Advocacy
Policy advocacy for gender equity and system-level reform — working for inclusive policies that strengthen health systems and widen educational access for marginalised groups.
Our Work · Health, Education & Empowerment
Three pillars. One theory of change.
Health, education and economic empowerment are not three separate projects. They are interlocking levers within the same change — delivered through an ecosystem that already works.
01 — The three pillars
Where our work is focused
Healthier, better-educated, economically empowered communities are more resilient communities. Each pillar strengthens the others, and each draws on delivery capacity that already exists.
Pillar 01 · Health
Healthcare that reaches the people who need it most
Maternal and child health, preventive medicine, community outreach and structured disease response — delivered through Kumo Medical Clinic's 26-year clinical footprint.
Pillar 02 · Education
Education that opens doors and multiplies itself
Scholarships, literacy initiatives and teacher development that multiply impact across classrooms — anchored by eight years of training infrastructure at Barunde College.
Pillar 03 · Empowerment
Skills, enterprise and income that outlast the aid
Vocational training, entrepreneurship and financial literacy for women and youth — converting short-term support into long-term household income.
02 — Cross-cutting work
Advocacy, Partnerships & Humanitarian Response
Three commitments run across every pillar — changing the systems around our programmes, widening who can deliver them, and standing with communities when crisis strikes.
Partnerships
Structured partnerships with local and international organisations — joint implementation with NGOs, government agencies and private-sector allies aligned to our seven constitutional objectives.
Humanitarian Response
Rapid, coordinated humanitarian assistance during health or socio-economic crises — reaching households before a shock becomes a lasting setback.
03 — Flagship programmes
Two programmes ready to scale
Our flagship interventions pair the health and empowerment pillars with the infrastructure already in place to deliver them.
Flagship · Health
Free Surgical Outreach
For vulnerable families in Kumo and surrounding communities, the cost of surgery can mean choosing between healthcare and other essential household needs. This programme removes that impossible choice.
- Free consultation, investigations, surgery, medicines and follow-up
- Priority for widows, low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities
- 100–150 people treated, with 100% post-operative follow-up
Target
100–150
surgeries performed
Flagship · Empowerment
Empowerment & Livelihoods
Vocational skills training, entrepreneurship support and financial literacy for vulnerable women and youth — using a trusted community network built over 26 years, including the confidence of the traditional institution in Akko Emirate.
- 300 participants trained in marketable, community-selected trades
- 100 micro-enterprises launched with seed support
- A referral pathway into healthcare and further education
Year One
300 & 100
trained · enterprises launched
04 — How programmes are delivered
Through one integrated ecosystem
Programmes are not built from scratch. They are delivered by three interconnected entities that together form a complete value chain — from clinical insight, to trained talent, to funded, accountable delivery.
Clinical Delivery
Kumo Medical Clinic
Delivers health programmes directly, and surfaces the real, ground-truth health needs that shape every intervention.
Value to donorsEvidence-based programme design and an immediate, credible delivery channel.
Talent & Curriculum
Barunde College
Trains the community health workers, teachers and administrators required to staff programmes, and supplies curriculum and research capacity.
Value to donorsA renewable pipeline of skilled local talent to sustain programmes.
Funding & Stewardship
Cigari Foundation
Secures and stewards the funding, governs delivery and reporting, and channels outcomes back into evidence for the next round of investment.
Value to donorsA compliant, fundable vehicle that converts capital into measurable outcomes.
This is a closed-loop model. Kumo Medical Clinic surfaces the needs. Barunde College trains the people required to meet them. Cigari Foundation funds and stewards the work — so every naira or dollar is amplified by infrastructure that already exists.
Partner With Cigari
Fund a programme, or partner with the ecosystem that delivers it.
Whether you give, fund or build with us, you are scaling outcomes that are already being delivered on the ground.