For those who fled
Every service was free for displaced families who could not afford care.
The story
The IDP mission
In 2019 the mission focused on people displaced by the socio-political conflict in the North West and South West Regions. Over 41,000 of them had taken refuge in the West Region, many in the Menoua Division around Dschang and Santchou.
Fountain of Justice Cameroon, a grassroots NGO, had built a database of displaced people in the Menoua. Working with them, the foundation found people lacking the most basic health care: crowded shelter, rising illness, children out of school, and many unable to pay for treatment. Patients came from Menoua, Lebialem, Kupe Manegouba, Meme, Fako, Ndian, Mezam, Momo and beyond.
Over three days at the FIANGEP Clinic in Dschang, volunteers arrived at 8am each morning to find large crowds that had been waiting for hours. Patients registered for the Santchou day were bussed to Dschang instead, so that every registered person could be seen.
The MMPF eMed telemedicine network, now 120 practitioners on 4 continents, supported local doctors with difficult cases, and medicine and supplies worth over $365,000 were distributed.
