Community Support Tag
16 Oct GBF Partners ACT Foundation on an Entrepreneurship Program for Business Women in Lagos State
On the 23rd of July 2019, Growing Businesses Foundation in Partnered with Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation to empower 65 women in Lagos State. The 65 women were chosen from the 105 women that attended the Entrepreneurial woman event which took place on the 4th of June,...
16 Oct Navigating the ‘New Normal’ For Low income Communities in Nigeria
Funmi, a 54-year-old widow with four children living in the low-income area of western Nigeria lives on a daily wage. The two-week lockdown has forced her and her family into a state of fear as she looks for their next daily bread. She ponders leaving the...
16 Oct SHAKTI: Project Update 2020
Sponsor: UNILEVERNumber of Beneficiaries: 4000 WomenLocation: Anambra, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo and PlateauDuration: 2014 till dateIn the month of November 2019, Shakti project expanded to Kwara and Niger State. 500 women were empowered in each state thereby...
15 Oct GUINNESS GRAIN DISTRIBUTION
Sponsor: Guinness Number of Beneficiaries: 90 WomenLocation: Kaduna, Kwara and Niger StateDuration: November 2020.In September 2020, Guinness Nigeria commended Growing Business Foundation (GBF) on its commitment to supporting the less privileged and vulnerable groups during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. To underscore Guinness Nigeria’s commitment to supporting the...
15 Oct EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection
Funder: UN International Organization on Migration Date: December 2019 till Date Status: Successfully completed Location: Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Jigawa and Kano State Impact: Number of Beneficiaries: 26 Groups of 3 individuals each. In 2019 and 2020 Growing Businesses Foundation was one of the implementing Civil Society Organizations for the EU-IOM Joint...
15 Oct MASK UP LAGOS: GBF’s Response to Covid-19 in Lagos, Nigeria
Sponsors: Unilever, Wecyclers, Ovie Brume Foundation, Elinex, Powerworx and Zubnol Number of Beneficiaries: 1000 individuals Location: Lagos Island Date: 26TH June 2020.In the month of June 2020 amidst COVID-19 pandemic Growing Businesses Foundation partnered with Unilever, Wecyclers, Ovie Brume Foundation, Elinex, Powerworx and Zubnol on the 26th of June, 2020 to distribute...
14 Oct COVID-19 INTERVENTION PROJECT
Sponsors: Lagos Civil Society Coalition against COVID-19Number of Beneficiaries: 250 individualsLocation: Alimosho LGA, Lagos StateDate: 13th August 2020.GBF carried out a sensitization exercise on behalf of the LAGOS CIVIL SOCIETY COALITION AGAINST COVID-19 in Alimosho Local Government Area on the 13th of August, 2020. The areas visited were schools, motor parks...