Transform Girls' Education With Technical School

Feelings of Homesickness

A few weeks ago, I scheduled a talk with Landrine, a second-year graduate of the tutoring program. Her transition to high school wasn’t as smooth as she had anticipated. Landrine’s parents decided to send her to a high school mile away from the family and most of her peers. “It was a rough start. The teaching style in my new school did not match what I have learned while attending the tutoring program. There wasn’t any support and I felt so lonely, lost and homesick” Landrine stated.

Initially, we had made a collaborative arrangement with St. Paul in Bafang, the nearest high school to Bankondji village, about nine miles away. We suggested this because we understood that leaving home for the first time to be far away from the parents would be quite challenging and nerve wracking for both the parents and the girls.

Landrine’s parents, however, selected a school they thought would be best for their daughter. As a result, Landrine continued, “I failed the class and my parents finally listened to my plea to return and attend St. Paul. I wish they had paid attention to Aumazo’s recommendations and let me stay nearby and study.”

Creating Values

Her situation is the perfect example of the type of problems Aumazo wants to resolve. As Landrine put it: “I would not be repeating the class if my parents had understood the impact of their decision on my educational future.” We do not believe that the parents consciously put her in the challenging and uncomfortable situation. What really happened is that at the tutoring program, Landrine underwent a transformation which effectively helped her design a new future for herself.

So far, we have tutored 60 girls. In the past three years, 29 of the girls who took the high school entrance exam successfully passed it. While waiting for Aumazo to complete its own school building, thanks to your gifts, they are currently attending a high school of their choice in Cameroon supported by scholarships from Aumazo.

The value that you have created with your gifts are making a significant difference in the lives of girls in our program. Whatever you do, you know that you are not fixing our girls’ lives in the past. You are creating a new future for them. You are not just changing lives, but you are transforming their lives with your action. You are helping a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. Landrine is one of the many girls who can attest to that through Aumazo.

Transforming More Lives

Going forward, whatever donation option you pick, whether recurring or one-time donations, will only help us to be better equipped to reach the ultimate goal of transforming more girls’ lives in Bankondji. The critical value that many donors struggle with is knowing what difference their contributions will make. You are among the privileged few who do not have that struggle.

Your continued support will determine what type of transformation you would want to see in the girls in 2020 and throughout the new decade. How well prepared are you to see the transformation you want to see in the lives of these girls really depends on the role you want to play as a donor.

You are giving a lifetime opportunity while transforming social and environmental conditions for the better for our Aumazo girls. We thank you for being the great Aumazo's transformer

Jaqueline Audigé and the Board