest
Province of Cameroon.
In November 2004 we completed and equipped four modern classrooms at the MBOKUI a village government primary school in BUI Division of the Northwest Province. The former school was rented and there were constant difficulties with the landlord.
In 2005 the catholic school at Mogni village in NOUN Division of the West Province of Cameroon was selected from the long list of appeals received and four new classrooms were installed and equipped along with teaching material. This village is really an enclave village in a very poor community made up most of settlers from different parts of the country.
In 2006 we completed 3 classrooms and toilet facilities in the Catholic School at Bamali. Benches and didactic materials were also given some rural schools.
In 2007, SHUMAS with the help of AidCamps International-UK and Schools for Africa-UK, refurbished 4 Government schools at Yankitari, Kitchu, Tsenka,and Ntseimbang, repairing or adding classrooms to the benefit of around 1200 school children. (Full details of these are in our 2007 Progress Report which can be downloaded in .pdf format.)
Ongoing Projects...
For 2008, five of the most needy schools have been selected and repair and/or rebuilding of these is expected to be completed by November of the same year. These include Government Schools at Menjung, Quebissi, Mbohkija, and Nchingong, plus Islamic Primary School Bamali. This ambitious undertaking will benefit some 1800 pupils, if sponsorship for all the selection can be found.
In addition to this work on schools, we realised that the lack of teaching and management staff, both in rural and urban settings, is still a very big problem.
To attempt a solution to this, SHUMAS aims to:
- attach sustainable income generating components to schools so that income generated will help to recruit teaching staff. The implementation process has already started in Government Schools Tsenka and Mogni.
- appeal to volunteers across the globe who could assist in teaching to contact us so we can place them in selected schools.
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Schools for Africa
