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Lamin Keitas Hope is a non-profit organization recognized by the IRS as section 501 (c)(3) organization located in Charlotte North Carolina. Lamin Keitas Hope was established in November 2019 and led by Dodou Keita and Fatou Jobe Keita. The organization is named after their son Lamin Keita, who was diagnosed with Spina Bifida at 18 weeks of pregnancy. This family has experienced first-hand the demands, difficulties, and challenges of living with, and managing a child with Spina Bifida.
Lamin Keita's Hope has two separate missions based on chapter locations, one in the United States and the other in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Fatou Jobe Keita
President /CEO, Co-Founder
" Every child deserves good quality health care treatments, including babies born with spina bifida."
Dodou Keita
Vice President/Co-Founder
Treasure
"As a Father of a child born with spina bifida, me and my wife are Co-founder's of Lamin Keita's Hope to help children born with spina bifida to have access to medical care & to support families impacted by Spina Bifida "
Dr. John Nute Jabang
Neurosurgeon, Health Advisor
"Lamin Keita's Hope has indeed brought joy to thousands of families and really served as a beacon of hope for patients and families with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in The Gambia".
Bakary Darboe
Program Director
"I believe that people should support each other for all of us to be able to successful. This is what Lamin Keita's hope is doing, Given the opportunity for children born with Spina Bifida to live a full productive life".
" Together we can support and love individuals living with spina bifida to live and enjoy life to the fullest."
Fabba Kijera
Secretary
"People grow to their full potential ONLY if someone cares and give them the chance to. We all are who we are because someone cared for us. That's what Lamin Keita's hope is about: give every child a chance to live a full life so they can be their best self."
