Enugu Modular Project- So Far So Good!

Remember our Modular Clinic? Yes! The detachable container now fashioned into a beautiful and well-furnished clinic, donated to a traditional birth attendant to provide a haven for pregnant women during deliveries in the Coal City State of Enugu, Nigeria. We are glad to say the facility is indeed coming up nicely and has gained widespread READ MORE

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

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