In Mauritania, shame is treated with dignity. But how to treat illness? For that, we need you.

In Mauritania, disability is often kept quiet. Hidden behind four walls, as if it were a mistake to apologize for. Charity is given “without looking in the eye” — a coin toss and a quick departure, so no one has to see the discomfort.

At Good Factory, we do the exact opposite. We look people in the eye. On the outskirts of Nouakchott, in the heart of the desert, we support Foyer de l’Enfance. It’s not just another care center. It’s a place where 200 children regain the right to be someone — not just a “medical case.” But for this oasis to survive, it needs fuel. That fuel is medicine. We are raising €5,000 for a year’s supply of essential medicines!

Why antipsychotic medications? Because peace is a luxury.

Many of the children in our care live with severe neurological disabilities. For them, the world is often too loud, too bright, too overwhelming. Without proper medication, their own nervous systems become a prison — leading to self-harm, anxiety, and episodes that cannot be soothed with a hug.

These meds are not about “quieting” children. They are a key to freedom. Thanks to them:

• The child stops hurting themselves and others.
• The physiotherapist can begin exercises because the body is no longer fighting back.
• The mother can finally take a breath, knowing her child is simply resting — not suffering.

Rescuing a child from hunger takes more than food

Another part of our pharmacy is a rescue kit for children who arrive severely malnourished. Rice and vegetables are not enough when a body has forgotten how to digest properly. We need protection to rebuild what hunger has destroyed.

Your donation will help fund:

• Antiparasitic meds: So the food a child eats nourishes their body, not “uninvited guests.”
• Protective antibiotics and therapeutic supplements (iron, vitamin A, folic acid): A body weakened by hunger loses its ability to fight bacteria and viruses. A simple infection can become life-threatening.
• Electrolytes and rehydration solutions: Malnutrition combined with diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death in Africa.

We’re building upward so life can continue below

Foyer de l’Enfance is bursting at the seams. We want to move our offices and sewing workshops upstairs, freeing up space on the ground floor for additional rehabilitation rooms. We want the mothers who sew and make jam with us to have a space of their own — where they are no longer seen only as “mothers of children with disabilities,” but as proud artisans.

But we cannot build a roof if we don’t first secure the foundation: the children’s health.

€5,000. That is the cost of a year of calm, relief from pain, and a chance to grow for 200 small heroes. Help us stock our pharmacy shelves.

The Good Factory Foundation is a Public Benefit Organization with more than 11 years of experience in providing humanitarian aid.

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