1. G.S.Illum Nov. 2011

2. One Soccer Ball, One School

3. Dirt Floor, No Windows or Doors, Roof Leaks
November 2011

7. Lydia Sorflaten, Rotary Club of Truro
Meets with Paul Ymele, Rotary Club of
Bafoussam
November 2011

8. November 2012
Lydia Sorflaten, Rotary Club of Truro
Paul Ymele, Rotary Club of Bafoussam

10. Mme. Oussematou & Joseph Tafrey of
Integrated Development Foundation did the
Project Implementation

11. Thanks to a Camera Donated by Marian Ward,
Bridgetown, Joseph Tafrie Took Pictures of the
Construction in Progress
This first picture shows the condition
of one corner. The wall had to be
taken down and rebuilt.

12. Bricks
Rocks
Sand

13. Water Brought by Joseph Tafrie on
the back of his Motorbike
In This Tank

14. Parents Thought There Was
Money Given for Labor
That They Were Not
Receiving So They Did Not
Come To Carry Water

15. Children Carrying Water

17. Parents Apologized During the
Turn Over Ceremony
Agreeing to Take
Responsibility for
Their School

18. Buying Lumber

31. Hand Mixing Concrete

33. Building an Overhang

35. Mortaring the Walls
Inside and Out

36. A Blackboard Made of Concrete

38. o

39. Rebuilding of the GS Illum
School
• $2000 Rotary Club of Truro
• $1000 Canadian Rotary International through
Hand Up Program (Rotary clubs, Ontario)
• Money transferred to IDF (Integrated
Development Foundation) through Rotary
Club of Bafoussam
• Construction coordinated and supervised by
Integrated Development Foundation

40. Equipping GS Illum School
• $1000 Rotary Club of Truro
• $1000 District Simplified Funds
• Money transferred to Integrated
Development Foundation from Rotary Club of
Truro
– 3 desks, 3 chairs, 3 cupboards
– 6 boxes Chalk & 3 Large Hard covered ledgers
– 160 large scribblers, 160 pencils/pens, 160 pencil
cases, bonbons, 160 bags

41. Carpentry Group in Bamenda Chosen by IDF
To Build Furniture

42. Locking Desk and Chair For Head Mistress

44. Two Teacher’s Desks and Chairs

46. Transport to GS Illum

47. Unloading the
Furniture At The
School

49. Allan and Lydia Sorflaten Paid for the Making,
Transport and Mounting of the Signs

50. The Sign Makers

51. Printing Out the Design
at BoBo Lennox

52. Letters Hand Cut

55. Good We Visited At This Point.....Hand Up Not Hang Up!

56. Apprentice Learns Art of Sign Making

57. Transporting the Sign to Wum
At the Bus Station-More Cardboard!

58. Our Trip to Wum!

59. The Sign Arrives In Wum. Terance Gets Help To
Carry Sign Through Town to Our Hotel!

60. From the Hotel to the School? We bought a foam!

63. Head Mistress and Lydia Arriving

64. Waving Flags Chanting C-A-N-A-D-A

65. Welcome Mummy Lydia!

66. A Special Welcome Song

68. Turn Over
Letters
from The
Rotary Club
of Truro

70. To Sub Divisional Delegate of Basic Education

71. An Official Letter for the Head
Mistress But No Words Were Needed
at this First Meeting!

72. An Official Letter For the President of
the Parent Teacher Group

74. School Supplies forTeachers and
Children From
Rotary Club of Truro
6 boxes Chalk &
3 Large Hard
covered ledgers
160 large
scribblers, 160
pencils/pens,
160 pencil
cases, bonbons,
160 bags

75. 160 Bags
Packed at
the Hotel
+
School
Supplies for
Teachers

81. PTA President Apologizes and
Accepts Responsibility for The School

83. Other Improvements Since Last Nov
Teacher Training
A School
Placement
Garden

85. Books and Teaching Materials
• Marian Ward, Bridgetown (Marian the
Librarian)
– Math Teaching Tools
– $700 Books
• Allan and Lydia Sorflaten
– 40 Books + Teaching Materials
– Baseballs and Bats (2)
• David Skidmore, Middleton
– Kobo Reader

86. The School Has Since Been Painted and a
Ceiling Installed in the Classrooms
(Gift of Gail Sorflaten Kolach, Winnipeg)

87. Computer
Donated by Rotary Club of Truro
For
Community Development Use
Coordinated
By
Integrated Development Foundation

88. Project Completed During
Canadian Executive Service
Organization
(CESO) Assignment
www.ceso-saco.com
November/ December 2012
With Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)
www.idfbamenda.wordpress.com
Allan and Lydia Sorflaten
(CESO) Volunteers