WHEN THE 1ST bLOCK IS FINISHED, WE WILL BRING IN THE MAMAS!
FOR ANTENATAL CARE (ANC) AND SCREENINGS
WE RAISED THE ROOF IN 68 DAYS!
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CONSTRUCTION began ON FEbruary 7
February 7, 2026, was big day in Dumbo Village, our founder Elvis’ childhood home in remote NW Cameroon. Everyone came out to RAISE THE ROOF for the mamas and babies!
Women gathered to mold bricks from soil, sand and water to dry in the sun. Men came on mopeds to transport water and to collect sand and rocks for the foundation – while Unite for Health provided refreshments.
10,000+ mud bricks will dry in the sun. 4,000 will be donated to us by the Shaa women. The concrete will set around local stones laid into new trenches, the sturdy foundation of our first Maternal Mini-Clinic.
Now, the building needs finishing touches and a water bore hole, septic tank, and solar panels. We will throw open our doors as soon as we can offer antenatal care (ANC), screenings and sonograms for pregnant women.
It will be a giant leap forward to show how a community-led solution can improve lives and dramatically lower maternal and child mortality. A story of an innovative approach that is scalable across Sub-Saharan Africa.
A giant thank you to our donors, the Construction Committee, and the ongoing energetic participation of the women (and men) of Dumbo!
MEET THE CONStruction committee
when MOTHERS do well, life improves for everyone
our Model for Africa in our founder’s childhood village
THe 2025 misaje shaa festival WAS NATIONAL news in Cameroon!
Thanks to a grant from THE American Express Leadership Academy
we offered a Maternal & Child Health Program during the 2025 shaa festival
TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS IN TAMPA, FL ORGANIZED
UNITE to run 5K, a fundraiser FOR U4H!
TO PROVIDE MAMA KITS FOR pregnant women in Misaje subdivision
Elvis Ndansi founded Unite for Health with firsthand experience of healthcare access in ‘last mile’ communities
Elvis grew up in Dumbo, a rural village in NW Cameroon where his mother, who only qualified as a nurse’s aide, was the only medical professional for miles around. Everyone called her ‘docta’. Years later, when he himself was working as a young nurse in another remote village, he witnessed the tragic yet avoidable death of a baby boy whose mother lived too far away.
Elvis understands the culture, the problems, and the dire consequences inadequate access to healthcare brings, and knows how to design community-driven solutions. In 2007, he founded Unite for Health Foundation (U4H) specifically to offer basic healthcare to help pregnant mothers and children.
In 2013, the organization decided to focus its mission on the 12 villages of Misaje Subdivision, Elvis’ childhood home.
Finding inventive ways to help families thrive
Unite for Health reaches out in innovative ways to bring maternal healthcare, ANC screenings, hygiene and health education to vulnerable women who need it the most. Our annual Misaje Shaa Festival helps women invest in their business ventures and encourages mothers to educate their children. We know entrepreneurial women who succeed build healthier families that strengthen communities.
We believe in every mother’s right to survive and thrive, wherever they live. That’s why your support of Unite for Health helps create a happier, healthier, more equitable world for all of us, one village at a time.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Unite for Health wins CENPA'S prestigious NGO of the Year Award
“In a world ravaged by poverty, injustice and inequality, organizations like Unite for Health shine brightly as beacons of hope. ”
Prizes included cash, fertilizer and agricultural tools, scholarships with school supplies for orphans, and nursing and midwifery scholarships for graduating seniors.
Shey Stella, the overall winner, gets a certificate and a cash prize that will help her pay for her children’s education.
Photos courtesy of Hilltopvoices.
PROJECTS
Giving pregnant women free ultrasounds
Our International Women’s Day Maternal & Child Health Program attracted 200 women in Dumbo, a rural village. They learned about prenatal health and family planning. 88% of the 50 woman who were pregnant got their first ever ultrasound, free.
Galvanizing women shaa-makers
In Misaje, ‘Shaa’ is a much-loved drink made by women that is traditionally drunk from a shared cup rinsed in a bucket of water, a ritual that can spread cholera, typhoid or tuberculosis. In 2013, Elvis created a festival to help these women in surprising ways.
spreading hope, One Home At A Time
In collaboration with Bronco Power Boost and Internetbar.org, we distributed Medical & Solar Power Kits to five families in Oku, a rural village of subsistence farmers. With inadequate healthcare and years of no electricity, a light and a thermometer change lives.
helping EVERY BABY get a healthy start
Every child has the right to a safe, medically supervised delivery. Unite for Health has never turned away a pregnant woman for not being able to pay. IDP or underprivileged, mothers leave our micro-clinics grateful for a free delivery and a healthy newborn.
“Here in the U.S., Elvis Ndansi is one of the few founders of an international nonprofit doing work in Africa that actually comes from Africa. ”
What makes us different
OUR FOUNDER
Elvis Ndansi, our Founder & President, is an Obama Foundation Scholar as well as a certified medical professional.
maternal & child health
Unite for Health’s mission to combat maternal & infant mortality is especially vital for underprivileged and IDP mothers.
community outreach
We find inventive ways to reach out to women in rural communities who need healthcare the most.
our impact
We never turn anyone away so this underprivileged mother’s baby was delivered safely, completely free of charge.
technology & INNOVATION
Our Maternal Mini-Clinic is designed to bring maternal and prenatal healthcare to villages that need it the most.
OUR story
Roseline Leh Ndansi, a nurse who was known in Misaje village as ‘docta’, inspired her son, Elvis, to become a nurse too.