Who we are

We are a secular, independent, non-profit organisation that has been providing health cooperation in Africa since 2007. Our headquarters are in Madrid and we have a regional office in Cameroon with our own local team.

Together with our partners and individual or corporate collaborators, we address our commitment to improving healthcare for millions of people, thanks to a team of professionals specialised in development cooperation, and more than 70 volunteers , mainly healthcare and hospital management professionals.

Fundación Recover is registered in public registers and declared of public utility as a development cooperation foundation.

Our Board of Trustees

Víctor Manuel Madera (President)
Celso Gonzalez (Secretary)
Juan Carlos González (Member)
Elena Arias (Member)
Nicolas Bonilla (Member)
Juan Antonio Álvaro (Member)
Gonzalo Aldámiz-Echevarría (Member)

Meet our team

Marta Marañón Medina

Managing Director

20 years in the Third Sector. Expert in evaluation and measurement of social impact. Top 100 women leaders in Spain

Marta Marañón Medina

Managing Director

20 years in the Third Sector. Expert in evaluation and measurement of social impact. Top 100 women leaders in Spain

Javier Lasa Benito

Deputy Director

Economist by profession, with almost 30 years of experience in the sector. "Since my youth I have felt the need to dedicate part of my time to other people".

Nery Villalobos

Programme Coordinator

Architect, committed to Africa

Lucía Chicatun

Partnerships and communication

Argentinian, specialist in public policy.

Cristina Rodrigo Ferrán

Manager of the International Training and Volunteering programme.

Translator and interpreter. More than 10 years of experience in international cooperation in sub-Saharan African countries.

Sonia Gallego Merlo

Administration and Social Base

From Madrid, full of enthusiasm to contribute and be of help to others

Emilie Ngono

Africa Representative and Head of the Cameroon office

14 years of experience in health management. Committed to improving health

Marcelle Medou

Project technician

Master in Political Science. Passionate about decentralised cooperation

Georges Bindjeme

Administration in the Cameroon office

Administrator

Our social impact and awards

More than 110 health centres in Africa have benefited from our partnership
1,223,918 people can access better quality health services
20,000 people have benefited from our 8 health campaigns in Africa
986 volunteers, especially from the health sector, have collaborated with Recover
325 volunteer health campaigns carried out in Africa
3,000 people receive better medical diagnosis thanks to Telemedicine
410 people trained in the field of health and health management
180 cases of African patients operated on in Spain

We contribute to the SDGs,
Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030

Awards and recognitions

Transparency and good governance

Activity reports

Every year we publish our Activity Report as a tool for accountability and transparency and as a presentation of our work to our partners, collaborators, and society in general.