01 Jun Learning for Life: When School Goes to the Market and Enters the Kitchen

By François Urbain LEUGA MOUMI

At the Etetak Educational Center for All, education doesn’t end with the books. As the 2025-2026 school year draws to a close, students participated in an unusual but profoundly educational activity: learning to shop and cook for themselves.

The initiative, promoted by the Etetak Education and Health Solidarity Project and coordinated by William Mbianda along with the teaching staff, allowed students to put essential knowledge for everyday life into practice. A group of students was selected to go to the local market accompanied by their teachers. There, they learned to identify products, manage their shopping, and choose the ingredients needed to prepare a traditional Cameroonian dish.

Back at the center, the children worked together to make a tasty palm kernel sauce with cassava tubers.

Amid laughter, learning, and enthusiasm, the young cooks successfully prepared a dish that was enjoyed by both themselves and their teachers.

“Our ambition is for our students to become role models for the community, young people who combine intelligence, responsibility, and knowledge useful for daily life,” says William Mbianda.