Cameroon : SBA to Douala

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 next spring whether or not to pursue the project.

Event: Bouygues UK running for SBA, London

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 UK and Bouygues UK

Bafia : meeting with the mums of our children

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 for domestic work. However, as explained by one of the mothers (who works at the Ministry of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure), “once a woman is given control of her revenue, she can with greater ease make decisions with regards to her family”.

Cameroon : Cooperative SBA COOP

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, with a quarter of the production going to the SBA.

Cameroon : Prevention campaign

In light of the success of its screening campaigns in Bangangté, the SBA has chosen to reiterate its information and sensitisation campaigns at its Eau Claire centre (breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, cardo-vascular diseases and rheumatology). Furthermore, the SBA hopes to continue the trend of increasing hospital visits at its new Eau Claire centre, aiming to reach 50 to 60 monthly visits – compared to 22 visits per month today.

Event: Charity Match French Legens vs Nantes team

On the 10th of September, a charity game took place in Nantes fir the profit of Serge Betsen Academy and Victoire charities.

Thanks to French Legends for coming and organizing this day.

Pictures : https://www.facebook.com/FrenchLegends/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1168779803179346

Event: Golf Day with our partner Arbevel Finance, Paris

Thank you to Arbevel for having us with another amazing charity Rugby French Flair for its annual Golf Day.

Each charity has gathered  7000€! An amazing day for beautiful causes!

Thank you to all of you, Jean Baptiste and Arbevel team for the organization and Julien Candelon, French rugby 7s player.

 

A big thank you! Nico Brier

The SBA was built around a meeting and continues to grow on this principle as we met with Nicolas Brier, a website designer.

He generously offered his time to redesign our website, which resulted in this magnificent rendering!
Living in the US, Serge took the opportunity to thank him during his last trip.
If you want to contact him : http://justresponsive.com/

A huge thank you to Nicolas for this incredible job!

Event: Charity Tournament & BBQ, Virginia USA

On the 27th, Alexandria Rugby Club and the roosters from DC organised a Charity Touch Rugby Tournament for the profit of the Serge Betsen Academy.

Thank you to Cuisines solution for sponsorising this event!

Brazil: Visit of Guanabara Rugby & Favelas

Serge was in Rio for the Olympic comeback of Rugby.

He took the opportunity to share his passion with young people from the favelas of Rio, an amazing moment for them.

Two years after his first visit, he went back to the Guanabara rugby club for a rugby training and a beautiful exchange with the children.