Thousands of visitors from all over the world flocked to the 6th Edition of AfrikAktiv,in Tübingen, which is an annual festival to promote African arts and culture. This year the focus was on Cameroon, and politicians, businessmen, artists, researchers, non-profit organisations and other prominent guests from all over Africa joined together to network and celebrate through an inspiring 4-day programme… Read more →
The third delivery of mangos arrived in Luxembourg airport on a Friday and a sample of mangos was checked by customs officers. The sample check revealed one mango to be over-ripe and the full delivery of around 30 tonnes of mangos (30 000 fruits), which was a delivery for three separate charities who sell them not-for-profit, was confiscated and then… Read more →
Mango harvesting season in Cameroon came round again and brought with it our annual mango campaign! This year we exceeded our expectations and sold 1370 crates of mangos, breaking our record of 1200 crates in the previous year. In spite of a serious and unforeseen problem with the third delivery of mangos, the first two deliveries went smoothly. We… Read more →
In March this year, Westkam member and BASF employee, Deniz Akyol together with colleagues, entered Westkam into an internal BASF competition to bid for funding to build a well at the school in Bakoko, West Cameroon. The competition called “Connected to Care” was open to all BASF employees and required entrants to write a description of the organization they support… Read more →
Members of Westkam meet 2-3 times a year in locations around Baden-Württemberg. Often it is not just members who attend; relatives of members and interested guests are also welcome to these meetings, where we discuss and plan our fundraising ideas and the work which is to be carried out at the school in Bakoko. On July 18, Westkam members met in… Read more →
