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Team Member: Poul Bertelsen

Poul BertelsenPoul Bertelsen
RA & International Associate AIA

Executive Director and Principal Architect, MSAADA Architects

MSAADA Architects has successfully completed over 800 institutional projects in developing nations, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. Poul came to Minnesota to start MSAADA in 1980. Prior to that he served 7 years in Africa as a missionary/architect in Tanzania, and until recently he was associated with Danmission. Earlier, he was a member of the Associated Danish Architects (ADA) and he is an AIA International Associate Member. His Danish registration to practice architecture is recognized in all European Union (EU) countries.

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

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

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The highest result of education is tolerance.  – Helen Keller

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

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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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