School supplies

It’s both heartbreaking and inspiring to visit the schools in Cameroon. The children are so eager, keen and happy; yet they have almost nothing. Last year, I was surprised when I arrived at CBNPS Bafut, a primary school for about 150 children, that the students were sweeping the playground! They also keep the dirt floors of the school impeccably clean. They have no electricity, the pit latrine is outside and they do much of their work writing on slates. I am taking them school supplies, and games like scrabble and boggle; but not paper products. They are heavy and I can buy them locally for the same price as here, and that supports the local merchants too.