In Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, we see beyond abandonment. We recognize a story and a hope in every wound. Since 2011, our mission, together with lay people and collaborators, has been reaching out to the forgotten: people with mental illness, vulnerable women and young people.
We don’t wait for them to arrive; we go out in search of the wounded, and we want to assist them in an integral way, attending to the person in all their dimensions: physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.

Our Center:

Our center in Yaoundé is the only one of its kind in the entire region. Here, hospitality becomes action:

• Main Activity: Treatment, rehabilitation, and social reintegration of people with mental illness.
• Annual Impact: We carry out around 25,000 consultations every year.

Here, as in all our centers, our goal is not only to heal but to reintegrate. We seek to restore each abandoned person to their family and social life. We firmly believe in the possibility of a new beginning for everyone.

Our presence in Africa began in 1959. Today, the Congregation is present in 25 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia, always working in cooperation with local authorities.This dedication was recognized in 2002, when the Congregation received the Geneva Prize for Human Rights in Psychiatry.

Our work focuses on concrete actions to generate lasting change in the center:

• Rehabilitate people suffering from mental illness.
• Reducir su discapacidad personal, laboral y social.
• Alleviate the impact that illness has on the family environment.
• Train local specialists in mental health care.
• Help build a favorable, stigma-free social environment.
• Promote informational initiatives to break down barriers.

Thanks to the support of everyone in the Sisters Hospitallers Family, we are able to make this project possible. We are grateful to all those who follow us closely, and we hope to continue offering the Samaritan response that Christ expects from us.