Digital Literacy Cameroon Project #36545

STEM Education through Basketball

by Manengouba Foundation, Inc.

Project Report | Jun 16, 2022
We Appreciate Your Continued Support

By Philippe Socka | Project Leader

Dear Supporters,

We trust you are all doing well!

The second quarter of this year was marked with two hands-on projects in carpentry, refrigeration and air conditioning.

Refrigerator Troubleshooting Project

This project idea came to live by Mr. Joel Djeuya, an industrial technical teacher at our partner school. He realized that the practical courses in refrigeration and air conditioning workshops are in the need to follow the standards, and the training of learner through hands on initiative. Through a combined effort with its students, he found an unused double compartment refrigerator with two compressors of which only the circuit of a single compartment is functional. He then distributed the project work to the students over a period of five practical course sessions that took 3 months, following the one already carried out, namely:

The recognition of the device and its components;
The start-up of the device followed by a diagnosis.

The last procedure helped students to understand that they have to replace the compressor and the condenser, then the dehydrator, without forgetting the various elements of protection and electrical safety; oil and refrigerant.

While all components were acquired, the students completed this project in five sessions and achieved their practical objective. Each student was able to be familiar with the material, the mechanical aspect of it, the fluidic and electrical composition of the refrigeration device.

As a conclusion, they were all satisfy that these activities meet the objectives of the official program centered on cutting, working on pipes, assembling, welding and starting a compressor by voltage relay.

Wood Slats Project

The Wood Slats Project consisted of making free rules to assist to facilitate the execution of the drawing and the math lessons to avoid students to share instrument from one another. The activities for this assignment involved to make wooden slats, put the layers of varnish and paint it in yellow. Then, write the graduation in black on the wooden slats made-up.

These made-up rules have allowed the drawing teacher to be able to materialize on the board all that they have as teaching to transmit to the learner.

As a conclusion, please note that the basketball program of our young boys and girls continued throughout this quarter with the accomplishment of our boys who finished 4th in the ranking of the Littoral Regional Basketball League.

Thank you again for helping Manengouba Foundation build a stronger community within Cameroon. Please stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @manengouba.

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Feb 11, 2022
Projet Report

By Philippe Socka | Project Leader

Dear Supporters,

We hope this update finds you well. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who has contributed to our project so far and also those who continue to support this project.

On November 2021, our boys’ team has officially joined the Littoral Regional Basketball League and played 3 games so far. They are 1-2, one win and two loses. The goal to join this league is to help them learn how to handle peer pressure, develop self-awareness and ways to appropriately behave when under pressure, whether winning or faced with defeat. In addition, it’s to teach each player’s full potential, both physically and mentally, through emphasis on the concepts of teamwork and sportsmanship.

Unlike the girls' team, they started an intensive computer training on January 20, 2022. The computer training happens twice a week;Tuesday for an hour before practice and on Sunday afternoon. The goal of this intensive computer training is to help them prepare to apply and participate for the TechGirls Exchange Program, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs design to empower and inspire young women from around the world to pursue careers in science and technology.

African Cup of Nations

The recent Africa Cup of Nations, a soccer tournament among African countries was hosted in Cameroon from January 9 through February 6, 2022. It was a time of celebration and solidarity for many people across the continent.

The Manengouba Foundation in partnership with the city of Nkongsamba has organized a gastronomic and cultural fair and above all a sportive fair. The objective being to satisfy the local populations by the festive fallout of the African Cup of Nations organized in Cameroon. Our youth had an opportunity to watch the games on a big LED screen and came together in celebration. Everyone now has only the memories of watching one of their favorite sport and how it brought the community together.

Thank you again for helping Manengouba Foundation build a stronger community within Nkongsamba, Cameroon. Please stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @manengouba.

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Oct 15, 2021
The 4th Quarter Stretch

By Philippe Socka | Project Leader

Dear supporters,

We hope that you and your loved ones are doing well staying safe and healthy. We greatly appreciate your ongoing support for youth education in Cameroon.

The new academic school year has started in Cameroon about a month ago. Meeting our new participants brought all the enthusiasm of a new academic year, as we convene as a community, reconnect with friend and colleagues, and dive back into our program and activity.

As this last quarter begins, we have been reflecting on how much has changed since the beginning of the pandemic. Our partner school, volunteers and community as a whole have adjusted month after month for normalcy in these uncertain times. We are thrilled to know that everyone has find comfort in reconnecting with us and the return to the rhythms of our program and activity. We want to thank all of you for working and supporting us to implement necessary changes.

Our basketball skill training has continued throughout this summer, despite the raining season and will continue through the end of the year. The youth had lost of fun times playing basketball all summer, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday and time to time welcomed their friend from surrounding area for few competitions.

As we continue to lack adequate infrastructure to efficiently run our STEM education program and basketball skill training, we will embark this Fall on a robust hands-on training that will involve students from various course of studies, carpentry, masonry and electricity along with local contractors to renovate our partner school sport complex as well as the nursing program’s laboratory. This initiative will run from the Fall 2021 through the Spring 2022. Stay tuned as we will send you regular updates on this new project.

Thank you for helping The Manengouba Foundation build a stronger community within Nkongsamba. Please stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @manengouba.

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