Child's Protection
Millions of children around the world are in danger of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence – at home, in school, in the community or during unforeseen emergencies. Due to political instabilities and bad life conditions, many children orphans or many only have one parent who live in an extreme poverty. That is the case of Cameroon and around Africa. Save the Children keeps the most vulnerable children safe from hunger, illiteracy and any harm.
Health and Nutrition
Helping children and rural communities to grow up happy and healthy. While life expectancy and child survival rates have improved in most developed countries, the mortality rate of children and adults due to malnutrition, cholera, and hydric disease in Cameroon is still very bad. Divine Mercy Foundation is focusing proper and offering orphans balanced, decent and healthy meals daily. We also appeal to help us create conditions where drilling wells for drinkable water is possible. This we wish to extend around the rural areas.
Child's Education
Education has the power to transform the lives of children, now and for generations to come. However, in South Africa still has massive inequities in learning opportunities amongst children.
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The Foundation (DMF) in its actual label has only been legalised in December 2022. However, we have been operating since since 2016 under the Catholic Church of St. Peter’s Point in Durban. There in Durban and in Cameroon - Yaounde, the foundation has been feeding, the hungry, giving hampers to families, clothing and helping the homeless and refugees to find a shelter
How we work towards:
Process
Adopting a child or a family
The Foundation Divine Mercy gives you a possibility to adopt a child or chose a family that you can assist in order to help them develop and become autonomous. This is based on the life story. For the moments we have such children and families in Cameroon and in South Africa.
Economic empowerment
Divine Mercy Foundation wish to help people to help themselves. The proverb: “Help Man to fish instead of giving him the fish” is one of our important priorities. We wish to help every family to have a bread winner or a person who can lift the rest of the family.
Board Member
Team Members
Rev. Fr Georges Roger Bidzogo sac
Board Member
- Position :Funder and CEO
Missionary Pallottine priest is currently pastor at Holy Redeemer Church in Burton, Michigan. He was ordained priest on June 29, 2008, in Yaoundé in Cameroon. Has worked in Douala, Cameroon. He worked as Pastor at Ikwezi Lokusa SA(2010-2014), then St Peter's Parish and was board member of Diakonia Council of Churches of South Africa (2014-2022) . He worked with refugees and homelessness in South Africa for 12 years. He passion for the poor led to begin the Divine Mercy Foundation. He stands as Founder and board of directors since 2023. He holds Matters in Conflicts Transfirmation, a Bachelor in Philosophy and Theology.
Nnomo Owono Philomène Mireille
Board Member
- Position :Treasurer
She holds a degree in economic sciences and accountability. She has worked as a salesperson with Orange Money Cameroon and has owned her own kiosk for four 4 years. She also had accumulated experience with some microfinances Bank in Cameroon, such as Moneygram International. Right, she is a manager who works as a business manager in Poissonerie La Victoire at Ékié, Yaoundé, Cameroon. She is very honest and has never been suspected of any funds mismanagement. She is passionate about making the projects and all the dreams of DMF come through.
Dr Hervé Pola
Board Member
- PositionGeneral Secretary
I am a father of 3 blessed children and have been married 15 years. I moved to Lansing in 2011 and attended Lansing Community College and Michigan State University, which took my prerequisite for pharmacy school. In 2015, I started pharmacy school at Ferris State University in big Rapids and graduated in 2019 with a doctorate in pharmacology. I started working at Rite aid in 2016 as an intern, and after my graduation, I was offered a management position in Dewitt. I worked there throughout the COVID 19 pandemic before moving in March in 2021 to Dallas Tx for better opportunities. I am humbled to be chosen by the Lord and serve his people. May God bless you for your generosity. Amen.
Daniel Schmit
Board Member
- PositionPublic Relation
Daniel Schmit is the coordinator of Liturgy and worship at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, where he has worked for 14 years. He also holds a teaching position for piano, keyboards, and choir accompanist at University of Michigan Flint with a wide experience of performing classical music for audiences in the Flint Area. He is an avid recording artist for sacred music on YouTube and Spotify and also writes his own music. Daniel has been involved in fundraising and online social media efforts for the divine Mercy Foundation since October 2023. He organizes a yearly Christmas concert with draws packed crowds each year and has dedicated this yearly endeavor to the efforts of the Divine Mercy Foundation.
Christopher J. Ebbott
Board member
- Position :Legal Advisor
I'm Christopher J. Ebbott, an attorney in Flint Michigan. I'm a graduate of Flint Powers Catholic High School, where he played varsity hockey and was the starting goalie as well as his senior year. I then graduated from Michigan State University. I earned his doctor of law degree at Detroit College of Law in 1995. I have been in private practice for over 29 years with his father, Richard Ebbott. My family, The Ebbott are parishioners of Holy Redeemer parish, and Mr. Ebbott serves on the parish council as a vice chair. He has been married for 18 years to Kara. We have two minor children who attend St. Thomas More Academy. I'm offering to be pro bonum adviser of the Divine Mercy Foundation (DMF) as I m so much impacted by the great job the organization is doing for education, feeding and changing lives around the globe, especially in Africa.
Byron Bean
Legal Advisor
- Position :Board member
After high school, I went into the United States Marines. Went to Vietnam July 1965 for one year. Stationed in Japon for two years. Stated working with Consumers Power, Flint. I was married since 1971 at Holy Redeemer in Burton. I love the Divine Mercy Foundation for the impact the organization makes in the lives of homeless, orphans, and disadvantaged families.
Laura Fulco
Board Member
- Position :Financial Adviser
Laura has also worked as member of the flint & Genesee county chamber of commerce and owned her own business for 7-yrs before going to sams called learning at Laura's and before that she had worked at meijer's for 7-years as a dept manager.