About
The story of our founder, and the promise that drives the Syndy Emade Foundation.
The founder
In July 2019, Syndy Emade launched the Foundation by sitting with more than 200 people who had fled the crisis in the North-West and South-West. What she heard there, of lost homes, lost loved ones and children out of school, shaped its first campaigns.
Meet the founderOur journey
Every moment below is documented, with a link to its source. Filter by programme to follow one strand of our work.
8 March 2024Women & Partnerships
On International Women’s Day, the Foundation and the Wilmbi Foundation bring essentials for newborns to new mothers at Limbe District Hospital.
Read the storySource:Syndy Emade Foundation on Facebook, 8 Mar 2024 (opens in a new tab)
December 2023Christmas Outreach
On a Christmas outreach, the team meets a visually impaired single mother living in one cramped room with her three sons. The Foundation pays a year’s rent on a larger home, renovates and furnishes it, and stocks it with food and household essentials.
Read the storyFebruary 2021Displaced Families
The Foundation visits families who fled the crisis to Douala and shares food and essentials. Parents say the gift will feed their children for days, and some plan to share it with neighbours. The founder calls it “the first of many”.
Sources:SYNDY EMADE TV (YouTube) (opens in a new tab)Newsday Cameroon (opens in a new tab)
Christmas 2020Christmas Outreach
The team brings Christmas to families in Bonaberi, Douala, sharing gifts and essentials. The founder uses the moment to speak out against the exploitation of street children.
Read the storyDecember 2020Child Protection
The team spends part of the day with young people living on the street. Many already wash cars or open doors for a tip, so the Foundation gives them buckets, soap and umbrellas to earn more safely, then shares food and drinks with them.
Read the storyThe Foundation
To protect vulnerable young people, deliver dignified relief to families in crisis, open doors to education and empower women and creatives — across Cameroon, Africa and the diaspora.
An Africa where every child is safe, every family can recover from crisis, and every talent has the chance to shine.
Child-protection and safeguarding policies govern every programme, volunteer and partner.
Programme spending and outcomes are published in an annual impact report.
Local leaders and beneficiaries help shape where and how we work.
Our focus areas
Two pillars are established programmes, one is emerging, and two are proposed directions we are building towards. We say which is which.
School supplies and fees, safe schools, and standing with children who live on the street.
Food, essentials, shelter and dignity for displaced families and households facing hardship.
Standing with women, mothers and widows, starting with partner organisations.
Grassroots initiatives built with and for local communities.
A strategic direction, not yet an established programme.
Coastal conservation, sanitation and environmental education through responsible partnerships.
A strategic direction, not yet an established programme.
In the press
Y! For Africa · June 2021
CEO of Blue Rain Entertainment, founder of the Syndy Emade Foundation
Cameroon CEO
Cameroon CEO · June 2022
Dcoded TV · June 2017
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