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Community Partnership

No single organization can do this alone

No single organization can eradicate the global inequities in healthcare alone. Our legacy is built on deeply rooted, multi-sector partnerships with global health organizations, regional hospitals, corporate advocates and community leaders.

Plate I CODENE, the organising partner 2024 mission, Ngoazip

What we do

At a glance

  1. Six MOUs

    Memorandums of understanding executed with hospitals, community organizations and a university.

  2. 17 service partners

    Medical mission service partners.

  3. Working with government

    Collaboration with the Cameroon Ministry of Health, the National Committee for the Fight Against Cancer, the Montgomery County, Maryland Cancer Control Program, and the Maryland Department of Health.

  4. 44 partners

    44 partners have stood with us.

Officials in uniform talking with volunteers in purple mission shirts
Plate II Local officials visit the mission 2014 mission, Dschang
Visiting officials greeted by the mission team
Plate III Visitors to the mission 2015 mission, Edea
People gathered in front of a hospital surrounded by trees
Plate IV Arriving for care 2016 mission, Bana

Field notes

About Community Partnership

Officials in uniform talking with volunteers in purple mission shirts
Local officials visit the mission 2014 mission, Dschang

At the Patcha Foundation, we know that no single organization can eradicate the global inequities in healthcare alone. Our legacy is built on a foundation of deeply rooted, multi-sector partnerships. Over the years, we have strategically aligned with global health organizations, regional hospitals, corporate advocates, and community leaders.

Visiting officials greeted by the mission team
Visitors to the mission 2015 mission, Edea

Data

We collect, analyze and report vital data on communicable and non-communicable disease burden and trends in the communities we serve.

People gathered in front of a hospital surrounded by trees
Arriving for care 2016 mission, Bana

Community education

Breaking cultural stigmas and dispelling myths through targeted public health campaigns across radio, television, global webinars and our annual CASEC Walk.

Support and follow-up

Free care through the medical missions, help returning to everyday life, advice on good nutrition and keeping fit, help with doctor follow-up, and training for health workers in diagnosis, treatment and support.

Partner with us

We develop and sustain community partnerships: assessing needs, recruiting partners, building local leadership, planning together, and securing funding and resources for work at the local level.

Together, we can do more

Be part of the care.

Every gift funds free care, screening and medicine for people who would otherwise go without.

Breast cancer expert webinar flyer: 28 October 2026, 6 PM WAT, 1 PM EDT, livestream on Facebook

Free expert webinar

Breast Cancer Expert Webinar: Prevention, Early Detection, Lifestyle and Treatment

  • Wednesday 28 October 2026, 1:00 pm
  • Online

Wednesday 28 October, 6 PM Cameroon time (1 PM EDT), live on our Facebook page. Prevention, early detection, lifestyle and treatment, with our panel of specialists.

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