The Vulnerable Indigenous Peoples Plan, through its education component, aims to improve access to education for Bakola / Bagyeli children so that they are incorporated better into the society. To achieve this goal, different actions are carried out daily:

• Raising awareness of parents and children
• Supporting the NgoyangHome’s operations in aspects related to housing, nutrition, education, and health
• Monitoring children inside and outside of school
• Providing support to students in aspects related to school supplies, accommodation, and nutrition
• Giving young Bakola / Bagyeli students access to a professional formation
• Completing school enrollments censuses

Several strategies have been used to carry out these actions:

• Signing collaboration protocols with public institutions
• Organizing visits to schools and communities
• Providing financial, material and food support to the Ngoyang School Home

Among the results achieved, we can mention:

• The number of Bakola / Bagyeli students increased from less than 100 in 2005 to 286 in 2013
• 51 certified students
• 2 trained seamstresses
• 2 trained carpenters
• 1 trained office secretary
• 3 trained auto mechanics
• 5 trained hairdressers

The efforts undertaken by theFondation pour l’Environnement et le Développement au Cameroun (FEDEC) havelong-term impacts on Bakola / Bagyeli populations. These can be observed at several levels:

• The Bakola / Bagyeli parents’ enthusiasm for sending their children to school
• Year-over-year increase in the number of students enrolled in high school
• Reduction of absenteeism among Bakola / Bagyeli children
• Better integration of Bakola / Bagyeli children into the society
• The Bantu populationsgive a greater consideration to the Bakola / Bagyeli populations
• An increasing number of Bakola / Bagyeliregisteredgraduates
• A clear improvement in the claim forrights and respect of indigenous populations’ duties.
• The emergence of leaders in the Bakola / Bagyeli populations