Major Activities
Advancement of Education:
To offer opportunity to the disadvantaged to have a life-long education Through
- Improve educational opportunities for children especially orphans, handicapped, girls and women
- Promoting the use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) for socio-economic development of communities.
- Enhancing Quality of Education by supporting initiatives that will address high illiteracy within schools, improve the quality of schools in rural communities , provide Infrastructural assistance: chairs, desks, toilets, etc, learning materials and training to teachers.
- Offer of scholarships based on either need and or merit to youths for higher education [transition to post-secondary education within Nigeria]
Poverty alleviation:
We live in a society in which there are still great inequalities and many people do not have basic resources. Augustine Guse Foundation therefore , will promote diverse initiatives in different areas to foster the social inclusion of the most disadvantaged sectors so that the people in them may have a better life. We are committed to helping children in situations of social exclusion and to help improve the social and economic situation of families through...
- Sustainable Agricultural development programs
- Provision of clean drinking water
Youth empowerment:
Through Skill development and livelihood programs
Advancement of primary health care:
To make the benefits of basic and possibly advanced health care available to those who need them, through
- Enhanced Community Health Care: by providing free medical services to rural communities which lack adequate medical facilities;
- Spreading awareness about STDs and HIV/AIDS and work for the welfare of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs).
- Partnership with community health centres and referral hospitals
The Foundation will also support the strengthening of health centres in rural communities by working with NGOs to do the following:
- Train hospital personnel in the provision of quality care;
- Donate medical equipment and provide technical support;
Undertake micro-credit programs:
To form self help groups and cooperatives and run income generation activities by linking them with banks through micro-credit, Organize women into self help groups , Conduct skill development programs for women and Initiated microfinance programs for women.
Giving hope to the needy:
Orphans, Widows and vulnerable children through , scholarship and educational stipends
Environment Protection Programs