The 44.5 Foundation Difference
Join us in the empowering of youth, families, and communities in the areas of community food,
education empowerment, community outreach assistance, and clean water wells.
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Our Programs
community food drive
Together we can make a difference – to serve communities around the world with the nutritious food they need every day.
clean water wells
Together, with the local government authorities; we are building water wells to supply potable water in Cameroon, Africa.
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The 44.5 Foundation’s mission is…
to inspire and enhance families in need through education, technology, and community outreach, globally.
Our Campaigns
Community Food Drive
The 44.5 Foundation Cameroon chapter hosted a food drive for at the compound of the the Hausa Chief Palace in Bonaberi Douala. The event started with an opening prayer by community leader Mrs Zulay Oumarou. We was able to distribute 5kg bags of rice, 2 liters of cooking oil and 1kg of pasta to 90 families. Our oldest mothers yet again were profoundly grateful for the foundation’s unrelenting efforts toward the community in terms of food assistance.
Community School Supplies Drive
The 44.5 Foundation Cameroon chapter once again honored its commitment to recipients in the City of Douala by organizing a school supplies donation drive for needy children in Bonaberi neighborhood. The event was held at the Hausa Chiefs Palace compound. We donated notebooks, pens and pencils, and other supplies to 100-plus parents and kids. Each parent or child was given 4 notebooks, a pencil, and 2 ballpoint pens.
Community Clothes Drive
The 44.5 Foundation clothing drive took place on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Bonaberi of Douala. About 200 families including fathers, mothers, and grandparents took turns during a 5-hour exercise picking out clothing according to needs.
The attendees were delighted at the fact that the clothes had been cleaned and smelled fresh. This clearly was unprecedented in the community for anyone to hold a clothing giveaway exercise. We even attracted the admiration of local city council members who came along and not only offered words of encouragement but we’re simply amazed at the consistency of the 44.5 Foundation in showing up monthly for the underprivileged of Douala.
Many parents made testimonials saying this was indeed a fantastic idea because the clothing drive addresses an immediate and fundamental needs.
SMART Nursery School
We are very grateful for any donations which are allocated to our partnership with SMART Bilingual Primary and Nursery School. Your donations, impacting 200 + children, with reading literacy, school supplies, and clothing.
Thank you once again for your generous contribution that will help us change the future of many underprivileged children.
Thank You to our Supporters
Hon. Ndong Hilary
Hon. Ndong Hilary has made a donation of school supplies to the 44.5 Foundation. The donation included 100 notebooks and pens. He recognized that as a young NGO 44.5 Foundation has made impressive steps towards supporting the education of the less fortunate. He promised his continued support and also to canvass the assistance of other business communities.
American Association of University Women
We extend a very warm Thank You to the AAUW Atlanta Charter (www.aauw.org) for donating reading books that will be extremely helpful in building a library for the students at SMART Bilingual Primary and Nursery School. This will help students explore the world of knowledge and increase their reading level.
We will always be grateful for this very kind gesture and thank AAUW for helping our students empower their education.
TESTIMONIALS
The Families We Serve
What Our Families Are Saying
Salaammualiakum Mr Ahmed. My sisters and I were very surprised last week when we heard 44.5 Foundation will be doing donations of clothing. It simply has never been done here that I recall. We got clothes for our children. Our children now have new clothes for school. God bless 44.5 Foundation.
Good day. I'm Abubakar. First I was ashamed to come for a clothing giveaway. As a man I'm suppose to provide things for my household. But life has been very difficult on us. And then to think during these days that we have power outage, 44.5 Foundation has decided to do this giveaway. It literally has brought new light in many homes here. I thank God and the people at 44.5 Foundation for these wonderful clothes. God bless
Wallahi God will bless Zulay and 44.5 Foundation. These American clothes are so good I cannot even believe they are free. My God will bless your every effort Mr Ahmed and you should thank all your sponsors for the wonderful gift they have given to our community.
My daughters have come with shoes from an NGO for me. So I decided to come and see for myself. I am amazed that someone has decided to share clothing in our community. And timing is perfect. With the end of year close, it's a big boost to many families. Please thank your sponsors and tell them keep up the good work. Our people are very grateful.
Allah be praised. God bless 44.5 Foundation. Look at these American clothes!! All for us. We buy these things only during Ramadan and Christmas. We are so lucky.
My husband will use theses shoes for like two years. Imagine that...two years! And I got trousers and shirts for my boys. Please thank all your sponsors for the amazing work they're doing in Cameroon
My mom is sick so I came for her. I got clothes for me and my sister. I am very happy with what Ya Zulay and Mr Ahmed are doing for us. May Allah give long life to everyone that has brought these clothes today.
I have been following the work of 44.5 Foundation since their book drive last year. Today I am a volunteer and I see the direct impact of our work. My own family are here in tears thanking me for telling them about the clothes drive. Who gives clothing for free in Cameroon? I tell you who..44.5 Foundation!
So this morning we were so touched again by 44.5 Foundation who came in again with a very big consignment of books for our library which as you can see most of the shelves are empty and we plan on filling these shelves with the books and keep our children up to date. Many of our children now a days have lost that desire to read and thanks to 44.5, we would be able to make our children regain that desire to read again hoping in some way to change the world by making our children to love reading.
I'm Ms Emmanuella and i think these books are really going to help the children in the sense that they will spend time in reading the books and it will increase their language power and fluency. it will also help them to be good in narrating stories and they will learn new words.
We are very happy to receive this gift for it will motivate the kids to read a lot. We send a big thank you to 44.5 Foundation because through reading the children will develop more and reading has every aspect of child growth. So we thank 44.5 Foundation and may God abundantly bless you. Thank you 44.5 Foundation
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank 44.5 Foundation for this wonderful gesture that goes a long way to improve the quality of our library. As a teacher, any book donation is always welcome because it helps a lot towards achieving our goals. These books will help the kids to enrich themselves through the educative topics and of course get them to enjoy reading more. These books will help us improve the English reading skills of our children. We thank you for your wonderful gift. We are very moved by such a gesture. Thank you.
Ramadan Kareem to the 44.5 Foundation team. I wish your team God’s blessings. Mr Ahmed please tell your overseas partners a big thank you for everything you do for our community.
Please come back again. I heard about you all and came to see. You are very well organized. And to think of donating food during this month of Ramadan is particularly thoughtful
I thank God for the people at 44.5 Foundation. They have never disappointed us. We can count on them showing up for us.
This year fasting season has come with high prices in the market for basic food stuff. Thank you 44.5 Foundation for making the month easier for us Muslims.
Every time when we organize these donation drives, it is truly a labor of love. I cannot thank the people at 44.5 Foundation enough for allowing me to join them to bring so much relief to so many. Special thanks to Mr. Conroy for loving our people the way he does!
Good morning. I want to thank Allah who has allowed you people to come here again this morning. Just yesterday I went begging my neighbor for a little cooking oil to cook for the children. And that’s when I heard about the food drive today. Your generosity is God-sent. We love your commitment to us the less privileged. Please keep coming. Rahinatou Ali
My husband sent the kids away to the village because we simply cannot afford to keep them here in Douala. Too expensive with these prices that keep going up. We cannot thank you enough. You give us hope.
News & Events
Community Clothes Drive
The 44.5 Foundation clothing drive took place on November 6th in Bonaberi of Douala, Cameroon. News of the drive spread...
Read MoreNovember 6, 2022Community School Supplies
The 44.5 Foundation Cameroon chapter once again honored it’s commitment to it’s recipients in the City of Douala by organizing...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2022August Food Drive
The 44.5 Foundation food drive for the month of august 2022 was held in the compound of the the Hausa...
Read MoreAugust 25, 2022Feast of the Ram Food Drive
The 44.5 Foundation joined our Douala-based beneficiaries during the 2022 celebration of the feast of the Ram (Eid-ul-Adha). As a...
Read MoreJuly 10, 2022June Food Drive
The 44.5 Foundation monthly food drive for the month of June was yet another emotion-filled event. The sharp rise in...
Read MoreJune 22, 2022Books Donation
At the heart of 44.5 Foundation’s mission is committed to fostering education in underprivileged communities. This was once again made...
Read MoreJune 6, 2022Clothes Drive Donations
Many thanks to our faithful families and friends for making our first clothes donation a huge success towards building hope...
Read MoreJune 4, 2022The African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meeting
The African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meeting for 2022 was held in May of 2022 in Accra Ghana. 44.5 Foundation...
Read MoreMay 25, 2022Your Donations Impact
Along this journey, we have learned to celebrate the big moments, along with the small moments. We are excited to share EVERY moment with you!
- A donation of $25.00 provides a bag of food that feeds a family of 7 for 10 days.
- A donation of $100.00 provides new equipment for the school technology lab.
- A donation of $445.00 provides school tuition, textbooks, uniforms and supplies for 1 child for a school year.
- A donation of $1,000.00 provides 5% of the total cost to build a clean water well to benefit a village of 5,000 residents.
