In June 1999 Macefcoop's coffee was formally recognized as organic and the first 600 bags of organic robusta coffee, the first to be socially and organically labelled from Africa, left the port of Douala.
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Nchang Catholic Primary School: an application for $300 for textbooks that illustrates the basic level of provision.
This school is located in Nchang Village in the Mamfe Center Subdivision, Manyu division, Cameroon. This village is located on the dirt road joining the small town of Mamfe with the Nigerian border. There are seven teachers for approximately 400 students. The school is primitive with dirt floors and windows without panes. The teachers have no pedagogical materials available to them with the exception of a chalkboard in each classroom. Teachers and students must provide their own textbooks. A teacher’s salary at a private school is only about $50 per month and the income of a poor local farmer is about $30 per month; with family sizes averaging ten people, these meager incomes barely meet basic needs. As a result a dozen children may be sharing a single copy of a textbook which the teacher will need to borrow to prepare lessons.
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Above and below: Classes using desks donated by MACEFCOOP from FT premium


Above and below: Presbyterian School, Besongabang



Children in Mamfé Town Government Primary School, to which desks were donated from the Fairtrade Premium

Information about Besongabang Presbyterian Primary School

Opened in 1929, Besongabang Presbyterian Primary School is one of the oldest schools in the area. It has about 230 students in grades kindergarten through sixth and seven teachers. The school buildings are simple, made of cinderblock with tin roofs. Parents are responsible for providing school uniforms, school supplies (a slate board, chalk, a small notebook and a pencil), and textbooks for their children. The people of Besongabang Village are poor farmers and many are unable to afford school supplies in addition to school fees. Even the teachers, on their meager salaries of about $50 per month, do not have all the required books. This project purchased a copy of each of the required books for all seven grade levels. The teachers and students will use the books during the school day to go through lessons. In the evenings and weekends, students will be able to check the books out for use until the next school day. (Cameroon English, mathematics, rural science, history, geography, French, civics).

Presbyterian High School Besongabang PHS (number of students has risen from 200 to over 500?)

RC School of the Holy Rosary.