Foundation for Education, Culture, and Health (FECH)
Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Established in 2003
Outreach to Africa
Primarily Cameroon, West Africa
In coordination with Medical, Spiritual, and Community based Organizations
To provide financial and material resources to these organizations on their efforts to help the underprivileged
Focus on fundraising and resource-sharing between the U.S. and Africa
What we believe
We believe in the power of the right balance of health and education services offering a ladder for the poor to climb out of poverty, and resulting in better-paying jobs, improving the quality and longevity of life and improving the human development index of any country where we work.
FECH is registered with the U.S. Internal Revenue Services as a 501 (C)(3) organizations and all donations and contributions to our work are tax deductible to the maximum extent permitted under the law.
We leverage Cameroon's [Africa’s] inherently rich cultural tapestry as a connecting point, a linchpin, in transforming Cameroon’s [Africa’s] education and health systems.
Our Objectives
Provide equipment, retool infrastructure and build capacities to make education and health services more efficient and resilient focused on a select number of schools and health facilities
Increase equitable access to health services and quality formal and informal education
Support innovative approaches to modernize the learning and work environment, including to deliver remote learning and telemedicine during any future pandemics or disruptions in learning and prolonged school closures caused by violence, terror or war.
Monitor compliance with basic standards of learning notably at the primary and secondary level but also in professional training for healthcare workers
Strengthen skills development programs and involve employers in training programs that develop labor market skills for students, teachers and trainee health sector workers
Launch an innovative program for working with Parent Teachers’ Associations in the on-boarding of substitute teachers and trainee health sector workers, including volunteers
Target the poor, especially girls, rape victims and adolescent wives and mothers, notably those from disadvantaged backgrounds or living in rural and remote areas.
