SOLANGE’S DOUALA ORPHANAGE
Drive Against Malaria in Solange’s Douala Orphanage
2008
Updateservice: Amsterdam
By: Hans de Jong

(Douala Health Care area)
This orphanage was founded in 1998 as the personal initiative of Solange, a Cameroonian woman who was determined to improve the living circumstances of children in Douala. The orphanage takes care of very young, parentless children as well as children whose parents cannot take care of them, and has grown from one woman’s love for just a few children into a well-known institution in Douala.

It is mainly the church that brings children into Solange’s care. The orphanage currently houses 60 children, and each week brings more. All of the children go to school, and what little money she is able to raise goes towards necessities – the school, rent, gas bills, and food. There is no money left over for health care, and there are no LLITNs to distribute.