We help our local Bumpeh Chiefdom partner, the Center for Community Empowerment & Transformation (CCET-SL) achieve goals they set for themselves in education and economic development.

Education

We are proud to keep expanding successful education programs, extending now from primary school to university degrees and teacher certification.

Secondary students advance with Tutorials

Bumpeh Chiefdom schools lack qualified teachers. Our partner CCET-SL prepares 9^th and 12^th grade students for admission to senior high and higher education with tutorial classes. They organize local trained teachers to fill curriculum gaps school can’t cover. Over 90% of 9th graders pass to senior high. Hundreds of students have advanced to higher education goals, with a drop in the high rate of school dropout’s especially among girls. 

$50 gives a student 10 months of classes. $5 a month!

Primary school program starts students on a path to success

Children who do well in primary school are set up for success in secondary school and beyond. Grade 5 and 6 students receive extra classes and teachers improve their teaching skills with one-on-one coaching in the classroom. National exam results jumped from 40% to 95% passing in one year. A Grade 3 reading program gives young students a head-start on English and reading. 

Over 500 students served at $25 each.

Teacher certification improves education

70% of local teachers have not had training beyond high school. We offer scholarships for teachers to return to school for 3-year teacher certificate programs they complete over school breaks.

13 secondary and primary school teachers completed their training. 20 more are starting their certification path. 14 schools will be improved with new certified teachers!

One-year scholarships range from $400 to $750.

University scholarships aid chiefdom development

Bumpeh Chiefdom students can now pursue 4-year bachelor’s degrees and 3-year diplomas, an opportunity few can afford. Saa Chakporna Scholarships honoring Linguist Tucker Childs are awarded to deserving students in technology and development-oriented fields. We seek to help train students committed to developing their chiefdom and fill technical skill gaps. Areas awarded have included agriculture, community health, medicine, nursing, engineering, science education, IT, electrical installation and surveying. 

One-year scholarships are $900.

Economic Development

Let Them Earn

Let Them Earn develops village farmers from subsistence living to owners of profitable small agriculture businesses. With interest-free loans and training, farmers expand small farms, increase productivity and learn marketing and small business skills geared to their literacy level and village environment. In the first year, 50 farmers used loans to expand farms on average 60%. The majority of loan recipients are women who greatly increase their family decision-making authority and status in their villages.

Sponsor a woman farmer and her loan for $250.

Orchards for Education grow children’s future

Sixty acres of orchards were planted to produce fruit income to self-fund Bumpeh Chiefdom education programs into the future. Mature trees will fruit for 20 years and more. Over 4500 trees planted from locally grown from seed, will mature in the next 2 – 5 years. Twenty jobs were created and 100 seasonal jobs during the planting phase. The tree nursery now grows tree seedlings for public sale for additional income.