BRIGHT Education
From primary school to university.
Education is where BRIGHT began. We help young refugees and internally displaced young people go back to school, stay there, and reach university, with a refugee-led team mentoring them all the way.
BRIGHT Education
Education Mentorship
What we offer.
- Funding to send children to primary school
- University preparation: SAT, Common App, personal statement
- Foundational skills: email etiquette, soft skills, study tips, computing
- CV and cover letter coaching
- Guidance on international university options
- Duolingo English Test scholarships, so that students who studied mainly in French can prove their English at no cost
- Who it serves
Young refugees from across Africa now living in Cameroon, from early childhood to university and beyond.
- Lead
- Gisele Booth-Clibborn, Head of Education
What we have done
Our activities.
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Our first certificates
After four months of Peace Building in Your Community with Amala, our first students, internally displaced young people, receive their certificates in Yaoundé.
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The Back to School campaign
Funds raised so that internally displaced young people can return to school, in evening classes at Saint-Benoît Catholic College.
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Mathematics support
Local teachers give mathematics lessons to displaced young people, to prepare them for continued schooling.
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Ten out of ten
All ten Back to School scholarship recipients who sat the Ordinary Level examination passed.
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A partnership with the Duolingo English Test
Our students can sit the test at no cost: fifteen did so in 2024.
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A visit from our university partners
Carnegie Mellon University Africa and USIU-Africa present their scholarships and discuss student mobility with our students.
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An information session with AIMS
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences presents its fully funded master's programmes.
Results
What it has made possible.
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10/10
scholarship recipients passed the Ordinary Level examination
August 2022
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15
students sat the Duolingo English Test on scholarship
2024
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2,300 USD
and 150,000 FCFA raised for school enrolment and continued education
2021-2022
Support Education
Send a child back to school.
School fees, a university application, an English test: every gift opens a door.