Entries by Mailys Finel

Cameroon : Vaccination campaigns

In addition to the medical visits for all our rugby players, insured thanks to the SBA (51 today), we noticed several players were not vaccinated against tetanus. We have decided to set up a tetanus vaccination campaign with the help of two doctors, Elisabeth our president and a friend of her. The first vaccine injections took place […]

Event : Ealing Half Marathon, UK, Sept. 2017

On the 23rd of  September, SBA team SBA ran the Ealing Half Marathon. Two years ago they raised nearly £4,000 for the charity and it made a life changing improvment for many children in Cameroun. This year, a new team has decided to take up the challenge again and beat the record. They fixed their fundraising target at £5,000 […]

Cameroon: Back to school with DHL and Panafrica

The children are back in school and in our SBA centres. Thanks to our partners, DHL and Panafrica, we have received generous donations that are helping our children with education and rugby supplies. This year, our partner Panafrica renew its confidence and will help us to support the education pole of the SBA (educational material, teacher expenses, […]

USA: News from Kiki

Do you remember Kiki? We helped her in her adventure for the Las Vegas Rugby 7s a few months ago. Today she plays in the AON Uni 7s that are being supported by the Australian rugby team and all the unis. This is the link where they stream all the tourneys and have tons of publicity and information. You […]

Media: Vox Africa report (full version)

Thanks to Vox Africa, you may have seen the inauguration of the centre “L’Eau Claire” after we came back from Cameroon. We are very happy to invite to watch on the same channel a complete record of our actions, together with a retrospective about Serge Betsen. Have a good viewing !

Cameroon: L’eau Claire in operation

Since the inauguration in April 2017, the new centre has been very busy.   Especially since Thursdays have been added to the program. This extra day is dedicated to children who need more tutoring and those preparing for exams. The new centre is closer and more accessible by the road. It is already well known by the people, as much […]

Cameroon: our SBA driver, Merlin

You may probably have seen him before on our pictures, standing next to our students or the SBA team. Let me introduce Merlin, the official driver of the SBA for our travels in Cameroon.   Or maybe should we say “Colonel VIP Prestige”, like the name of his taxi. During travels in Cameroon, the SBA […]

Cameroon: Academic results 2016-2017

We just received the results of the 2016-2017 exams from the participants of our centres. Here they are by diploma: Baccalaureate (general and technical): 64% success Probatoire (equivalent to Baccalaureate in 1ere): 47% success CAP: 50% BEPC: 50% Exam for entry in 6eme: 100% CEP (exam for entry in primary school): 100%   Regarding intermediate levels, 93% […]

Event: Summer 6 Stations Tournament, July 2017

For the first edition of the Summer version of the tournament, the organising team (Yann Delaigue, Stéphane Rouault, Francis Ntamack et Cedric Debrosse) chose to support Serge Betsen Academy and Rugby French Flair associations. We enjoy the visibility offered by this event, during all this crazy week! One week allowing all these Veterans to get […]

Testimonial: Adeline, major of the “Eau Claire” promotion

We feel intense emotions sometimes, especially when opening our mailbox and reading: “Hello, My name is Tchounga Tchoua Adeline. I am 18 and I was in the first promotion of the centre “L’Eau Claire” in Bangangte. I am currently studying international business in a Cameroon’s university called IUG. I would like to thank the association for […]