LifeDrop turns the urgent “does anyone know a donor?” message into a clear path to a verified volunteer nearby — with MTN MoMo handling the coordination.
This story started with Ayodah: 400+ people raised their hands to donate, and 310 donations made it to patients since 2022.
A request comes in. A nearby donor says yes. The whole story stays in one chat.
Those numbers belong to Ayodah, our first platform. LifeDrop carries its people, trust, and hard-earned lessons into WhatsApp.
Step into the story as a donor or a family: answer a few questions, make a match, handle the MoMo coordination, and see how the solidarity waiver keeps the door open.
Before anyone gets the “can you help?” message, a partner hospital screens their health and confirms their blood type.
We check with the ward first, so a donor never crosses town for a request that cannot be confirmed.
If a family cannot cover the coordination fee, the Solidarity Access Fund quietly steps in.
We called our first idea Ayodah. It began as a website, grew into a mobile app, and sent us into donor drives and hospital wards across Buea. There were branded shirts, long days, nervous families, generous donors — and a Silicon Mountain Challenge win that made the whole team grin.
More than 400 donors joined. Together, we helped coordinate 310 successful donations with 3 hospitals and 5+ NGO partners. Behind every number was a person who paused their day and chose to help someone they might never meet.
People still cared. They just did not want another app sitting on their phone for the one or two moments a year they might need it. Donors signed up, closed Ayodah, and carried on with life. Slowly, the busy little network we had built became far too quiet.
The app was quiet, but our messages were not. “Do you know an O– donor?” kept landing in our personal chats at breakfast, during work, and late at night. The need had not disappeared. It had simply chosen its own front door.
“We kept asking people to come to our app. They kept asking us for help on WhatsApp. Eventually, we stopped arguing with them and moved.”Chifen Sama Nduma — Founder & CEO, registered nurse
So we moved the front door. LifeDrop brings Ayodah’s donor community, hospital relationships, and hard-earned lessons into WhatsApp, with MTN MoMo underneath. The mission stayed the same. The experience finally feels like the way people already ask for help.
These are real moments from the Ayodah years: donor drives, ward visits, and volunteers who kept showing up. As we gather consented stories, this space grows with voices in English and Pidgin too.
From a donor’s first hello to the hospital follow-up, the conversation stays easy to find.
A few health questions lead to a free screening at a partner hospital.
We call the ward and confirm the details before a single donor is disturbed.
Blood type, distance, and eligibility narrow the search; donors answer yes or no with one tap.
If the fee is out of reach, the solidarity fund covers it. The search keeps going.
The hospital takes over the medicine. We check in, say thank you, and close the loop with care.
Blood is collected, tested, and transfused only in licensed hospitals. LifeDrop makes the introduction; clinicians handle the medicine.
Ayodah taught us that the cleverest feature means little inside an app nobody remembers to open. The urgent messages were already arriving on WhatsApp, so LifeDrop made itself at home there.
No download, forgotten password, or update waiting at the worst possible moment.
The flow is mostly text, so it stays useful on an everyday Android phone and an uncooperative signal.
The whole conversation speaks both, because Cameroon does. Help should not wait for a translation.
A family who cannot afford the coordination fee still gets the same search, the same speed, and the same care. There is no second-class queue, and the donor never needs to know who paid.
Three streams keep the safety net strong:
Our Buea pilot goal: fully cover at least one in every five coordinations.
The requester approves each coordination payment with their own PIN and receives a traceable receipt.
Donors and families stay on the services they already open every day, using a network they already know.
MTN’s YaMo community brings together young, connected people who understand the power of answering when someone calls.
Organisations that have shared the work with us.
We are nurses, builders, community organisers, and partnership people based in Buea. We have stood in wards with families searching for blood after dark. LifeDrop is the idea we kept returning to because that moment never really left us.
Registered nurse & health-tech builder
Chifen brings frontline nursing experience and the stubborn curiosity of a product builder. She keeps the team close to the realities of the ward while leading product, hospital relationships, and donor safety.
Technology & Engineering
Turns complicated bot flows, automations, and payment integrations into conversations that feel simple.
LinkedIn
Growth & Community
Builds the donor community through campus partnerships, thoughtful follow-up, and plenty of time on the ground.
LinkedIn
Partnerships & Operations
Keeps hospital relationships warm and the many moving pieces of Buea operations moving in the same direction.
LinkedIn
UK-based physician
Guides donor eligibility, screening protocols, and transfusion safety, while connecting the team to international clinical practice.
Different skills, one shared habit: when the message comes in, we look for the next useful thing to do.
Join the donor community, ask for help, or bring your hospital or organisation into the story — all from the chat app already in your hand.