Wanyuri Foundation has been working in underprivileged communities in Cameroon since 2016 to improve people's living conditions.

Since then, we have successfully worked with local partners to provide potable water, build toilets in schools, renovate and expand classrooms, provide teaching and sanitary materials for the most impoverished schools in the region.

Thanks to our many donors, partners and volunteers who join us in working for the common good of vulnerable people around communities in Cameroon, we were able to make this happen.

Veel mensen en organisaties hebben geloofd in de doelstellingen van ons project en hebben ons project gesteund.

Wanyuri operates in under privileged communities in Cameroon. Cameroon lies between Nigeria, Chad etc. There is a tropical temperature (25-40 degrees) throughout the year. Unlike in the big cities, there is lack of water supply, schools trainings and general necessities.

There are more than 24 million inhabitants in Cameroon. 79% of children from under privileged families are not registered at birth. Often because they do not have money for the birth certificate. Children from these families often from a tender age of 5 are used for child labor, to help their families and parents. Children between the ages of 5 and 11 work at least 28 hours a week. Children between the ages of 12 and 14 work about 42 hours a week. Often these parents or relatives have no other means or alternative to send these children to school and this is where Wanyuri now comes in with support to empower and change the narratives of these children.

Kumbo is the capital of Bui department and the second largest city in the Nord-Ouest region of Cameroon. People in this region live in difficult conditions and it has become worse since the "Boko-haram crisis" and the "Anglophone Crisis" .There is a lot of poverty, hunger, high level of illiteracy, unemployment, difficult access to hospitals, clean potable water and Sanitation.

We zijn goed begonnen en wij hebben met succes het geld verzameld om drinkbaar water te kunnen brengen aan de vijf dorpen waar wij ons project wilden uitvoeren.

Wij hebben ook met succes de hygiënische omstandigheden van de scholen kunnen verbeteren door nieuwe en betere latrines te bouwen.

We made provision of the classrooms with benches, tables, chairs and cupboards in schools around Kumbo. These facilities became the direct property of the local parish that controls the schools to ensure maintenance and takes good care of these furnitures if necessary.

Wij waren juist bijna gedaan met de heropbouw van de leslokalen in een van de scholen toen de burgeroorlog in Kameroen uitbrak. Het Engels sprekende deel vecht daarin tegen de overheid omdat ze zich sterk gediscrimineerd voelen. Wij moesten dan stoppen met het project gezien er niemand op straat mocht komen en kinderen ook niet naar school mochten gaan. Lees meer over de situatie in Kameroen hier:

https://www.mo.be/analyse/engelstalige-crisis-kameroen-escaleert-tot-vuile-oorlog

De beoogde scholen werden voorzien van noodzakelijke materialen en de renovatie en bijbouwen van leslokalen door vzw Wanyuri in deze achtergesteld dorpen.

Building and renovations at schools in Cameroon

Wanyuri developmental Projects in Cameroon