Recover Foundation has been carrying out health cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2007
Vision, mission and values
Vision
We envision a world where all people in Africa have access to decent, quality healthcare
Mission
Strengthening the capacities of the health centres with which we collaborate, as well as their staff, so that, in a sustainable way, they can offer dignified and quality health care to people with few resources in Africa.
Values
Professionalism
We work with ethical principles and professional rigour, oriented towards achieving results that have a positive impact on people's lives.
Sustainability
We provide medium-term support until the centres with which we collaborate are sustainable and self-sufficient, without generating dependency.
Proximity
We want all the entities and people we collaborate with to feel close to us and to communicate openly with us.
Transparency
We guarantee the economic traceability of the aid and rigorous accountability. We have the "Donate with Confidence" seal of the Fundación Lealtad.
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.
The Recover Foundation is registered in public records and declared a public utility as a development cooperation foundation.
Our history
The Recover Foundation was established in Spain on 6 November 2006 thanks to the initiative of a group of professionals linked to the health sector, concerned about healthcare in the most disadvantaged countries, especially in Africa, where there are major deficiencies in the provision of health services with certain guarantees and at an affordable price. With this objective in mind, in October 2007, we began our work as a foundation specialising in health in Africa.
Our Board of Trustees
Víctor Manuel Madera (President)
Celso Gonzalez (Secretary)
Juan Carlos González (Member)
Nicolas Bonilla (Member)
Juan Antonio Álvaro (Member)
Gonzalo Aldámiz-Echevarría (Member)
Julio Fernández-Llamazares (Member)
Meet our team
Marta Marañón Medina
General Manager
20 years in the Third Sector. Expert in evaluation and measurement of social impact. Top 100 women leaders in Spain >> Learn more about our director
Marta Marañón Medina
General Manager
20 years in the Third Sector. Expert in evaluation and measurement of social impact. Top 100 women leaders in Spain >> Learn more about our director
Javier Lasa Benito
Attached to address. Administration and Support
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
Program Coordinator. Responsible for Campaigns and Telemedicine
Architect, committed to Africa
Leticia Urquiza Froix
Manager of the Strengthening Health Centers in Africa program
Specialist in Global Health. More than 8 years of experience managing development cooperation programmes in Africa.
Sonia Gallego Merlo
Administrative support and social base
From Madrid, full of enthusiasm to contribute and be of help to others
Cristina Rodrigo Ferrán
Manager of the Volunteering, Training and Patients program
Translator and interpreter. More than 10 years of experience in international cooperation in sub-Saharan African countries
Denise Bundt
Support for the program area
German, committed to a fairer future. Training in International Cooperation for Development and a great desire to contribute.
Emilie Ngono
Representative for Africa and responsible for the Cameroon Program
14 years of experience in health management. Committed to improving health
Marcelle Medou
Project technician
Master in Political Science. Passionate about decentralised cooperation
Yves Merlin Amougou
Support for the Cameroon Program
A professional committed to international cooperation, humanitarian action and sustainable development, motivated by the desire to improve the living conditions of populations through the implementation of innovative and supportive territorial engineering.
Émile Tchoungang
Logistics driver
Logistics driver with 20 years of experience in transportation and logistics. Professional, rigorous, and reliable in managing operations and travel arrangements.
Julienne Dawaka Kemo
Accountant Administrator
Professional and empathetic accountant, passionate about accounting and committed to working seriously and professionally in a humanitarian context.
Our social impact and awards
Nearly 2 million people can access better quality health services
115 health centres in Africa have benefited from our collaboration.
More than 1,000 volunteers, especially from the health sector, have collaborated with Recover.
30,000 people have benefited from our 10 health campaigns in Africa
3,354 people have received a better medical diagnosis thanks to Telemedicine.
525 local professionals have been trained in the field of health and health management.
187 patients from Africa have undergone surgery in Spain
We contribute to the 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.
This seal identifies Fundación Recover as an NGO that fully complies with the 9 Principles of Transparency and Good Practices required by Loyalty Foundation, including 'Clarity and Publicity of the Social Purpose' and 'Transparency in Funding'.