Anniversary: The SBA has spread lots of happiness over the past 15 years! #SBA15ans

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At the Serge Betsen Academy we have held out our hand to the disadvantaged youth of Cameroon for 15 years now. We have welcomed over 5,000 children in our 5 educational centers. We cherish the many emotional and happy moments shared with them. In the event of our anniversary we would like to share some of these memories with you!

 

Strong memory#1 💚 #SBA15ans
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The Serge Betsen Academy is born on the 4th of March, 2004 and was first known as the Children of Biemassy in Yaoundé, it focused primarily on teaching rugby. 15 young players signed up at first.
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In 2004, the SBA helped the Rosy center in Yaoundé by offering an after school tutoring program.The center was created by Rosy, a retired nurse, in order to grant local children access to medical care.
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In 2007 in Bangangté, we have created the Clear Water Center for 30 children.This is our most successful creation as of today as it now welcomes 110 children.It was directed by Dr Elisabeth for 10 years and it gathers all three pillars of the charity: after school tutoring, medical care and rugby training.
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In 2008, we created our first well at the Chefferie of Bangangté. It has granted access to drinkable water to the 33600 inhabitants of the city. Since then the SBA has built 4 other wells, 1 in Bafia and 3 others in Bangangté and 3 water towers.
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In 2008, the Children of Biemassy charity changed its name to the Serge Betsen Academy in order to symbolise an important turn of events. From this day on, the charity widened its mission from simply popularising rugby in Cameroon to using the sport as a vector of education, social integration, and healthcare access in urban and rural areas of the country in favor of disadvantaged children.
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In 2011, the Eden Garden center opened its doors thanks to our generous financial support. Every afternoon, 25 children from 4 to 12 enjoy a clean, calm and creative environment where they can open up and learn about community life. They happily take part in diverse educative, musical and sportive games.
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Strong memory #7 💚 #SBA15ans
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A trip to Cameroon with Serge Betsen and an english delegation in November 2011 forever stuck with Odile Prevot and Sébastien Lovy. They then decided to commit for the wellbeing of the children of Cameroon and officially joined the charity’s board in march 2012. Since then, they hold the charity deep in their hearts and offer time, energy and experience to grant our children the best possible future.💚 ❤️ 💛

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Zoétélé center intergrates the Serge Betsen Academy in 2013 after Serge Betsen met with Abaa, our rugby coordinator.Throughout the years, the children that used to come only for rugby trainings now also integrated the after school tutoring program since October 2018.
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Strong Memory #9 💛 #SBA15ans
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In 2014 the Serge Betsen Academy found this new field on which the youth of Ekounou will continue its rugby training, therefore granting the children with new perspectives. Today a real team made up of 20 boys and girls trains every Sunday at the Etourdi stadium of Yaoundé. These children are not only coached on the field but also in their studies for their future carriers! We are proud of their successes.
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At the SBA, we are also very proud of the creation of solidary operations :
– The recycled balls operation launched by Lionel and the Diderot Middle School of Massy in 2016 which helped us raise nearly 30,000 euros in 3 years.
– The SBA Coop, an agricultural cooperative with the mothers in Bangangté created in 2017 that generated a corn and two bean harvests.
– The SBA Craft, an artists cooperative with overflowing creativity created in 2018 which gathered Philippe, our young artist specialized in bamboo and pearls, Clarisse, seamstress who notably has hand sewn bags for the children, Hérode, Djibril’s wife who stitched armbands for the national holiday and Christelle, a painter who created large paintings for the Eden Garden center.
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The SBA is also involved in construction and renovation projects in order to better the wellbeing of our children and that of the local population:
– In 2012, the renovation of the lower school of Fatgo’o (cost elevated to 6,000 €)
– In 2013, the enlargement of the Rosy center of Bafia (for 24,000 €) and the construction of a well (2,135 €) and a water tower (2,897 €)
– In 2016, the renovation of a lower school of Fatgo’o (5119 €) doubling its welcoming capacity
– In 2016-2017, the construction of a new center Clear Water (220m², 92,000 €)
– In 2018, the rearranging of the Bafia Center (7,800 €)
– In 2019, the renovation of the Neta lower school and the creation of sanitary installations (14,390 €).
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