About the Project
Funds were used to renovate the dilapidated classroom block (replace the roof, repair the floor and paint the entire classroom block) and provide basic school items (exercise books, pens, pencils, wall charts and essential textbooks)
Location
Muea Village, Buea Town, South West Region of Cameroon
Quick Project Stats
| Funding Date | September 2021 |
| Luena Investment | $3,800 USD |
| CBO Partner | Action For Change (AFC) |
| Village | Muea Village, Buea Town |
| Country | Cameroon |
| # of Children Impacted | 522 |
| Community Contribution | manual labor, contribution of locally-available materials (gravel) |
Rebuilding a School to Meet the Increasing Numbers of IDP Children
The school presently has just five classrooms blocks to serve the growing school population. One of these classroom blocks was destroyed by wind in March 2020 (the roof and other items of the classroom were destroyed). The community was unable to raise enough funds to renovate the classroom block and make it conducive for teaching and learning. Pupils and teachers had no choice but to study inside the destroyed classroom block since the school enrollment has far exceeded the available number of classrooms, caused by an influx of internally displaced children entering the community for safety and education.
Implementing WASH in an Underserved Community School
In our second project benefitting Muea Primary School, our donation of $3,800 was used to renovate the dilapidated classroom block (replace the roof, repair the floor and paint the entire classroom block) and provide basic school items (exercise books, pens, pencils, educative wall charts and essential text books). Our efforts benefit the 522 children attending Muea Primary School and their six teachers. Since our first project at Muea Primary, school enrollment has increased 19%.
Meet our Partner Community-Based Organization
Action for Change is a development-driven nonprofit organization registered in Cameroon with the mission of empowering and improving the living conditions of children, women & disadvantaged rural and indigenous communities in marginalized southwest English-speaking region of the country with a focus on education, community development, water, hygiene and sanitation, environmental protection and the promotion of livelihood initiatives, poverty alleviation and economic autonomy for the less privileged.
