An association promoting awareness of disability in the Lyon region, DNA association, will accompany the annual caravan of Hope For Autism Cameroun in the south of the country in December. The DNA association is collecting toys for children intended for families who cannot afford to buy them until October 25th. In Douala and the villages of southern Cameroon, autistic children are often hidden by families who attribute the condition to bad luck or to "the spirit of water." Some families keep their child away from the neighborhood, while others abandon them by the side of a river. In 2019, the Ministry of Public Health stated the figure of more than 100,000 autistic children in the country, although the structures capable of diagnosing and supporting families remain rare and concentrated in the major cities. Hope For Autism Cameroun, founded and chaired by Charles Nombot, author of Sous les yeux de Lucas. La beauté invisible de la différence, works with these families. The association organizes every end of the year a Christmas caravan that travels through the south of the country to explain to parents what autism is. "Many families still think their child is punished or possessed. When we explain what autism is and show them how to play with him, their perspective changes," says its founder. In December 2026, the caravan will bring a small team from France. DNA association, created in 2022 in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, south of Lyon, usually intervenes in schools and companies in the metropolis to raise awareness of disability. This two-week trip inaugurates its first international solidarity program, called "DNA without borders." The team will bring 500 toys suitable for autistic children, for whom play often constitutes the first gateway to communication and learning. On site, such a game costs about ten euros, while the average salary is around 100 euros per month, according to the association. Charles Nombot confirms this on every tour: "In many families we meet, the child has never had a toy of their own." The toys, in good condition, can be sent by email to contact@dnassociation.fr until October 25th. Financial donations remain open beyond this date on the HelloAsso platform, with a tax reduction of 66% for individuals and 60% for sponsoring companies. To promote the collection, DNA association has relied on humor. Its president, Cédric Barbiero, plays in a series of videos published on social networks, where he parodies cult films to address those who always put off their donations until the next day. The children and their families are never the target of the jokes. The thread of the campaign is a suitcase in which the toys and a camera come before the clothes. "It makes people smile, but we really need each of these toys," he warns. The camera will be used to film the meetings with the families and the delivery of the toys, for a documentary that will be broadcast in France upon the team's return. If this first edition is successful, DNA association plans to repeat the operation every year with its Cameroonian partner.