Field of intervention :Humanitarian and emergency
Association : SOS Villages d’Enfants
Project :Building of canteen school
Localisation :Douala
Country :Cameroun
Supported Group :150 underprivileged children
 
Objective

To build a school canteen for the Douala village.

Project holder

Marc Aubry, Technical Director of West and East Africa, Accor.

Association

SOS Villages d’Enfants allows brothers and sisters who cannot live with their parents to experience the joy of growing up together in a family atmosphere. It offers the stable emotional and educational surroundings children need for their development.

Project

SOS Village d'EnfantsFor a while, employees from the ibis Douala hotel have been helping the SOS Children’s villages with animation of all sorts and awareness-raising initiatives. They had identified the lack of a place where the children could have their meals together: with technical help from Marc Aubry, Technical Director for Accor Africa, they worked for several months together with the SOS team to plan the school canteen.

The Accor Foundation helped to finance this canteen in a village in Douala to provide meals for pupils at school. It was inaugurated on 10 November 2009. Today, as a result of this project, more than 150 children can enjoy at least one meal a day. Local teams visit every two months to make sure the canteen is well run.

support €22,000 in 2008