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Health
Compassionate care for cancer patients — funding diagnosis, urgent surgeries, ongoing treatment, and palliative care that restores dignity in the most difficult chapters of life.
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Cameroon-registered charity · Decree №000061
Hope is handmade.
Hope is handmade.
Because every life
deserves a circle.
We support cancer patients, place orphans in school, develop youth through sport, and build careers for the next generation — practical compassion, woven across underserved communities.
In community
From clinics to classrooms to football pitches.
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Founding vision
A movement, not a charity. A circle that grows with every hand it holds.
Hope Circle Foundation was born from a singular conviction: that no human being should face illness, poverty, or despair without a circle of compassionate support surrounding them. Founded by Nsongka Thomas, the Foundation is rooted in the belief that collective action — guided by faith, empathy, and strategy — can transform lives and entire communities.
From the very beginning, the Foundation was designed not merely as a charity, but as a movement — a growing circle that draws in individuals, institutions, philanthropists, and partners who share the same commitment to dignity, equity, and opportunity for all.
Decree of establishment
№ 000061/O/MINAT/SG/DAP/SDLP/SONG/BA/BG
Issued
28 April 2026
Founder
Nsongka Thomas, Executive Director
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Four pillars, one circle
Health. Education. Sport. Opportunity.
Each pillar addresses a specific failure point — and together they form a coherent pathway out of vulnerability and into agency.
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Education
Tuition grants, classroom furniture, supplies, and hygiene kits for orphans and underprivileged children — clearing every barrier between a child and the seat they belong in.
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Sport
Football, athletics, and team sports for under-resourced youth — kits, coaching, and pathways for gifted athletes who would otherwise never be discovered.
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Opportunity
Mentoring and professional internships that bridge the classroom and the workforce — turning educated young people into confident, employable professionals.
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Pillar i · Health
Fighting cancer with compassion.
A diagnosis should never become a death sentence because of cost. We bridge the gap between medical need and medical access — partnering with hospitals, clinicians, and palliative teams across the country.
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Financial support for patients
Direct assistance covering diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care for patients who cannot afford it on their own.
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Urgent surgical funding
Time-critical operations that give patients a genuine chance at recovery, healing, and a return to the lives they love.
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Palliative care
Where cure is no longer possible, we fund pain relief, dignity, and the warmth of family during a patient's final chapter.
Pillar ii · Education
A seat. A book. A future.
Education is a right, not a privilege. We confront the barriers — financial, material, environmental — that keep children out of the classroom.
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Tuition grants
Enrollment, examination, and school fees covered for orphans and financially vulnerable children — no child turned away for inability to pay.
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Furniture for classrooms
Desks, chairs, and shelving for under-resourced schools — because focus and discipline don't grow on a dirt floor.
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Supply, food, and hygiene kits
Backpacks, books, meals, and personal-care essentials — because a child whose basic needs are met can actually learn.
Pillar iii · Sport
Sport for hope.
Sport is one of the most powerful vehicles for human development ever discovered. We treat athletic participation as a developmental right — not a luxury.
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Community programs
Football, athletics, and team sport in safe, supervised settings where young people build confidence and lasting friendships.
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Kits & equipment
Boots, jerseys, and gear distributed to youth teams who would otherwise be locked out for the cost of a pair of shoes.
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Talent development
Gifted athletes connected with coaching, structured training, and pathways to scholarships and professional careers.
"On the field, the team becomes a second family — and the lessons of teamwork, discipline, and resilience travel everywhere a young person goes after the whistle."
Sport · The whole athlete
More than play. The lessons that travel.
Beyond competition and physical development, sport shapes the whole person. The discipline of training, the humility of losing, the trust required of teammates — these are among the most valuable inheritances a young person can carry into the rest of life.
Teamwork & unity
Organized sport gathers children from different backgrounds around a single goal. Social barriers dissolve, lasting bonds form, and the team becomes a second family — a cohesion that travels home with them.
Discipline & resilience
Showing up on time. Training when it's hard. Losing without quitting. These habits transfer directly into classroom focus and professional grit — a foundational edge in every other arena of life.
Health & wellbeing
Movement is medicine. Our programs guarantee that children in resource-poor communities have consistent, structured access to physical activity — and the bodily and mental benefits that follow.
Leadership pathways
We identify natural leaders within our programs and invest in their development — through coaching certifications, leadership training, and mentorship — turning today's players into tomorrow's coaches and community champions.
Pillar iv · Opportunity
Building the bridge from classroom to career.
A strong education is the foundation — but the bridge to a sustainable career often remains unbuilt for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We construct that bridge, plank by plank.
Mentoring
Young people matched with experienced professionals who share their knowledge, open doors, and walk alongside mentees through early-career challenges. Pairings are made carefully, on the basis of skills, interests, and personality, so the relationship creates real momentum — not just a checkbox.
Professional internships
Substantive placements with businesses, NGOs, hospitals, and public-sector organizations — designed to lead to employment, entrepreneurship, or further development. Not token roles; structured opportunities with real responsibility and real coaching.
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Impact
Each number is a person. A name. A family. A future.
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Cancer patients supported
Hundreds of patients receive life-saving financial support for treatment, surgery, and palliative care annually.
1,000+
Children in school
Children gaining access to education each year through tuition grants, supplies, furniture, and hygiene kits.
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Youth in sport
Young athletes participating in structured programs — receiving kits, coaching, and the benefits of organized sport.
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Internships placed
Professional internships placing young people in real organizations — launching careers and opening doors.
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The heart of the circle
Nsongka Thomas
Founder & Executive Director
Nsongka Thomas is not simply the founder of Hope Circle Foundation — he is its living embodiment. His path to building the Foundation was forged through years of witnessing suffering that did not have to exist: families crushed by the cost of cancer treatment, children locked out of classrooms over unpaid fees, young graduates with talent but no opportunity.
His leadership style is defined by humility and proximity to those he serves. He does not lead from a distance — he walks alongside beneficiaries, listens to their stories, and shapes programs that address real, lived needs rather than perceived ones.
His work reaches beyond the Foundation. Nsongka contributes actively to the wider humanitarian community — engaging conversations on health equity, youth empowerment, and sustainable community development. The conviction is personal; the structure he is building is institutional, designed to endure long after any one person's effort.
"No calling is fulfilled alone. We are placed in circles of hope — and it is within those circles that transformation happens."
— Nsongka Thomas
Board of Directors
Eight directors with collective expertise across medicine, governance, education, and community development — ensuring the Foundation's programs are strategically sound, ethically grounded, and maximally impactful.
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Nsongka Thomas
Founder & Executive Director
Visionary leader and driving force behind the Foundation's mission, programs, and strategic partnerships.
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Dr. Neza Marilyn
Medical strategy
Practicing clinician shaping our patient-support frameworks and broader healthcare programming.
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Dr. Sharon Ngwafor
Cancer care & surgical oversight
Specialist physician guiding cancer-care decisions and surgical-support funding.
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Dr. Lifanda Ebiama
Health equity & partnerships
Healthcare advocate building the medical partnerships that extend our reach into underserved communities.
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Dr. Michelle
Patient dignity & care standards
Medical expert ensuring the highest standards of patient dignity in every program we run.
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Anye Nso Magnus
Community development
Program-implementation specialist with deep grassroots experience — anchoring our work in the communities we serve.
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Adeline Sede
Program implementation
Community-development professional translating the Foundation's strategy into structured, on-the-ground delivery.
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Franklin Ngunjua
Governance & partnerships
Strategic advisor bringing organizational management and institutional-partnership experience to the Foundation's governance.
Join the circle
The circle is open. Will you join us?
Transformation at scale demands more than one pair of hands. It takes a circle — of donors, volunteers, partners, and individuals who believe the world can be better and are willing to act on that belief.
Donate
Your contribution — one-time or recurring — funds cancer care, school grants, sports kits, and career programs. No amount is too small.
Volunteer
Medical professionals, educators, mentors, coaches, logisticians, communicators — there is a role for your skills inside our programs.
Get in touchPartner
NGOs, hospitals, schools, sports federations, corporates, and government bodies — strategic partnerships extend our reach and depth.
Start a conversationSpread the word
Share our story with your network. Awareness is the first step toward action — your voice can open circles we have not yet reached.
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With gratitude
Thank you for walking with us.
This Foundation did not rise from one person's effort. It rose from a chorus — prayers whispered, encouragements offered, gifts shared, hours given freely. Every life touched and every program standing is a testimony to what becomes possible when many hands agree on a purpose.
To our donors
Your generosity is the oxygen that keeps this mission breathing. Every contribution has been multiplied — into medicine, into school fees, into a child's first book, into a young athlete's first pair of boots. Thank you for trusting us with your resources.
To our volunteers
You gave what no amount of money can replace — your time, your presence, your care. In every distribution, every mentoring session, every hospital visit, every training on the field, your hands carried hope to places it had not reached before.
To our partners
You brought reach, credibility, and shared purpose. By walking alongside us, you helped us go further than we could have gone alone — and proved that collaboration is the highest form of leadership.
To our community
You are the reason this circle exists. Your resilience, your stories, and your courage shape every program we design. Thank you for the privilege of walking with you in purpose and in hope.
— Nsongka Thomas, Founder