News, announcements and programme reports will be published here. As our programmes mobilise, this is where we will share progress, lessons and results — openly, and in plain language.
This page is where we will post each announcement and programme report as it is ready. We publish only what we can verify, and we describe the work as it is — not as we hope it will be. Until a formal report is issued, the summaries below set out the programme focus and readiness of the Foundation.
Our flagship humanitarian health programme is designed to give vulnerable residents of Kumo and surrounding communities free surgical consultation, investigations, surgery, medicines and follow-up — subject to clinical assessment and available resources. The concept note sets out a structured journey from community registration through screening, surgery and 100% post-operative follow-up.
Our empowerment concept note sets out vocational training, entrepreneurship support and financial literacy for vulnerable women and youth. In Year One, the programme targets 300 participants trained, financial literacy for 100% of trainees, and 100 micro-enterprises launched — using a trusted community network built over 26 years.
Cigari is the funding, advocacy and partnerships arm of an established ecosystem that already includes a functioning clinical service provider and an accredited training institution. This closed-loop model — clinical insight, trained talent and funded delivery — is what makes our programmes ready to scale rather than start from zero.
The Foundation is registered as a not-for-profit, non-political association governed by a formally adopted constitution. Our governance is built for donor compliance, transparency and reporting, and each programme is documented and reported so that our results can be counted, named and shown.
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