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Substantial steps taken for Bymyra Vocational Education

Since the previous news item on this subject, major steps have been taken towards the realization of the plans for a Bymyra Vocational Education Campus in Kunkujang Mariama Gambia. The collaboration has now led to the purchase of a campus […]  read more

Heroes of Vocational Education in Gambia

Since the previous newsletter 33 of September 8, major steps forward have been made. Especially the students of ROC Tilburg and Ida Ndow, the head of the Bymyra Bilingual School, have been busy! ROC Tilburg The 12 students have jointly […]  read more

Opening Effie’s Design & Tailoring

Great news/ Coming tuesday will be the official opening of Effie’s Design & Tailoring. The past weeks Effie has experimented with different tailors, acting herself as model. So she decided to take one tailor for the ‘normal things’ and one […]  lees verder

The first mushrooms are coming

Growing mushrooms is quite a process. First you build a dark damp room. This space is thoroughly sterilized. By grinding corn on the cob in a specially designed machine, you create the nutritional basis for the mushrooms. Through an intensive […]  read more

66 Gambian(5y), 4 Cameroonian (3y) and 17 Gambian (2y) sponsored children

Thanks to the friends of KameroenWerkt! we are able to sponsor 66 children for 5 years on the Bymyra Bilingual School, 17 children for 2 years via the Bridge-project and 4 Cameroonian children for 3 years .  read more

Working hard on the ‘house’ for the mushrooms

Before the rain season finally arrives, the ‘house’ (the nursery) for the mushrooms must be ready.  Building there is still completely done by hand. A team of about 27 day laborers worked hard the whole day and the evening.  read more

New Project: A mushroom nursery in Foumbot

There is a lot of demand for mushrooms in Foumbot and the surrounding area and there is too little supply. A collective called “Champignons de Foumbot”, led by Richard JOSS de NGAPOUT, has conducted extensive research into setting up a […]  read more

Meeting with all parents from sponsored children of the Bymyra Bilingual School

Despite the limitations resulting from the corona crisis, Bertie Hendriks traveled to The Gambia and had a meeting with all the parents of the children sponsored by KW on Sunday 17 January. During the meeting Ida Ndow head of the […]  read more

The Bridging project

With its latest promotion; ‘Cameroon Works collects money to helps children who were taken from school due the corona crisis. Many parents miss their income because the pandemie destroyed the tourist industry in the Gambia. KW helps 17 children to go […]  read more

CameroonWerkt now sponsors 52 children for 5 years of school

The Gambia’s economy is doing badly. Tourism has disappeared and the parents have no money anymore. Children are removed from school because the school fees cannot be paid. CameroonWerkt now sponsors 52 children for 5 years to go to school. […]  read more