Our Aumazo, Inc.
project is introducing a new tradition in Cameroon by extending secondary education for girls in rural communities beyond
middle-school to include high school. We are proposing a curriculum that foregrounds critical literacy and the development
of critical thinking skills. Moreover, given the economic challenges faced by rural communities, and in keeping with our commitment
to social justice and environmental awareness, Aumazo's pilot boarding school currently under constructionin Bankondji, a small village located in the west Francophone Cameroon, will also include a curriculum that helps
learners find gainful employment upon graduation if they do not continue into higher education studies.
Thus, we will offer courses in
Information Technology, including the use of the Internet
Agricultural Products and Food Processing,
While nurturing their intelligence, our academy is also creating new community
leaders and positive role models for rural girls along with an enhanced sense of cultural pride and responsibility.
CURRENT INITIATIVES
The first school building is currently under
construction in Bankondji, a small village in the west Francophone Cameroon of about two thousand inhabitants. In anticipation,
it will open for the next school year 2009-2010 with exciting new facilities that will give our students an environment
conducive to learning. Girls will learn and strive in an environment that recognizes their needs and untapped potential, an
environment where families and communities involvement is central to the process. As a new boarding school designed to
provide the rural community in which it is located a community makeover, it will also provide girls in the vicinity an
opportunity of a lifetime.
Project Aumazo is a lifetime opportunity for rural girls to depart from neglect, isolation
and marginalization
Status of school construction and accountability
The first phase of construction - the building
of the school's foundation - was completed in late 2007, with private funds from the founder and individual donors.
Construction is overseen by a local foreman (who also serves as a Catholic priest), who carefully monitors expenses and the
proper care and accountability for Aumazo funds. Local laborers are hired from the Bankondji community, and local raw
materials are used in the making of bricks and other building supplies. The school's design is "green,"
including its own water filtration, sewage management, and solar-powered electricity.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Jacqueline T. Audige Founder and CEO of Aumazo, Inc was invited to serve as a facilitator at the 2007 Clinton Global
Initiative in New York. The Clinton Global Initiative is a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing together a community
of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to global problems. This year, Global Education was one of
the four themes at the Annual Meeting. Learn more about the annual meeting by clicking on the CGI logo below.
