Transform Girls' Education With Technical School

Despite the financial strains the covid-19 has imposed on all of us, we are counting our blessings today. Things are looking somewhat better at Aumazo. We got wonderful news from the field in late September. Two of the three girls in our scholarship program earned their senior high school diploma. This news called for a great celebration at Aumazo.

In 2017, 5 girls graduated from our tutoring program and entered high school. Two repeated classes at the junior level. Three passed without any obstacles and entered  senior high school. 

Keselle, one of the two girls who earned her high school diploma said to me joyfully on a phone call on September 23rd, 2020 “I am so thankful to all the people at Aumazo who supported me and gave me a direction in life. I would like to meet and thank each one of them individually, but I can’t. Please pass my huge thank you and words of gratitude to all of them. I am one the luckiest girls on earth today.” 

These words are still music to our ears. I listened to the sound of her voice while thinking of you. You are the agent of this radical transformation that happened right in front of our eyes. You gave so generously of your attention to our cause and trust in our work. So, thank you. 

The good news didn’t stop there. Despite the intolerable levels of educational hardship inflicted on students in Cameroon and around the world by covid-19, this year, we are also celebrating additional eleven graduates from the tutoring program, including 7 of the 11 girls who took the high school entrance exams and 4 boys we took in and supported in the preparation of the exam last June 2020. So far, 41 students graduated from the tutoring program.

It is very empowering to get such news of great successes and of the striving student population that have overcome the challenges caused by the covid-19 pandemic and found ways to deal with them. The lesson learned is that we did well by supporting our students despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic.

So far so good! Your collective engagement and support are really what is still working and keeping Aumazo afloat. Kesselle’s sentiments reflect our own feelings.

You have always been there for Aumazo. It has always been about what you wanted to do. Today is no different. We still count on your support in any form and shape for the  new academic year in Cameroon, which began on Monday October 5, 2020. Just act in a way that is consistent with your thoughts and help us continue our support of the scholarship and tutoring program. 

We thank you for always being there for Aumazo.

Jacqueline Audige and the Board