Foundation Emerges to Support Children of Soldiers Killed at War


A new non-profit organisation has been founded to provide support to Cameroonian children who lose a parent in a war front.

The Fallen Patriots Foundation, as it is called, was launched in Yaounde on Saturday May 28 in the guise of a press conference which was attended by wives and toddlers of some soldiers who fell while fighting the war against Boko Haram.

Its founder, Laura Ndiwane, told reporters at the news conference that the main goal of the foundation is to provide sustainable and assured assistance to the children through scholarships. This, she added would be done in collaboration with other philanthropic organisations and well as individuals of goodwill.

“We will be providing support to push children of soldiers of all ranks and grades who die at war; provide them with counselling and psychosocial assistance to families of war victims in order to relieve them from trauma” said Ndiwane who is equally a senior official at the ministry of environment, nature protection and sustainable development.

It was also revealed that the Fallen Patriots Foundation would also be assisting widows, widowers or other relatives in compiling documents required for them to collect benefits and compensations from government.
Going by officials of the foundation, some 100 Cameroonian soldiers have been killed in the war against the Nigeria-based Islamic terror group, Boko Haram.
Ndiwane told reporters that she is aware government provides support to families of victims, but points out that through the foundation, these families could get extra assistance to beef it up.

She said members of the Yaounde-based Fallen Patriots Foundation, were inspired by the numerous support gestures President Paul Biya, government and citizens have been making with regards to support to soldiers at the war front.

It is this same support, she said further; intends to give each child who loses a parent at the war front. Fallen Patriot foundation, she concluded aims to sponsor the victims’ children from primary, through secondary to higher education.




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