Buea & Mamfe, South West Region, Cameroon — West & Central Africa

The Football for Hope Centre pitch run by United Action for Children in Cameroon

Our impact

2,325 children reached every week

Several hundred children in school and hundreds more out of school — across education, vocational training and community sports, and still growing.

Children served weekly

We serve children both in and out of school. These are the weekly numbers across our five core programmes.

700

UAC school, Buea

Jamadianle Nursery and Primary School

700 children a week during term time — every one of them served a hot meal each school day.

450

UAC school, Mamfe

International Children's Academy

450 children a week during term time, with a hot meal served each week.

275

Rural communities

School on Wheels

UAC buses carry teachers into rural communities to help children with homework and run remedial reading, lifting performance and cutting dropout. 275 children attended to each week.

400

Buea

Football for Hope Centre

400 children a week train, play and learn life skills on our full-size artificial pitch and in the centre's classrooms.

500

Villages and neighbourhoods

Community Sports Intervention

500 children a week take part in community sport that keeps them off the street and connected to school.

2,325

Total

Children reached each week

Plus 1,150 hot school meals served every school day in Buea and weekly meals in Mamfe.

Our facilities

Our schools in Buea and Mamfe and the Football for Hope Centre — built and maintained with our partners, and open to visitors any time.

Children in yellow shirts and purple shorts playing football at the Football for Hope Centre
A small-sided match on the Football for Hope Centre pitch with children cheering from the side
The artificial turf pitch at the UAC Football for Hope Centre in Cameroon
Pitch-side view of the Football for Hope Centre stand and perimeter boards
UAC school buildings and classroom blocks on the campus
Courtyard and classroom facilities at a UAC school
Catering students presenting trays of pastries, bread rolls and salad they prepared
A young trainee feeding broiler chickens in the UAC poultry house

Partner with us

We would be absolutely thrilled to welcome you to Cameroon in person whenever the time is right — to see the schools, the facilities and the Football for Hope Centre for yourself.