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Month: March 2026

Low Cost, High Impact Education

March 13, 2026

There’s nothing better than sharing good news, and this “Report Card” on Good Shepherd Academy after 10 years of operation is indeed good news! In short, Good Shepherd Academy has developed into a model for low-cost/high-impact education in Africa. The Academy costs $1,000 per student per year for room, board, tuition, and all programs — equivalent to a $65,000/year U.S. boarding…

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's public schools, 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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