By Jacqueline Audige | CEO / Founder
Last March 2016, I was so thrilled to walk down the road that your donations helped build in 2015. I witnessed first hand the magical transformation it brought to the Aumazo school project and the village as a whole. A trail that links the school site to the village has become a road. Also the access road to the school that disintegrates into a sea of mud during the long local rainy season and becomes impassable to all automobiles, trucks and people, is gone. The “road to change” is really here.
The change resulted from the support you have given Aumazo for the last 11 years. It has affected how parents in Bankondji and the region view the project. No longer do they think that their girls will never attend the Aumazo School – they now hope and trust in Aumazo abilities to open the school doors to their girls and provide them with the future they have so long dreamed of.
It is very impressive the positive impact a small road improvement activity has had on Aumazo school project and the people of Bankondji. It allowed us to explore new opportunities and enhanced our creativity and innovation in ways that are ultimately benefiting Aumazo through new motive and increased commitment to our program and constituents.
We are capitalizing on the momentum and will launch the Tutoring Program this August 2016. During the gala last April, we raised $5,000 that is enabling us to start this necessary prerequisite program. Many 7th and 8th graders in rural communities cannot understand grade-level texts in reading comprehension, math and other subjects. Therefore, they cannot pass the complex high school entrance exam required to enroll in Cameroonian high schools.
Aumazo school success potential will depend greatly on the way these students thrive in school.We plan to tutor 80 girls up to grade-level in their classroom setting by using the Peer-to Peer Tutoring Method. Aumazo volunteer expert educator who is traveling with me to Cameroon in August will train local teachers we’ve already hired. During the tutoring sessions, the trained teachers provide expertise, experience and encouragement and help girls improve their learning skills.
We are confident that by developing the ability to comprehend texts in reading comprehension, math and other subjects, positive changes will happen. The girls will stay engaged and achieve success rapidly. Hence, we could anticipate at least 80% success rate in the high school entrance exam as opposed to the current 17%.
We still cannot do this alone. Help us bring the Tutoring Program to 80 girls in Bankondji this August 2016 and throughout the school year 2016-2017 and change the course of their educational lives. To achieve this new yearly goal, Aumazo needs to raise an additional $30,000 starting with $10,000 during the upcoming GlobalGiving Bonus Day.
On June 15th beginning at 9:00 am EDT, GlobalGiving will be holding the GG Rewards Bonus Day with $110,000 available in matching funds. Our project will receive 50% match based on our Superstar status.
Please give to our project any time between 9am and 11:59 pm EDT via this link https://goto.gg/24290
The “road” was a change we could afford. Together again, we can make the Tutoring Program happen. Aumazo is climbing the achiever ladder because of its partnership with you.
We thank you for all that you do to lead us to success.
Sincerely,
~Jacqueline Audige and the Board
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