Every gesture counts.
Roger Milla
Roger Milla
Together, let’s fight against noma, improve access to clean drinking water, and advance the Roger Milla Center of Excellence Hospital project for the children of Africa.
Every gesture counts. Together, let's act for children across Africa.
Initiated by football legend Roger Milla, Roger Milla Program brings people together to improve the health, dignity and living conditions of vulnerable children.
Our commitment centres on three priorities: fighting noma, improving access to safe drinking water and advancing the proposed Roger Milla Centre of Excellence in Cameroon.
We aim to raise awareness of noma, encourage prevention and early detection, and support access to care. We also mobilise partners to improve access to safe drinking water in schools and communities.
The proposed centre has a clear ambition: to welcome children from across Africa, particularly those affected by the lasting effects of noma, facial malformations or congenital conditions, and provide specialist care free of charge. Currently in the planning stage, the project requires studies, partnerships and sustainable funding.
A donation, a signature, a share or your expertise: everyone can contribute. Together, let's move these projects forward.
Our mission, our vision!
Let's bring back the smiles of these children in distress.
This involves accelerating the humanitarian operation 'Clean Water Permanently in Schools' and 'Act Against Noma 2021-2030.'.
Also through the creation of a Special Solidarity Fund for children affected by natural disasters or conflicts.
ROGER MILLA CHARITY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN:
End the suffering and deaths of millions of children caused by extreme poverty, neglected tropical diseases, and the lack of access to safe drinking water.
2023–2030 Action Plan:
- Construction of wells/boreholes in thousands of schools identified without access to clean water
- Campaign prevention against Noma Disease
- Surgery Campaign reconstructive free of Noma or acquired congenital malformations.
- construction of a specialized regional hospital Africa specialized in maxillofacial surgery.
- Aid for children affected by natural disasters and conflicts.
Every gesture counts.
Together, let us fight against noma, improve access to safe drinking water, and advance the Roger Milla Children's Center of Excellence hospital project for African children.
Initiated by football legend Roger Milla, 'IT'S THE GESTURE THAT COUNTS' is an international solidarity campaign led by the Roger Milla Program. It invites everyone to take action according to their means: make a donation, sign the global petition, share our appeal, or become a partner
Our ambition is to turn solidarity into practical action through opportunities for everyone to contribute and lasting partnerships.
Solidarity Fundfor Access to Clean Water
Water Fund seeks to end the suffering and deaths of millions of children caused by extreme poverty and lack of access to clean water.
2023–2030 Action Plan: Construction of wells and boreholes in thousands of mapped schools lacking access to safe drinking water
Make a donation to accelerate this campaign and change the lives of children attending schools without access to clean water in some of the poorest countries in Africa.
Solidarity Fund for Children affected by Noma
Noma Fund is a fund to combat Noma disease. This disease, which affects over 140,000 children aged 2 to 6 each year, still afflicts the poorest populations in South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
Every year, approximately 100,000 children under the age of 6 die from Noma. This Gangrene, which attacks the oral and facial area, primarily affects the poorest regions of the world and is particularly devastating in Africa.
2022 Clean Water Permanently in Schools
In 2022, our 'Permanent Water in Schools' project was successfully launched at the Ekoudou Public School in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
We laid the foundation stone of this ambitious project, marking the beginning of our mission toprovide free drinking water to public schools.As part of this initiative, we launched drinking water borehole campaigns, ensuring a constant water supply.
In addition, we built a structure to support a 5000-liter water storage tank, guaranteeing continuous access to safe drinking water for the school's students and staff.
Noma Fund, by its president, Roger Milla
I am Albert Roger Milla, a former international football player for the Cameroon national team. The cause I am reaching out to you about is Noma, a disease of extreme poverty, Gangrenethat leaves children without a face. This formidable disease, which kills almost all of its victims, spares the lives of the remaining 10% by leaving them completely disfigured, condemning them to hide and worsening their already precarious social condition.
The Project 'Act Against Noma 2021-2030', which I have the honor to sponsor along with other former football legends (such as the renowned goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell), aims to eliminate this disease by 2030 in African countries. To achieve this, it envisions a comprehensive plan of awareness and mobilization, as well as the establishment of facilities for rapid care and reintegration of victims noma.
In the short term, we aim to see the establishment of a regional African hospital dedicated to severe cases of the disease. Currently, the few cases treated are handled in specialized European hospitals at very high costs, covered by some humanitarian organizations providing occasional assistance through a chain of solidarity.
I invite all well-intentioned individuals, both in politics and the private sector, from governments to philanthropists of all kinds, to join us in this fight for the dignity of our children so that together we can end the tragedy of Noma.
You have often seen me in the past, supporting numerous initiatives in African soil in my capacity as the President of the Heart of Africa Foundation. But this time, just when I thought I had been exposed to all forms of suffering, I was particularly struck by the phenomenon of children without faces. That's why through this initiative, I want to do even more, by getting more involved in this humanitarian action to achieve the complete eradication of this terrible childhood disease linked to extreme poverty.
Commit to Children with Noma
Every year, approximately 140,000 children under the age of 6 die from Noma. This Gangrene, which attacks the oral and facial area, primarily affects the poorest regions of the world and is particularly devastating in Africa.
Through field actions and awareness campaigns aimed at public authorities, we aim to push back the disease and enable the most vulnerable children to protect themselves against this scourge.
Our ambition is also to facilitate access to care at the first signs of the disease, significantly reducing its mortality rate.
To achieve this, the association aims to strongly commit to large-scale initiatives, including the construction of primary care centers and a regional reference hospital in Africa. These solutions would enable a swift, efficient, and optimal response to the disease.
Support Noma Fund
To achieve these goals, Noma Fund relies on the commitment of its members. By making a donation to the association, signing the petition addressed to the authorities, or joining Noma Fund, you can help us push back againstnoma, and protect the most vulnerable children from this scourge that still claims the lives of thousands of children today.
Personalities Involved in Our Program
The Founders
Roger MILLA
Roger MILLA
JosephANTOINE BELL
JosephANTOINE BELL
Jean Baptiste D.TANY
Jean Baptiste D.TANY
Committed Members
Rigobert Song
Rigobert Song
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
François Oman-Biyik
François Oman-Biyik
Patrick Mboma
Patrick Mboma
They support us
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