Yay! Our train of support, empowerment and capacity building for the TBAs is about to move yet again. Where will it be storming this time…Ebonyi State, Yeah right! The TBAs in the communities of Ebonyi State are about to feel our impact and have their share of the wealth of knowledge and material support we’ve READ MORE
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We Have Gone Modular!
We just launched our first ever modular clinic in Nigeria! The modular clinic is an initiative to create a safe delivery environment for pregnant mothers. This is in line with our on going efforts to deliver the safest health service to these women. The Modular Clinic, located in Nigeria’s coal city State, Enugu is a READ MORE
Capacity Development Training- Adazi, Mgbakwu and Other Communities Reap Bountifully
In August, amidst the Covid’19 lockdown, traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Adazi, Amanuke, Anaku, Ifitedunu, Mgbakwu, Nanka, Nawfia, Nogu, Nibo, Nise, Nteje, Omor, Umunya, and Urum all in Anambra State got a generous share of our capacity development training for TBAs. A total of one hundred TBAs shared from the knowledge wells of GEANCO Foundation’s READ MORE
Excitement As Tablet Notebooks And Solar Power Banks Get To GEANCO Scholars
The distribution of electronic tablets and power banks commenced in the Ancient City of Ibadan and the Cold City of Jos before the train arrived in Enugu, the Coal City. The GEANCO Scholars in these cities were overwhelmed with joy and excitement as they received their presents with thankfulness and gratitude beaming all over their READ MORE
GEANCO Foundation Begins Free Mama Kit Distribution
It always gladdens the heart of a mother when she is being delivered of her child and both remain safe and healthy. Safe and successful child deliveries can always be achieved when caregivers saddled with the responsibility, are adequately equipped with such tools as they may require to efficiently discharge their duties. Hence, the distribution READ MORE
GEANCO Begins Distribution Of Tablet Notebooks and Solar Power Banks To Her Scholars
According to the UNICEF’s information sheet on Girls’ Education 2007, the education of the girl child does not only bring the immediate benefit of empowering girls but is also seen as the best investment in a country’s development. Nothing puts a smile on the face of a girl child than to be well assured of READ MORE
COVID19 Response: Training and PPE Distribution
The Corona Virus Disease has continued; with a broad spectrum impact on the globe. The economic downturn, new social paradigms, and work ethics have followed in response to the pandemic. Countries are still working hard to contain the situation. And lots of speculation are in the air about how the post-covid world will look like. READ MORE
The TBA Support Experience
First, it never crossed your mind that you would ever be in this kind of training. Second, the tools you get are things you always desired but never could afford. Third, they treat you with much more respect than you’ve ever got from the ‘educated’ folks in the decades of your practice. You couldn’t help READ MORE
THE COVID 19 THREAT – HELPING NIGERIA STAND
The COVID 19 outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. COVID’19 spread from Wuhan, China till it reached even the recesses of Africa. Nigeria confirmed its first COVID 19 case on 27th February. Since then, the number of infected persons has risen slowly but steadily to over 200, READ MORE
2020 Leadership Summit-Wholistic Leadership Development for the Girl Child
Come July 2020, the first edition of the David Oyelowo leadership summit for the girl child will hold in Enugu, south-eastern Nigeria. Thirty-three girls drawn from the North-East, South-East and South-West geopolitical zones of the country will be gracing this summit. These girls are beneficiaries of the David Oyelowo Leadership Scholarship for the Girl Child, READ MORE
Say Hello to our Interns!
The GEANCO internship program was formalized in May. Prior to this, three interns had been working with the missions under an informal arrangement. Our field staff found it a necessary form to increase efficiency on the field. This May however, the arrangement received an official approval. The internship program was launched with a project planning READ MORE
A Step In The Right Direction; The Management Development Program
Aside from the strategic direction of an organization, the second factor that determines the effectiveness of organizations is staff quality. High-quality staff deliver great value. Successful organizations invest a lot in staff capacity development. Anyado and Samson Abani serve GEANCO Nigeria on her different projects in the country. Late last year, they attended the Johnson READ MORE
The Case for Reorganizing Traditional Birth Attendance
In the face of an inefficient health system, trained TBAs have been seen to be useful in providing efficient, cheap and quality care, counselling, and referral and logistical support, including treatment adherence support. Throughout history, traditional birth attendants (TBAs) have been the main human resource for women during childbirth. Their role varies across cultures and READ MORE
Constance Bids Her Clutches Farewell As She Heads Back To School
On September 14, 2007, Constance lost her immediate family in a road accident. She survived the accident, but not without sustaining a major hip fracture. Since that black September, Constance lived with the pains of her damaged hip, the lifestyle limitations that came rent-free, and more grievously, the loss of every member of her immediate READ MORE