A Cameroonian NGO built by doctors, for communities without doctors
Alliance For Community Awareness (AFCA) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded and led by medical professionals in Cameroon. We organise medical campaigns in communities where healthcare is too far away, too thinly staffed, or simply too expensive — and we deliver that care entirely free of charge.
We are not a fundraising body that sends money elsewhere. The people who direct AFCA are the same doctors, nurses and pharmacists who sit at the consultation table on outreach day. Every campaign is staffed by volunteers who give their own time.
- Registered non-profit organisation in Cameroon
- Founded and directed by practising medical professionals
- Free consultations, free tests, free medication — always
- Active in communities across the regions of Cameroon
To bring free, competent and dignified medical care to communities that the health system does not reach — and to leave those communities better informed about their own health.
A Cameroon where nobody goes untreated because of distance, cost or circumstance.
Why AFCA exists
AFCA was founded by medical professionals who kept meeting the same patient: someone who had waited far too long. Not because they did not know they were unwell, but because the nearest doctor was hours away, or because the cost of a single consultation was the same as a week of food for the family.
Treating those patients one at a time, inside a hospital, was never going to be enough. The people who eventually formed Alliance For Community Awareness began organising outreach instead — taking clinicians, diagnostic equipment and medication out to the communities themselves, and removing the cost barrier completely.
That is still the whole idea. AFCA exists to shorten the distance between a Cameroonian and a qualified doctor — the physical distance, and the financial one.
Care first, questions never
Nobody attending an AFCA campaign is asked what they earn, what they can contribute, or whether they are insured. They are asked what is wrong, and then they are treated.
The principles behind every campaign
These are not decorative. They decide how we plan, who we treat and what we refuse to compromise on.
Free at the point of care
No registration fee, no consultation fee, no charge for tests, no charge for the medicines we dispense. Cost is the barrier we exist to remove, so we never reintroduce it.
Clinical competence
Care is given by licensed, practising professionals working within their scope. An outreach clinic is still a clinic, and it is held to the same standard.
Dignity and respect
Patients are greeted, listened to without rushing, examined in privacy where possible, and given their diagnosis in a language they actually understand.
Partnership, not arrival
Campaigns are planned with community leaders, councils and local health authorities. We are guests in the communities we serve and we behave that way.
Transparency
We are open about what we do, what it costs and where support goes. Donors, partners and the communities themselves are entitled to know.
Continuity, not one-off charity
Patients who need more than we can give on the day are documented and referred, not simply thanked and sent home.
Outreach that actually finishes the job
Plenty of health campaigns diagnose people and stop there. A patient who is told they have hypertension but cannot afford the tablets has not been helped. Our model is built to close that gap.
Clinicians lead, not administrators
The people planning the campaign are the people treating patients. Clinical need decides the programme, not what is easiest to organise.
Medication travels with us
Diagnosis without treatment is incomplete. We bring a pharmacy and dispense free of charge on the day.
The community is a partner
Local leaders, councils, chiefdoms and health facilities help us choose the venue, spread the word and understand what people are presenting with.
Referral is part of the plan
Cases needing surgery, imaging or specialist care are documented and linked to partner facilities before we leave.
Registered, accountable and open to scrutiny
AFCA is a legally registered non-profit organisation in Cameroon and holds the certificates required to operate. We are directed by a leadership team of medical professionals and are answerable to our partners, our donors and the communities we serve.
If you are considering funding or partnering with AFCA and need documentation — registration certificates, governance details or campaign reporting — we will provide it on request.
Organisation details
| Legal name | Alliance For Community Awareness |
| Short name | AFCA |
| Type | Non-profit, non-governmental organisation |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Registration number | Available on request |
| President & Founder | Dr Ayafor Eric |
The people who direct AFCA
Dr Ayafor Eric
President & Founder
A practising medical doctor and the founder of Alliance For Community Awareness. Dr Ayafor sets the clinical direction of the organisation, leads the planning of each outreach campaign and works alongside the volunteer team on the ground.
Replace the initials block above with Dr Ayafor’s photograph.
The volunteer team
AFCA has no salaried outreach staff. Every campaign is delivered by professionals who volunteer their time and skills:
- Medical doctors and general practitioners
- Nurses and midwives
- Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
- Laboratory scientists and screening staff
- Community mobilisers, registrars and logistics volunteers
Additional leadership and board members can be added to this page as AFCA publishes them.
Join the volunteer teamWork with us on the next campaign
Whether you can give clinical time, funding, medication or a venue, there is a role for you in the next AFCA outreach.