The SBA USA is happy to be able to assist a Cameroonian mother, Felicité, who is living in the DC area. This lady who was hospitalized and underwent brain surgery, found herself alone to raise two children. Today she is better, but barely makes ends meet in order to buy school supplies for her two […]
Thanks to our support from the Tournament of the 6 Stations, the Serge Betsen Academy and the Rugby French Flair collectively received over 12000€ through crowdfunding and hot chocolate sales. Thanks to you, our generous donors, the associations of Serge Betsen Academy and Rugby French Flair benefited by each receiving over 6000€. This amount will […]
The Rungis Rugby Club and its President, Foed Chakir, cordially invited us to their first evening of Rungis Rugby Gastronomy Dinner to benefit the SBA. This magnificent event that brought together 600 people, was organized by the group La Dépêche du Midi and the International Market of Rungis, allowed the rugby world to meet before […]
Works have begun on the construction of the SBA’s new centre in Bangangté, where Odile in September – followed by Jenna, Lionel and Francis in October – visited the site. The project’s plan, including the location of the buildings and Philippe’s workshop, has been established and is now underway after the end of the rain […]
Following the arrival of 60kg-worth of clothing and rugby material, brought during Lionel and Jenna’s trip, another 62kg of material (including balls, books, medicine and rugby gear) arrived on Friday 1 December in Yaoundé from the United States. The equipment will be distributed to the SBA’s different centres in Cameroon.
The pictures of our 1st friendly Rugby tournament and the briefing session the day before are here! What a day! Memories of the really succesfull 1st edition of the friendly SBA Rugby Tournament. Pictures : https://goo.gl/photos/XDt2291k2VpKoUG8A CONGRATS to all the players coaches, and all people involvement in this beautiful event. A big THANK YOU to all […]
Spurred on by the results of our work in Cameroon, the SBA is looking to open a new rugby centre in Douala in 2017. During his previous visit to the country, Lionel assured us both of the quality and the desire of some young Cameroonians to play for the SBA, and Serge will decide by […]
Last Thursday you liked the warm-up video with Serge Betsen, now find the pictures of the race! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1212879405453205.1073741844.128573710550452&type=1&l=ccbb2f0c50 Don’t forget our fundraising page is still open. It will allow us to organize a friendly rugby game between our centres in October in Yaoundé, Cameroon! http://www.everyclick.com/sba_smr2016 We’re counting on you! Congrats and thank you again Bouygues Construction […]
During her visit of Cameroon in September, Odile, the SBA’s CEO, organised a meeting with the mothers from the charity’s centre in Bafia. The event addressed the role of young women in the local community, as, bound by cultural norms, mothers today prefer to send their sons to school but keep their daughters at home […]
Aware of the potential of African agriculture in the betterment of living conditions, Odile, the SBA’s CEO, set up during her visit of Cameroon last September a cooperative – named SBA COOP – comprised of 11 women from Bangangté. The cooperative will provide the women with the tools necessary to harvest corn and green beans, […]
