Programmes & impact
Five programmes built from what we have actually done in Douala since 2019, and what we are building next.
Our 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 storySeptember 2020Displaced Families
The Foundation shares food and supplies with families at Bonaberi who fled the crisis from Bamenda to Douala. “It takes a little to put a smile on somebody’s face,” the team says. A host says it will help feed the children in their care, and one mother plans to share hers with her parents in the village.
Read the storyAugust 2020Back to School
With the Elone Foundation, Syndy Emade and her family visit a school in Limbe to talk with students about the virus. They bring face masks, hand sanitiser, buckets and thermometers, more than the school’s student count, so classes can stay open safely.
Read the storyAugust 2019Child Protection
A month after its first outreach, the Foundation introduces itself in a short film on Syndy Emade TV. Its cause: protecting vulnerable children, starting with street children at risk of exploitation.
August 2019Back to School
Weeks after its launch, the Foundation’s back-to-school campaign reaches children displaced from the North-West and South-West. Nursery and primary pupils, chosen door to door among the poorest families, receive exercise books, textbooks and school bags: more than 600 children in all.
Read the storySources:SYNDY EMADE TV (YouTube) (opens in a new tab)Positive Vibes CMR (Facebook) (opens in a new tab)Ekwat TV (Facebook) (opens in a new tab)
August 2019Back to School
Beyond supplies, parents receive help to pay their children’s school fees, so that 300 children can start the year in class. The Foundation calls it its second action, and announces a health follow-up for displaced families next.
Read the storySources:SYNDY EMADE TV (YouTube) (opens in a new tab)Kesa Magazine (Facebook) (opens in a new tab)
11 July 2019Displaced Families
The Foundation is launched at Mabanda-Bonaberi, Douala. More than 200 people who fled the crisis in the North-West and South-West receive food items and a listening ear. Moved by their stories, Syndy Emade announces a back-to-school campaign for their children.
Read the storyOctober 2015Child Protection
Years before the Foundation existed, Syndy Emade and her Blue Rain Entertainment crew spend a day with the children of the orphanage at Bota, Limbe, sharing fun moments and listening to their dreams.
Our framework
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.
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