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Fountain of Hope Africa
Also known as Fountain of Hope, FOH Africa
A refugee-led organisation founded by Marcel Cirhuza, who spent years in Dzaleka after fleeing eastern DRC, providing emergency and psychosocial support to refugees and host communities from a base in Dowa.
Origins
Fountain of Hope Africa was founded by Marcel Cirhuza, who fled insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and lived in Dzaleka for several years. The organisation describes itself as a refugee-led organisation registered in Malawi, run from a base in Dowa, near the camp.
Activities
The organisation provides emergency assistance, including food, shelter, healthcare, clean water, and cash support, along with psychosocial services, working with refugees, internally displaced people, and members of the host community. Its stated area of work spans Dzaleka and eastern DRC. It has been named as a local partner in football-based mental health activities run in the camp with outside foundations.
Context
Fountain of Hope Africa is one of several organisations started by former or current Dzaleka residents, alongside Inua Advocacy and There is Hope, which are documented in this encyclopedia’s overview of refugee-led organisations.
References
Sources
- 1Who we are
Fountain of Hope Africa
- 2Fountain of Hope Africa — Partner profile
African Collaborative
- 3Fountain of Hope Africa — Partner profile
Segal Family Foundation
Related entries
People
Marcel Cirhuza
Congolese humanitarian who spent years as a refugee in Dzaleka and founded Fountain of Hope Africa; named a 2023 Obama Foundation Leaders Africa participant.
Institution
Refugee-led organisations in Dzaleka
Organisations founded or led by refugees that provide education, advocacy, technology, livelihoods, arts, protection, and mutual support within Dzaleka and beyond.
Institution
There Is Hope Malawi
A Malawian non-profit organisation founded from Dzaleka experience that provides vocational education, enterprise support, scholarships, and other self-reliance programmes for refugees and host communities.
Institution
Inua Advocacy
A refugee-rights organisation founded by Innocent Magambi that works on legal assistance, policy reform, accountability, emergency support, and public understanding of refugee life in Malawi.
Health
Mental health in Dzaleka
A reference entry on the 2022 Psychiatry Research screening study, the gap between measured distress and available psychosocial services, and the organisations providing support in the camp.
Culture
Sport in Dzaleka
A reference entry on football and organised sport in the camp: the fifteen-team football scene, the Dzaleka Sports Association's youth tournaments, and programmes supported by FIFA and other partners.
Place
Dzaleka Refugee Camp
A long-established refugee settlement in Dowa District, Malawi, opened in 1994 and now home to a large, multilingual community from the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa.
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