Bumpe High School’s Home Economics Building
…where students learn domestic skills: sewing, food preparation and safety and related curriculum

Before

Home Economics Building set on fire by the rebels
© 2007 Sarah Bones/Global Action Foundation

During Construction

Construction of the New Home Economics Building

After

Completed Home Economics Building

Bumpe High School’s Boy’s and Girl’s Dormatories
…students who once walked up to 10 miles/day for school now can live on campus through the week

Recently renovated Girls' Dormitory

Recently renovated Boys' Dormitory

A young Bumpe High School student studying in the dorms

The students at Bumpe High School show everyone their homework while sitting in the dorms
(L to R): Joe Kposowa, Adisa, Sarah Culberson, Bumpe High School Students, George (holding camera), Bumpe High School Teacher

A young man with sickle cell anemia can now attend school because he can stay in the dorms. Previously, he did not have the strength to walk the long distance to school, but now he is attending Bumpe High School with his brother.
(L to R): Young man with Sickle Cell Anemia, Jim Culberson (Sarah’s Father), Young man's brother, Sarah Culberson, Judy Culberson (Sarah’s Mother)

Bumpe High School’s Repaired and Renovated Classrooms
… students help build their own school. They collect sand and carry it uphill approximately one mile from the river, to make bricks for the next building. So far, twelve buildings have been restored to usefulness, outfitted with furniture, chalkboards, and a teacher’s desk, but still do not electricity or computers…YET!

Students carrying empty containers, on their way from the Bumpe High School construction site to the river

Students beginning to collect sand and water from the river

Students carrying the water and sand back to shore for hydration and material to make bricks

Students gathering up the sand carried from the river by their colleagues

Students preparing to bring the water and sand back to the village and Bumpe High School's construction site

Students beginning the arduous mile-long journey back to Bumpe

After a day in the classrooms, these students are walking through the woods, on their way back to continue building their own school

12 Classrooms that have been restored at Bumpe High School, with the help of its own students
© 2007 Sarah Bones/Global Action Foundation

Young Bumpe High School girls excited and participating in class
© 2007 Sarah Bones/Global Action Foundation

Bumpe High School students, in their new classrooms, excited as Sarah Bones takes their picture
© 2007 Sarah Bones/Global Action Foundation

Bumpe High School students sitting at their new desks, learning in their new classrooms
© 2007 Sarah Bones/Global Action Foundation

Bumpe High School’s Restored Library
… stocked with books (courtesy of the Lemonaid Fund)

Students have books to read (a rare opportunity there) to excite and expand their minds
© 2007 Sarah Bones/Global Action Foundation