About Us
Gender Education, Empowerment & Leadership Organization (GEELO) is a social non-profit- organization whose work is focused on protecting and empowering women and children (particularly the girl child, street children, and marginalized youth) from vulnerable backgrounds across the Somali society. With this, GEELO seeks to promote sustainable health, and social and economic development by engaging the local communities in all community-based approaches for resilience building, growth, and development.
Values
To inspire and motivate women to:
- Transcend the limits of traditional boundaries imposed on them, and explore goals that stretch them to new possibilities
- Expand their capability to their highest level of personal and professional excellence in whatever life or work roles they choose
- Harness their inner strength to conquer work and life challenges
- Expand their confidence to create new paths to self-determination.
- Supporting United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 5.
- Adding the power of our voice at forums and events as a champion of women’s equality throughout Somalia and the horn of Africa.
Mission
GEELO mission is to establish a culture where women are supported to achieve their full potential by harnessing their economic power, promoting social inclusion, changing perceptions and influencing policies in gender equity, literacy, health, hygiene and sanitation, decision-making processes, food security, Peace building initiatives, advocacy and lobbying, community mobilization, resource utilization, Human Rights, GBV eradication, greater control of physical, social and economic environment through facilitation of participation of women in all inclusive decision making processes
Vision
Our vision is to support, guide, inspire, motivate, educate, and empower women to become the best version of themselves by living with dignity and contributing equally to development in a just world where the rights of all women are respected, realized, and valued.