The team at Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa

The race is not finished.

The Dikembe Mutombo Legacy Foundation is dedicated to continuing the humanitarian vision and lifelong commitment of Dikembe Mutombo by improving health, education, and quality of life, while bringing hope and opportunity to underserved and underprivileged communities.

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The legacy of service began in 1997.

Following the passing of Dikembe Mutombo on September 30, 2024, the Foundation carries forward the extraordinary legacy of service he began through the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997.

His belief in using his life, resources, and platform to uplift others remains at the heart of our work.

The Dikembe Mutombo Legacy Foundation is committed to expanding access to quality healthcare and education, advancing girls' education and opportunities, empowering youth for a better future, and supporting sustainable initiatives that strengthen communities and bring hope to those who need it most.

Rooted in Dikembe's belief that every person deserves the opportunity to live with dignity, good health, education, and hope, the Foundation will continue building upon his work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, across Africa, and in underserved communities around the world.

Through service, partnership, education, healthcare, and youth empowerment, we are committed to ensuring that Dikembe Mutombo's legacy does not end with his passing. It continues through the lives we touch, the communities we strengthen, and the generations we empower.

Dikembe often spoke about legacy not as something that ends with one person, but as a responsibility that is passed from one generation to the next.

Our legacy in life is about the race, and this race is not finished, we just have to pass the torch.
Dikembe Mutombo

Our mission

To carry forward Dikembe Mutombo's legacy by advancing health and education, empowering girls and youth, strengthening underserved communities, and bringing hope and opportunity for a better future.

  1. Advancinghealth and education
  2. Empoweringgirls and youth
  3. Strengtheningunderserved communities
  4. Bringinghope and opportunity

What we are committed to.

Health, education, girls, youth, and the communities Dikembe spent his life lifting up.

CT scanner in the imaging suite at Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa

Health

Expanding access to quality healthcare. Dignity, good health, and hope for people in underserved and underprivileged communities.

Dikembe Mutombo teaching students at their desks

Education

Expanding access to quality education, and building on the belief that every person deserves the chance to learn.

Girls in school uniform gathered in the yard

Girls

Advancing girls' education and opportunities, so a daughter's future is not the one that gets skipped.

Dikembe Mutombo with students and visitors at the school

Youth

Empowering youth for a better future. The torch is a responsibility passed from one generation to the next.

The gardens at Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Masina, Kinshasa

Communities

Supporting sustainable initiatives that strengthen communities, beginning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then across Africa, and in underserved communities around the world.

How the work is done.

Through service, partnership, education, healthcare, and youth empowerment.

ServiceThe work is the lives we touch.
PartnershipNo one carries a torch alone.
EducationAccess to learning, especially for girls.
HealthcareQuality care where it is still scarce.
YouthA generation prepared for a better future.
A foundation visit with medical staff at Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa

Building upon his work in the Congo.

The 1997 foundation's flagship was Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Masina, Kinshasa, named for his mother. It opened in 2007. The Legacy Foundation exists so that work, and the wider commitment to health, education, and quality of life, does not stop at the door of memory.

Continue this work

Our guiding legacy

The race is not finished.

The torch has been passed.

The legacy continues.

A brass torch, lit, on linen

We accept that torch.

Through the Dikembe Mutombo Legacy Foundation, we accept that torch and remain committed to continuing the race: advancing health and education, empowering girls and young people, strengthening underserved communities, and creating hope and opportunity for generations to come.

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