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GCE · Douala, Littoral, Cameroun

Global Care & Empowerment

Serve with Kindness, Act for Autonomy

Caring, transforming lives

Global Care & Empowerment is a non-profit association founded on the humanitarian principles of compassion, solidarity and service. Its mission is to work for the socio-economic well-being and human development of vulnerable populations.

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Donations handed over at the NAFO orphanage in Douala: the association’s team and the children gathered behind the orphanage banner.

An activity session with the children of the orphanage, sitting together on a mat.

Food, oil and essential supplies prepared for a distribution.

The wall of the NAFO orphanage in Douala, painted with the words “Gratitude, humility, solidarity”.

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An activity session with the children and the care team.

Source: the articles of association

What we do

Our missions, as set out in the association’s statutes.

Be the voice of the voiceless and provide essential help to people in situations of vulnerability.
Become support for those who are rejected, a family for orphans and widows.
Assist people with disabilities and displaced families.
Develop empowerment programmes through vocational training and entrepreneurship for young women and men.
Establish social infrastructure: spaces for older people, agro-pastoral ranches for self-sufficiency.

Our missions

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Our programmes

Each programme has its own ground, its own team and its own means.

A programme of the association

REFUJ — the mental health programme

You don’t have to carry it all on your own.

REFUJ supports people facing psychological difficulties, along with their families and loved ones, so that no one has to face mental suffering alone.

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Out of the isolation A closed community of people living the same thing. No performance, no judgement.
Understand what weighs Put words on what actually breaks you down — the mirror effect that puts everything back in its place.
A 30-day horizon Sleep, energy, clarity. Not promises: markers you can observe for yourself.
Rare closeness Direct access to the person supporting you — no waiting room, no form.

This information is provided for general guidance and does not constitute a medical diagnosis.
REFUJ provides information, a listening ear, guidance and support. The information on this website does not replace a consultation with a doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist or other qualified health professional.

The association

The women who carry the association

Two women, two commitments: work on the ground, and mental health.

Jacqueline NGUETZOU

Founder of REFUJ (your refuge in mental health) · Vice-President of GCE

Jacqueline NGUETZOU gave REFUJ its reason to exist: naming what goes unspoken. Known as Mama Afrika, she publicly carries a subject many would rather keep quiet — psychological suffering…

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Odile BANGILI

Co-founder of REFUJ · President of Global Care & Empowerment

Odile BANGILI chairs Global Care & Empowerment, the association of which REFUJ is the mental health programme. Her line holds in one sentence, the one written into Article 3 of the…

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A book by our vice-president

Je souffre de santé mentale

(I am not crazy)

Jacqueline NGUETZOU — Mama Afrika

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Cameroun

GCE in action in Cameroon

In Cameroon, the association works with the NAFO orphanage in Douala: delivering food and essential supplies, games and equipment for the children, and activity sessions with the care team.

The wall of the NAFO orphanage in Douala: gratitude, humility, solidarity.

Food and essential supplies, before being handed over.

Handing over the donations: the team and the children together.

An activity session with the children and the care team.

The children of the orphanage in the covered yard, between activities.

A shared moment, at the end of the visit.

Kenya

GCE in action in Kenya

In Kenya, the association works directly with families in a very deprived neighbourhood: food distribution, rehousing and bed-building, medical care, and school uniforms and supplies for children who had stopped attending school.