Rise with
opportunity.
Dìde exists to help disadvantaged children rise, through access to education and health.
Many children are held back not by potential, but by barriers as basic as school fees or healthcare access. Dìde is here to change that.
What we mean by rise.
Direct support
School fees, clinic visits, and the basic things that decide whether a child gets to keep going.
Long enough to matter
Support that stays in place through a child's school years, not a one-time gesture.
Honest about the work
We will publish what we fund and what comes of it.
What the numbers say.
of Lagos's ~20 million residents are enrolled in state health insurance.
LASHMA / Ilera Eko, Dec 2024 ↗Two areas, one simple intention.
Both are places where children need targeted support.
Dìde is built on twenty-five years of public health work, brought to children.
Founded by Dr. Emmanuella Zamba, a Lagos-based medical doctor and public health leader. Her career has been about making care reach the people who need it most. Dìde brings that same focus to children, beginning in Lagos.
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