About us

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)
Elena Arias (Member)
Nicolas Bonilla (Member)
Juan Antonio Álvaro (Member)
Gonzalo Aldámiz-Echevarría (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
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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
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Javier Lasa Benito

Adjunto a dirección. Administración y Soporte

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

Leticia Urquiza Froix

Manager of the African Health Centres Reinforcement Programmes

Specialist in Global Health. More than 8 years of experience managing development cooperation programmes in Africa.

Sonia Gallego Merlo

Apoyo administrativo y base social

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

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

Denise Bundt

Apoyo al área de programas

Alemana, comprometida con un futuro más justo. Formación en Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo y muchas ganas de aportar.

Emilie Ngono

Africa Representative and Head of the Cameroon Office

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

Marcelle Medou

Seguimiento de proyectos y campañas

Master in Political Science. Passionate about decentralised cooperation

Amougou Yves Merlin

Apoyo a la responsable de la oficina de Camerún

Profesional comprometido con la cooperación internacional, la acción humanitaria y el desarrollo sostenible, motivado por el deseo de mejorar las condiciones de vida de las poblaciones mediante la implementación de una ingeniería territorial innovadora y solidaria.

Kenfack Nelo Jean-Marie

Conductor-logista

Solo se va más rápido, pero juntos se llega más lejos.

Leticia de Alvear Trenor

Responsable Alianzas

Conecto personas para buscar juntos soluciones orientadas a mejorar la salud y el futuro de nuestros beneficiarios en África

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.

2024 REPORT

2023 REPORT

PREVIOUS REPORTS

Audit reports and annual accounts

20%

8%

72%

private funds

Companies, corporate and philanthropic foundations

own funds

Individual members and donations

public funds

+ 8 out of 10 euros
go to our ongoing projects

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Our accounts are externally audited

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2024

PREVIOUS ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Loyalty Foundation

We have the "Donate with Confidence" seal.

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'.