Golden Heart Foundation (GHF) is a charitable non-political,
not-for-profit organization
established in 2006, committed to developing the potentials and improving the
livelihood of the teeming population of Nigerian and African young people.
GHF efforts
in supporting children, women and young people with tailored solutions to access
quality education, strengthen livelihoods and find solutions out of their local challenges.
Since its establishment, the Foundation has offered a number of trainings, scholarships, SME scale ups, skill acquisition workshops, free health screenings, treatments and medical materials donations, nutritional support and shelter to many in need with high-impact and far-reaching solutions as evidenced in the lives of the less privileged.
Goal 1 - No Poverty
Goal 2 - Zero Hunger
Goal 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Goal 4 - Quality Education
Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth and
Goal 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
The pursuit and accomplishment of these goals forms the core of our focus propelled by our Nation Building
and Transformation programs in education, health, and agriculture deployed across various cities and towns across Nigeria.
Improve the African Society by raising transformational Leaders.
To create an African society that is flourishing, secure, and affluent for all via leadership, business-driven programs focused on vocational training, socioeconomic empowerment, and research-based policy creation.
Learn moreGHF in collaboration with experts from various fields, seasoned trainers and experienced entrepreneurs, offers several business development services targeting youth and women led Micro Small and Medium Enterprises. These include entrepreneurship and business plan development, business coaching and mentorship, training, feasibility studies, linkages to financial services and markets.
Development of community-based programs for children and young people, as well as those for private and public elementary schools, senior high schools, and institutes of technical, vocational, and applied training. Initiatives include promoting inclusive education, developing entrepreneurial and financial skills, and protecting children.
Promote the accomplishment of sustainable Livelihoods via capacity building & Vocational skills, and mentorship programming focusing on women and young people in marginalized communities. GHF's programs for economic development assist both men and women in building a stable financial future for themselves and their families. Our efforts are directed on raising household incomes, employment rates, and productivity.
With the express purpose of raising their level of life, we offer timely education and intervention programs to less fortunate individuals who struggle with access to safe and effective medical exams, supplies, and treatments because they lack health insurance. The goal is to increase healthy living and decrease mortality.
Advocacy is a cross cutting theme across all the GHF programs. We champion the adoption of pro-sustainable livelihoods policies at national, county and community levels. Our various advocacy programs are carried out in different states to foster peace, unity and promote justice and equity for all.
It is an annual gathering of multi-disciplinary facilitators and youths across ethno-religious divides under one roof during Independence celebrations. The aim is to rekindle and renew the hopes and visions of the youths as well as equip them with the skills and tools they need to eke a living, make a difference and become change agents. From a humble beginning of about a 1000 youths gathered at our maiden event, the summit is in excess of 50,000 gathering annually with support from relevant public and private sector bodies. Every year, thousands of youths are given a lifeline in trainings, mentorships, certifications, skills, and credit facilities to go better their lot and make a change on the continent at large.
GHF is committed to hunting, discovering and empowering the youths within Nigeria and the African continent. It is in this regard, that the Foundation has established its Golden Heart Foundation Executive Education to develop the right people with the right skills/capacity and values /capabilities for sustainable development or growth of a society. The Executive Education flagship programme is the “Train the Trainee” program. The program offers a multifaceted learning experience subdivided into two phases which are Sector or industry specific courses (Short term -3 days) and comprehensive certificate courses (Long term- 7days). The comprehensive courses are in three levels; Basic/Learner (1 week), Advanced/ Intermediary (2weeks), and Executive (3 weeks) each having 12 modules with highly professional experienced facilitators for each Module.
One in every five out of the worlds out-of-school children is in Nigeria according to UNICEF. This is a ticking time bomb and has placed a sense of urgency on all those concerned. AT GHF, we are not only concerned, but have taken steps to reverse this by collaborating with our partners to create free schools across the country. In these challenging times, the aim is to help poor families meet school costs for their wards and children. This program equips pupils and students in schools with necessary tools to start a new school year in addition to tuition. Items such as school uniforms, shoes, school bags, stationery and other educational materials are distributed by GHF through Partnerships with corporate organizations and kind-hearted individuals. We support schools across Nigeria, with a view to replicating some on the continent at large in collaboration with various partners to give less privileged kids access to good quality education. The aim is to help shape citizens who are healthier, more productive, and active within their communities.
The Chinese proverb that says, give a man fish and he will eat for a day, teach him how to fish and you will give him an occupation to feed him for a lifetime is not in doubt. With this in mind, vocational trainings have been designed to arm poorly educated youths and widows with the skills they need to fend for themselves and take care of their families. Hence, keeping them away from crime.
We believe SMEs and start-ups have significant impact on the economy given the jobs they create across board and will do much more with aid in sight. We help SMEs hone their expertise, provide mentorship and access to credit so they can kick-start or scale their operations considerably.
“The Agriculturist”: This is a program aimed at reducing the employment rate by taking youths back to harnessing the wealth held on farmlands. The youths are exposed to up-to-date technology and global best practices across the value chain to sharpen their cutting edge. Project Feed: This project is a subset of The Agriculturist. It is aimed at providing the less privileged with food from the farms of the youths to support the less privileged families to start small scale businesses while also feeding their families.
“Coming to the National Youth Summit has changed my perspective about things and given me a new knowledge about the Nigerian business environment and its unique demands. I am going back to inject learnings to scale my business to compete with the very best”
“I received a credit facility of N300,000 to start a small business after getting the annual vocational/SME training. Today I am a proud employer of labour and my business has hit the million mark. Its a step I will like every aspiring entrepreneur to take.
“I am a beneficiary of the free health outreach, I was due for a surgical operation but couldnt afford it. It was paid for by GHF and today I am in good health, thanks to the GHF free health outreach.
The Foundation in collaboration with partners has supported less privileged children and youths in excess of 35,000 with nutritional and educational materials; books, School bags, etc.
4,000 youths have been aided with new skills and vocations across states in the South South, South East, South West and North Central Nigeria.
over 1,5000 widows and youths have been reached with our annual project feed program especially around festive seasons