About Us — YADAMA Relief & Rehabilitation Foundation

Who We Are

Founded on dignity, opportunity and compassionate care

YADAMA Relief & Rehabilitation Foundation was founded on the belief that every individual deserves dignity, opportunity and access to compassionate care.

During a visit to Sierra Leone in 2022, our founder visited a local hospital's stroke rehabilitation department and witnessed a shortage of safe rehabilitation equipment. She recognised the urgent need for long-term rehabilitation support and established YADAMA to improve access to humanitarian relief and rehabilitation services for vulnerable communities.

The Foundation is dedicated to the memory of the founder's beloved grandmother, whose generosity, kindness and compassion continue to inspire our work.

Family receiving food parcel and support

Our Foundation

Mission, Vision & Values

Our Mission

To provide humanitarian relief and long-term rehabilitation support to vulnerable individuals and communities by delivering essential aid, improving access to rehabilitation services, and promoting dignity, independence and inclusion.

Our Vision

A world where every person, regardless of poverty, disability or circumstance, has access to humanitarian support, quality rehabilitation services, and the opportunity to live with dignity, independence, hope and purpose.

Our Approach

Compassionate, inclusive and sustainable programmes that address urgent needs and long-term recovery with professionalism, respect and community partnership.

R — Rehabilitation & Respect

We promote recovery, independence, wellbeing and dignity while treating every individual with compassion, kindness and respect.

E — Equity & Inclusion

We provide support fairly and without discrimination, ensuring equal access regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion or background.

A — Accountability

We act with honesty, transparency and integrity, taking responsibility for our decisions, partnerships and the resources entrusted to us.

C — Compassion & Collaboration

We serve with empathy and work alongside communities, healthcare professionals, volunteers, donors and partners to create sustainable solutions and maximise impact.

H — Humanity

Everything we do is guided by protecting human dignity, relieving suffering, restoring independence and creating hope.

Our Logo & Symbolism

Relief and rehabilitation, held together

The open hands represent immediate humanitarian relief, protection and care. The upright human figure represents rehabilitation, recovery, independence and restored dignity.

Together, these symbols express our complete approach: helping people not only survive hardship, but regain hope, mobility, function and self-sufficiency.

Community members receiving foundation bags at the Ramadan distribution

2026

Official launch
12 September

Meet our founder

A professional vision, shaped by firsthand experience

YADAMA was founded by a UK-based Occupational Therapist with a vision to improve access to humanitarian relief and long-term rehabilitation services for vulnerable individuals in Sierra Leone.

Inspired by firsthand experience in a Sierra Leone hospital's stroke rehabilitation department, the Foundation is committed to restoring dignity, promoting independence and enabling people to participate in the meaningful activities of everyday life.

Her clinical insight and community commitment guide an approach that connects immediate relief with practical, sustainable rehabilitation support.

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