In 2018 and 2019 What About Us (then called RippleZoo) organized two volunteer trips, to Batoufam, close to the conflict zone. The travelling team of 12 worked in the local community and completed projects with hired local labour. These included the construction of a water tower for the local hospital and the installation of running water, toilets, and showers.
The volunteers and the community worked side by side.
Long days, physical work, great camaraderie and friendship
All of the classrooms in the local primary school were upgraded and 3 classrooms completely reconstructed. A computer laboratory was constructed and kitted out. Schoolbooks were purchased for all of the students in the school and university fees paid for a number of students who needed financial support.
Toilets save lives because human waste spreads killer diseases. World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Today, 4.5 billion live without a safe toilet and
Big congratulations to 6 RippleZoo volunteers who climbed Carrauntoohil, the highest mountain in Ireland. The mountain is 1039 metres high and they went up a very steep path called the
Today, on Friday the 2nd of November, the work on renovating L’hopital Central I de Batoufam has begun! The local team is going to complete necessary tasks before the group of
On Friday 26th of October, RippleZoo hosted a 70s Halloween night. It was a successful event during which we have raised €2,000 for our ongoing project in Cameroon. The night was
Kamila Kobiera | 19 Oct 2018, 12:00 pm On Thursday 18h of October, 3 of RippleZoo’s volunteers: Kamila Kobiera, Thays Brito and Aizhana Danabekova organised a bake sale at UCD
Kamila Kobiera | 26 Sep 2018, 12:00 pm On the 24th of September 22 teams (88 people) came together to support our Cameroon work in a golf outing. The event
On Friday the 14th of September, 140 ladies came together to Marco Pierre White Bar & Grill Restaurant, to support our ongoing Cameroon Project. We have successfully raised €13,000.00 and
For the past few months RippleZoo has been collecting goods to be send in the container to Cameroon. Due to many generous donations, our container left Dublin and is on
43 percent of the Cameroon population has little or no primary education. Kamila Kobiera, RippleZoo’s Co-Founder visited a primary school of Saint André de Batoufam of Bayangam District, in West
