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Bourofaye Christian School is a Christian boarding School for the children of cross-cultural workers who work in the region of West Africa. Although run by WEC International, it also cares for the children of other cross-cultural worker's organisations. BCS enables families to continue with their ministry in West Africa, by providing an education for their children. BCS is a centre of education and a home to children ages 4 to 16 years old. Currently, a total of approximately 50 children live at BCS, representing over 15 countries, which creates a unique international mix. Bourofaye Christian School is organized academically into two different branches, English speaking and German speaking. The academics for each of these major branches are significantly different from each other. However, the English speaking branch is far larger than the German speaking branch which uses the Swiss system. Currently, there are fourteen buildings that accommodate the staff and students of BCS, and their uses range from dining room, dormitories, staff accommodation to school block. The buildings have endearingly been given bird names to facilitate referencing. While the dining room is called Swallow, you would also hear staff accommodation being referred to as anything between Osprey, Perroquet, Dove, Penguin, Flamingo, Kookaburra, Egret, Uhu, Kiwi or Robin. Outside there is a large 300m gravel running track, with a medium-sized football pitch in the middle. Both are frequently used, although runners often run outside the school as it is much more interesting and provides a longer one lap course. The chapel at BCS is possibly the second or third largest building on the compound, and here all church services, assemblies and play productions are held. The three main school blocks are inter-connected through the chapel, with Juniors generally in one section, and Seniors in the other, the third shared by all. Four special rooms in the classblocks are the Computer room, the Library, the Science lab and the DT classroom. The Computer room has 7 networked computers, and both it and the library are air-conditioned.