About the Project
The project consisted of purchasing benches to furnish primary school classrooms.
Location
Mombo, Southwest Cameroon
Quick Project Stats
| Funding Date | March 2024 |
| Luena Investment | $1,000 |
| CBO Partner | Centre for Community Reformation and Development in Cameroon (CENCORDEC) |
| Village | Mombo rural community |
| Country | Cameroon |
| # of Children Impacted | 120 |
| Community Contribution | $200 |
Community Struggles to Reestablish Safe and Adequate Educational Facilities
Cameroon has been facing an under-reported socio-political crisis in the two English speaking regions of the country for the past 7 years. The crisis led to a deadly confrontation between separatist fighters and the state armed forces, which has claimed the lives of more than 7000 persons, destroyed more than 200 villages, and displaced more than 2 million persons into bushes or neighboring French speaking communities for safety. The Mombo rural community is one of the communities that were deserted by the socio-political crisis, which also destroyed the lone primary school serving the Mombo rural community. When the inhabitants of Mombo decided to relocate back to their community, they gradually gained support to construct two classrooms so that their children would have a safe and conducive space for learning. The newly constructed classrooms had just 3 benches each to accommodate the children. This led to overcrowding of children on fewer benches, noisy classrooms, poor class work participation, and poor academic performances of the children.
New School Benches Improve Learning Conditions for Children
The donation from Luena Foundation was used to provide 20 quality benches to the children of Mombo primary school, impacting 120 primary school children with a safe and conducive environment for learning.
Meet our Partner Community-Based Organization
The Centre for Community Reformation and Development in Cameroon (CENCORDEC Cameroon) is a nonprofit and nonpolitical organization that began as an informal voluntary group in 2016 and was registered with the ministry of territorial administration in 2019. Since its inception, CENCORDEC Cameroon has been working actively and devotedly to empower vulnerable children, women, youths, and resource-limited, hard to reach communities living in extreme poverty. CENCORDEC Cameroon envisages a world where all sentient beings and the planet are cared for and protected and all persons are given the required opportunity to obtain their full potential and live a dignified life.
