Daddy Ndong Foundation celebrates five years of humanitarian service.

The organization used the milestone event to review its impact, honour partners and beneficiaries, and outline plans to expand its reach to more communities. 

Speaking to beneficiaries, partners and well-wishers, DANIHF Founder and Executive Director, Ndong Elias-Ivor, described the anniversary as the fulfillment of a lifelong vision. 

According to Secretary General of the organization, Mbaku Jude, DANIHF’s work over the past five years has been anchored on four pillars including education, healthcare, women empowerment, and humanitarian relief.

In education, the foundation has distributed more than 5,000 school bags, pens and other educational materials to learners in Buea and beyond, including schools hosting internally displaced children. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, DANIHF also supported public health efforts by distributing face masks, hand sanitizers and preventive materials to schools and communities, including the University of Buea. 

It also provided support for medical bills, donated crutches and mobility aids to persons living with disabilities, food and clothing to vulnerable households and sanitary materials to school girls.

On women empowerment, DANIHF runs vocational training in hairdressing, cooking, baking and tailoring with man trainees going on to set up their own businesses.

DANIHF President, Roger Kunyui Ngonmenyui, cited specific achievements including training single mothers in hair dressing, tailoring, as chefs and the construction of a toilet facility for nursery and primary school.

Beyond Cameroon, the foundation said it has extended humanitarian outreach to Nigeria, Togo, France, the United States and the United Kingdom. 

Ngonmenyui stressed that DANIHF’s growth has been achieved without external donor funding.

“We don't have funding from anywhere. We are using our own resources to run this foundation. After collecting our salaries and proceeds from our businesses, we remove portions from it and put into the foundation to see that those who are less privileged in our community are attended to" he continued.

Some of the beneficiaries expressed their satisfaction with the positive impact of the organization in their lives. 

Ejeowai Justus Andong, Vice President of “Make Yourself Happy,” a group supporting persons with disabilities, praised DANIHF’s respectful approach. 

The foundation recently provided food, warm clothing, shoes and other essentials to members of the group during the rainy season.

The event also featured awards of recognition presented by the Grace to Grace Foundation to Ndong Elias-Ivor and Roger Kunyui Ngonmenyui for humanitarian commitment. 

With five years marked by self-funded service and grassroots impact, DANIHF says it will continue investing in education, vocational training and entrepreneurship for people who lack the means to improve their livelihoods.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3855 of Wednesday July 22, 2026