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Month: March 2019

Five-Year Summary Report, 2013-2018

March 14, 2019

Good Shepherd Sustainable Learning Foundation (Good Shepherd SLF) closed its fifth year of operation with a strong cash position in support of our mission to secondary/high school students in Cameroon. Our five year anniversary is cause for celebration, as we are reminded that fully one-third of nonprofits falter or fail in comparable time frames. Read…

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. – Aristotle

If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito. – African Proverb

The highest result of education is tolerance. – Helen Keller

One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world. – Malala Yousafzai

Secondary school in Cameroon is not mandatory resulting in a large gap between school capacity and the number of potential students. You can help change that!

EDUCATION yields a larger impact than ANY other form of help or aid we can give to improving health, raising income, promoting gender equality, and reducing overall poverty.

For every year a child goes to school, HIV rates decrease, income potential and employment rates increase, girls marry later, early pregnancies decrease, and health is elevated for the entire family.

In Cameroon there is only one teacher for every 45.6 primary school students. In SECONDARY SCHOOL the number increases to nearly 100 STUDENTS PER TEACHER.

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Month: March 2019

Five-Year Summary Report, 2013-2018

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