Education and youth
Preparing for further study and work.
GEF provides career guidance and helps people navigate education-support opportunities.
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Explore GEF's work.
Gumel Emirate Foundation (GEF) works on learning, health, the environment and community priorities.
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Our five programme areas
Digital literacy
Computer skills for study, work and everyday use.
Training is delivered through Sahel Information Systems and Consultancy Service Limited (SISCO), GEF's digital-skills centre. ICT stands for information and communication technology.
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Health
Enquiries about health support.
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Environment
Seedlings and community planting.
GEF raises seedlings and contributes seeds to planting initiatives.
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Community welfare and advocacy
Community priorities and public services.
GEF brings stakeholders together and raises issues such as electricity supply with relevant institutions.
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How GEF works
Deliver
Run computer training and career-preparation activities.
Support
Provide seeds for planting initiatives and help people navigate education-support opportunities.
Convene and advocate
Bring stakeholders together and raise community priorities with relevant institutions.
Recorded work
Dated activities and links to their published accounts.
Career preparation at the Job Clinic
· Education and youth
GEF hosted a Job Clinic to help young people prepare for employment.
Read the GEF report (new tab)Basic computer-training course
· Digital literacy
A cohort at the SISCO ICT Centre completed its six-week basic computer-training course.
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Seeds supplied for hospital planting
· Environment
GUBULE Initiative for Sustainable Development (GISD) carried out a planting campaign at Gumel Orthopedic Hospital, with seeds supplied by GEF.
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Stakeholders meet on community security
· Community welfare and advocacy
GEF's security committee convened stakeholders with the Emirate Council to discuss security in Gumel local government area (LGA).
Read the GEF report (new tab)A reported seedling count, not a survival count
GEF's supplied breakdown records 80,000 seedlings across 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. No 2021 figure was supplied.
View the year-by-year breakdownRooted in Gumel Emirate
GEF's work concerns the Emirate's four local government areas. Recorded activities do not establish equal delivery or coverage in every area.
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What to include
- The programme or community issue you want to discuss.
- Your local government area and the location of any proposed activity.
- The question you need answered, or the skills, resources or support you can offer.
For health enquiries, describe the type of help you are asking about; do not send medical records in the first message.
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