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Education & Training
Getting and keeping children in school, and giving young people and women a trade.
- Training in sewing, dyeing, soap, oil, etc.
- Back to school (school supplies handover)
- Academic scholarships
- Sponsoring of training placements at Fokoué hospital
- Seminars on entrepreneurship, moral values, etc.
Programmes in this area
- Annual « Back to School » programme
- Full school kits handed out — a sturdy satchel, exercise books, pens, erasers and slates — and school and parents'-association fees covered at every new term. In March 2026 the edition funded by the Avery Dennison Foundation equipped 100 primary pupils in two public schools in Fokoué and Fomopea.
- Study grants
- Financial support for deserving pupils and those from families in real hardship, so their schooling is not broken off. In 2026, 50 excellence grants were awarded on school results, at every level: 27 in primary, 13 in secondary and 10 at university, 31 of them to girls.
- Trades training centre
- A learning centre for sewing, dyeing and manual trades, opening a working future to young people out of school.
- Medical placement sponsorship
- Housing and settling-in costs covered for health students on placement at Fokoué hospital.
- Educational holiday camps
- Socio-cultural activities, tutoring and citizenship workshops run through the school holidays.