The Far North region of Cameroon in Africa, as well as parts of neighboring Chad, has some of the harshest and poorest conditions on the continent. In 1997, PIME Missionary Fr. Danilo Fenaroli established the Bethlehem Foundation to assist the people in this region. The Crèche was established as a vital part of the Foundation in 2002 to care for the youngest and most vulnerable. The Crèche welcomes and cares for babies who have lost their mothers in childbirth, hosts sick children, and provides food to malnourished children 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Aside from nurses and aides, The Crèche also has social workers who keep in touch with the families of the babies to return them to their relatives or extended families at the age of 2 or 3.
Ornella Gregori is a PIME Lay Missionary working in The Crèche. She tells us how every day is a challenge to keep the children healthy and well-fed. PIME U.S. donors have generously supported The Crèche since 2021, beginning with just milk. PIME U.S. supporters continue to support the ongoing and broader nutritional needs of these little ones of $33,203 annually from 2026-2028.
Can you help the most precious and vulnerable in need of basic sustenance and a head start in life?
Leader
Published Wed, Apr 09, 25. Written by Kathleen Connors.
PIME USA supporters have supported the smallest among us at The Crèche since 2021. The PIME U.S. Mission Center has continued to support The Crèche with $23,500 annually for the ongoing nutritional needs so that these little ones are cared for and given a head start in life.
Thanks to your direct contributions and our PIME 2024 Tastes of Italy event, $23,500 was raised for The Crèche to purchase the food and basic necessities for these babies over the past year!
Just last month, our PIME U.S. Mission Center Director, Fr. Daniele Criscione, and U.S. Mission Center Administrator, Michelle Regner, visited PIME’s missions in Cameroon, including The Crèche. They witnessed firsthand the amazing impact your support makes at The Crèche all day, every day – Thank you for caring for the most precious and vulnerable among us!
Cameroon is called Africa in miniature (switching from the sea, forests, humidity and rains, the almost deserted). It covers an area of square kilometers. 475,442 and has a population of around 16 ...