G.S.Illum Nov. 2011

One Soccer Ball, One School

Dirt Floor, No Windows or Doors, Roof Leaks

November 2011

Lydia Sorflaten, Rotary Club of Truro Meets with Paul Ymele, Rotary Club of

BafoussamNovember 2011

November 2012

Lydia Sorflaten, Rotary Club of Truro Paul Ymele, Rotary Club of Bafoussam

Mme. Oussematou & Joseph Tafrey ofIntegrated Development Foundation did the

Project Implementation

Thanks to a Camera Donated by Marian Ward, Bridgetown, Joseph Tafrie Took Pictures of the

Construction in Progress

This first picture shows the condition of one corner. The wall had to be

taken down and rebuilt.

Bricks

Sand

Ro

cks

Water Brought by Joseph Tafrie on the back of his Motorbike

In This Tank

Parents Thought There Was Money Given for Labor

That They Were Not Receiving So They Did Not

Come To Carry Water

Children Carrying Water

Parents Apologized During theTurn Over Ceremony

Agreeing to Take Responsibility for

Their School

Buying Lumber

Hand Mixing Concrete

Building an Overhang

Mortaring the Walls Inside and Out

A Blackboard Made of Concrete

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Rebuilding of the GS IllumSchool

• $2000 Rotary Club of Truro

• $1000 Canadian Rotary International through Hand Up Program (Rotary clubs, Ontario)

• Money transferred to IDF (Integrated Development Foundation) through Rotary Club of Bafoussam

• Construction coordinated and supervised by Integrated Development Foundation

Equipping GS Illum School

• $1000 Rotary Club of Truro

• $1000 District Simplified Funds

• Money transferred to Integrated Development Foundation from Rotary Club of Truro– 3 desks, 3 chairs, 3 cupboards

– 6 boxes Chalk & 3 Large Hard covered ledgers

– 160 large scribblers, 160 pencils/pens, 160 pencil cases, bonbons, 160 bags

Carpentry Group in Bamenda Chosen by IDF To Build Furniture

Locking Desk and Chair For Head Mistress

Two Teacher’s Desks and Chairs

Transport to GS Illum

Unloading the Furniture At The

School

Allan and Lydia Sorflaten Paid for the Making,

Transport and Mounting of the Signs

The Sign Makers

Printing Out the Design at BoBo Lennox

Letters Hand Cut

Good We Visited At This Point.....Hand Up Not Hang Up!

Apprentice Learns Art of Sign Making

Transporting the Sign to WumAt the Bus Station-More Cardboard!

Our Trip to Wum!

The Sign Arrives In Wum. Terance Gets Help To Carry Sign Through Town to Our Hotel!

From the Hotel to the School? We bought a foam!

Head Mistress and Lydia Arriving

Waving Flags Chanting C-A-N-A-D-A

Welcome Mummy Lydia!

A Special Welcome Song

Turn OverLetters

from The Rotary Club

of Truro

To Sub Divisional Delegate of Basic Education

An Official Letter for the Head Mistress But No Words Were Needed

at this First Meeting!

An Official Letter For the President of the Parent Teacher Group

School Supplies forTeachers and Children From

Rotary Club of Truro6 boxes Chalk & 3 Large Hard covered ledgers160 large scribblers, 160 pencils/pens, 160 pencil cases, bonbons, 160 bags

160 Bags Packed at the Hotel

+School

Supplies for Teachers

PTA President Apologizes andAccepts Responsibility for The School

Other Improvements Since Last Nov

A School Garden

Teacher Training Placement

Books and Teaching Materials

• Marian Ward, Bridgetown (Marian the Librarian)– Math Teaching Tools

– $700 Books

• Allan and Lydia Sorflaten– 40 Books + Teaching Materials

– Baseballs and Bats (2)

• David Skidmore, Middleton– Kobo Reader

The School Has Since Been Painted and a Ceiling Installed in the Classrooms

(Gift of Gail Sorflaten Kolach, Winnipeg)

Computer

Donated by Rotary Club of Truro

For

Community Development Use

Coordinated

By

Integrated Development Foundation

Project Completed During Canadian Executive Service

Organization(CESO) Assignment

www.ceso-saco.comNovember/ December 2012

With Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)www.idfbamenda.wordpress.com

Allan and Lydia Sorflaten(CESO) Volunteers