What we do
This will cover such engagements, initiatives, and activities as:
- Leadership studies and training: Courses, seminars and conferences that will take place at the institute.
- Internships and mentoring of young leaders based on the leadership ideals of GIAF.
- Trainings on governance for peace involving government, military, and community leaders.
- Engagement of Executive Members, Legislators, women leaders, opinion leaders on strategic leadership and inclusive governance.
- Partnerships with leadership institutions.
Peace-building/Social Cohesion
This will cover such engagements, initiatives, and activities as:
- Reconciliation and reintegration in conflict affected communities.
- Community dialogues – to foster social cohesion; reduce conflict, and enhanced enduring peaceful co-existence.
- Holding Peace Events: Sports for peace, cultural activities for social-cohesion.
- Building capacity for gender sensitive peace and sustainable development.
- Early warning and response - supporting activities of conflict monitors, analysts, and mediators; setting up a gender sensitive EWER at the community levels; linking up with the grassroots, local, state, and national peace architecture.
- Supporting peace building Activities of Peace Clubs in education institutions.
- Environmental sustainability, climate smart agriculture, food and nutrition security.
- Sub-granting/funding of work-plans of community (traditional, women and youth) leaders to implement peace building strategies.
- Linkages with peace-building agencies, and academic institutions on mutually beneficial relationships towards sustainable peace and development.
- Learning visits to Peace Institutes of post-conflict nations, to under-study lessons learnt and best practices.
Human and Social Development
The intervention aims to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of women youths, and children in target communities through educational support, institutional strengthening, and sustainable empowerment opportunities.
This will cover such engagements, initiatives, and activities as:
- Scholarships: The foundation will offer scholarship opportunities to orphans aged 10 and above through a competitive process (evidence of consistent outstanding performance, tests etc.)
- Educational institutional strengthening in target communities; (providing/equipping of Science, ICT/Computer and robotic labs; teaching/learning materials; construction/renovation on classrooms; teacher training).
- Engagement of Executive Members, Legislators, women leaders, opinion leaders on strategic leadership and inclusive governance.
- Emergency Water Sanitation and Hygiene (E-WASH) in emergency context, schools, and target communities. (E-WASH awareness, digging of boreholes, menstrual hygiene awareness).
- Fellowships: This would offer outstanding graduates the opportunity to pursue a postgraduate degree. The foundation could choose to offer fellowships that cover tuition, living expenses, monthly stipends and costs for attending conferences or similar during the postgraduate study. Where necessary, examination registration fees will be provided for indigent students.
- Livelihoods: Creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for widows and vulnerable households in target locations.
- Access to Justice: Support to indigent women and their children on access to their inheritance rights; gender based violence (GBV) prevention and mitigation services.
Mental Health Psycho-Social Support
This will cover such engagements, initiatives, and activities as:
- Provision of mental health support through counselling and alternative therapies.
- Capacity building on Mental health and PSS to caregivers and volunteers.
- Mobile MPSS Services in vulnerable target areas and communities.
- Community mobilisation and sensitisation initiatives.
- Establishment of wellness centres.
- Supporting peace building Activities of Peace Clubs in education institutions.
- Referrals and linkages to mental health institutions and hospitals.
Research and Defense Advocacy
This will cover such engagements, initiatives, and activities as:
- Build evidence around critical reform areas through research;
- Evidence based advocacy for strengthening defence operations;
- Strengthening defence operations and civil-military cooperation;
- Awareness creation on the responsibility of duty bearers to protect;
- Publication of GIAF Quarterly Defence/Newsletter.
Past Projects
Community Development
Completion of two blocks of classrooms and Mosques in Dambatta and Funtua LGAs of Kano and Katsina States respectively, which were started by the late COAS, LGIA.
Education Scholarship 2023
In June 2024, we launched Education Scholarship dependents of Nigeria Army Personnel in Tertiary Institutions. The event was graced by important dignitaries across the nation. In partnership with the Nigerian Army, the Scholarship Programme sponsors the children of serving and retired Nigerian Army officers to attend any Federal or State University in Nigeria. Recently, the programme awarded scholarships to 50 students selected from Command Secondary Schools across the country’s six geopolitical zones and the Federal Capital Territory.
Future Projects
Waste to Wealth Creation
We are looking convert waste materials from rural areas into renewable energy & useful materials o reduce waste in rural areas and create employment opportunities for the masses.
