Project Report
| Jan 16, 2013
Agents for Change on Behalf of Children
By Ajomuzu Collette | Founder/Executive Director, CAPEC
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Group photo
Dear Friends and Supporters
Happy New Year 2013!!
At CAPEC we seek to be agents for change on behalf of children. Change, in many forms has certainly been the by-word for year ending 2012. CAPEC as its beneficiaries has witnessed many changes and development in the lives of the children we serve. Though it has been a very challenging year, it has been extremely rewarding for CAPEC. You all have shown phenomenal support despite a troubled economy that continues to affect us all. Your steadfast commitment has helped CAPEC remain one of the leading Children’s organisations in Cameroon. We are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support.
For the last three months, the school and children have been involved in lots of educational programs and projects such as:
-Christmas Party
-UK/Kenya delegation visit
-Inauguration for a new classroom built by the US Embassy,Cameroon
The Management of CAPEC, the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and staff of Bitame Lucia School organized a successful Christmas party for all the kids at School. The kids were all given gifts place under the Christmas tree and a special lunch in school. We thank Patrick Jurgen from Germany who posed as Santa Claus. Activities associated with this program were the singing of Christmas Carols, drama; reading of poems and performance of ballet dance by class four etc. We ended the occasion with a group picture.
Our school was also privileged to host some Kenya and UK teachers who visited under the Connecting Classroom Project. While in school, they taught in different classroom, planted trees, and we had launch with them. On our part, we presented drama and a welcome song.
On Tuesday November 20, 2012, Political Officer Luke Ortega took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate a classroom constructed under the Ambassador’s Special Self Help (SSH) Program. The classroom will serve orphans and children from low-income families enrolled in the Bitame Lucia Primary School, Nkolfoulou village, on the outskirts of Yaounde. (http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/lns_112012.html)
We sincerely thank you for all your support over 2012 and we look forward to your on-going support in 2013.
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Classroom dedication
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Santa!
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Classroom dedication 2
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Oct 24, 2012
A Fruitful Beginning of the School Year
By Collette Bekaku | Project Leader
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Global Hand Washing Day - Children Watch Video
Warm greetings
We are continually grateful for your on-going support that helps provide a platform of growth for the school - supporting miscellaneous school and administrative expenses, purchase of school materials etc. Through your support we continue to provide education to these deserving children - who otherwise would not be able to go to this school - conveniently located in the community.
The last three months have been a very busy period in our school, full of excitement and events. Firstly, we want to announce the completion of the first permanent structure in our school. The classroom was donated by the US Embassy Cameroon. So far, this is the only block building at school. As we struggle to change the plank / wooden building to permanent structures, we count on your support to enable us buy building materials.
We are also happy to inform you that a delegation of 10 persons from Kenya and UK visited our school under the Connecting Classroom project. While at the school, they all taught in different classes and also planted a tree in the school. The school choir sang and dance and also presented the delegates with some gifts.
Early this month, we celebrated two activities at school, the first once being World Teachers day and the second being Global Hand Washing Day. The Health Unit of the US Embassy visited the school to celebrate this day with us. They brought us some soaps and hand towels. The children were able to watch a documentary on the important of hand washing. At the end of the film, the children asked some questions. They day ended with a group picture.
As you can see, there is so much on-going learning and growth going on at the school and we are delighted that you are a part of making this happen. Together we are creating a bright future for these children and Cameroon. Thanks so much for your support.
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Children outside at Hand Washng Day
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Jul 16, 2012
Progress - All The Children Performed Well Academically
By Collette Bekaku | Project Leader
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Cameroon National Day Celebration (20th May)
Dear donors, friends and well wishers
It has been a very successful and fantastic year of good health the School given that none of the children registered any major illness and am so excited that they all got to perform well in their academic work and have been cleared to join the next classes respectively at the end of September 2012. Apart from the academic achievements, the kids took part in excursion and other recreational activities. During the trimester, the children visited a brewery company to see how soft drinks are made, we also took part in the 20th May Celebration, which is the reunification day in Cameroon, thanks to all of you for making this happen.
The children completed their third term of the year in May, with the Nursery 2 pupils promoted to Primary One .Children are now on summer vacation, and will begin holiday classes on the 15th of July 2012. We are also thankful for our volunteer Katharina Herger, who has spent one year working with the kids in our school.
We want to thanks our donors, friends and well-wishers for the sacrifices they make to ensure that our project is alive. Thank you so much for the donations both in cash and kind and May the good Lord continue to Bless and reward you.
We continue to request for your support as we enter into another year. The challenge is still on and everything that you give is of great importance and is well appreciated. There is going to be increase in population for both boys and girls the new academic year. We have already identified close to 20 girls ages (5 -15yrs) who are just sitting at home doing nothing, we intend to register them in our school. We will need your support in term of school and material suppliers for them. Kindly help us spread the word about this project to family members and friends too.
With the best of wishes
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Excursion to a local brewery
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Graduation of Nursery II Pupils