By Laiba Saleem
A non-profit organisation from Cameroon which provides support to West African immigrants, including asylum seekers and the homeless, helping them find hope, stability, and opportunities for a better future, is now based in Leicester.
The Crisscross Foundation has expanded its impact internationally across Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, and Cameroon — where it was first founded in honour of the founder and president Etchu-Tabe Besong Enowmpey’s late father Enowmpey Jacques Besong.
Its mission is to empower lives, strengthen communities, and continue the legacy of compassion and service that first inspired their foundation.
Etchu-Tabe Besong Enowmpey said the inspiration for the foundation came after she read a book titled “Mother Teresa.”
The foundation then began under the name Enowmpey’s Foundation, with its first community outreach visits to Bwinga-Tiko, and Tole-Buea, before in 2011 being renamed Crisscross Foundation to reflect its broader mission, and last August moving its base to Imperial Avenue in Leicester.
To find more information, visit its website here or email fcrisscrossfoundation@gmail.com.
