Whether it is providing solar lights, clean water, medical outreaches or scholarships to students from poor homes, the Gideon Jock Foundation is a front runner in the race to save lives and improve the quality of lives of rural communities in Southern Kaduna.
By Bomba Dauda
Gideon Jock Foundation has hit the ground running, it begins rendering humanitarian services in rural communities of Southern Kaduna barely 24 hours after the foundation breathed its first air on 6th April, 2025 at a banquet in Abuja to mark the 50th birthday of Hon. Gideon Jock, the Hasken Jaba (Ham), the magnanimous heart behind the humanitarian organisation and the successful operation of his son, Asher, who was born with holes in his heart.
Speaking about the mission and vision of the foundation at the official launching of the foundation, Jock said, the foundation is dedicated to empowering rural communities by providing access to education, healthcare, portable water, economic development and opportunities.
He went further, we thrive to cultivate hope, resilience, and self – sufficiency, enabling individuals and communities to break the cycle of poverty and achieve their full potential. The foundation vision is to have a world where everyone will have the opportunity to thrive, regardless of their background or circumstance.
Gideon Jock: Hasken Jaba(Ham), Accountant, Consultant, Politician, humanitarian and Philanthropis
Jock’s speech highlighted the significance of giving, generosity, and making a positive impact on humans and their environment. The foundation will be working assiduously to address some of these pressing issues affecting mankind in Southern Kaduna while keeping hopes alive.
The name of Gideon Jock is not only synonymous to giving, but he signifies unity and justice. Jock craves for an ideal society where equality and justice looms, a state of utopia where the rich and the poor will live happily together.
In an exclusive interview after his Thanksgiving Service to appreciate God for 5 decades of God’s faithfulness and blessings in his life and his investiture into Jaba traditional title holders as the Hasken Jaba(Ham) on Sunday 27th April, 2025, he revealed this about himself: ‘’ When I was 40 years, I said to myself that I want to retire early, not until I’m 60 years old before I will retire, I was born by a pastor, I was brought up by the community. So, I needed to safe energy to be able to serve my community and the church and to preach the gospel in a different way and these are the reasons for the establishment of Gideon Jock Foundation.’’
The humanitarian organisation had a groundbreaking ceremony of a Guest House, a four-bedroom apartment with a sitting room for clergies, both Christians and Muslims, can stay there free, but not more than 4 days and the church can decide to give it out for commercial purposes to generate money to be able to take care of the guest house.
Mary Jock quest house at zonkwa
SOCIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES UNDERTOOK BY GIDEON JOCK FOUNDATION AND WHY
Providing Clean Water: As part of the activities to mark Gideon Jock at 50, the foundation set out to do 5 hand boreholes to stand for each decade of his life, celebrating 5 decades of God’s faithfulness and blessings in his life. The foundation allocated 3 boreholes to 3 communities in Zango – Kataf LGA and 2 boreholes to 2 communities in Jaba LGA.
Ground breaking of hand borehole project in Dura
The three communities in Zango – Kataf LGA, Sanzuwam, Ungwan Christopher and Zama Awon breathe a sigh of relief, they have put their troubled past behind them after they witnessed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction and erection of hand borehole by the Gideon Jock Foundation on the 7th April, 2025, a day after the foundation was launched in Abuja.
Sanzuwam, Ungwan Christopher and Zama Awon are small communities, isolated villages that are located in rural areas, far from urban centers, tightly-knitted communities where everyone knows each other. No government presence. Residents depend on shallow wells or distant water sources, which are mostly contaminated. Lack of basic social amenities and economic opportunities for youths in their productive ages are impeding their development.
Providing Healthcare: In line with the Gideon Jock Foundation vision, the foundation in collaboration with Soteria-Afrique Rural Healthcare Initiative embarked on a two -day (8th -9th April, 2025) free medical outreach in Zango – Kataf Local Government Area where over 1000 people attended, about 50 people were operated and given drugs for various ailments. They also had a Caesarian Section where a woman gave birth to twins.
Medical outreach in Zango-Kataf LGA
Before the establishment of the Gideon Jock Foundation, his family have been assisting families who were married for a long time but did not have children, they have been assisting them with In Vitro Fertilisations (IVFs). As a family, they have done a number of IVFs to families.
The foundation through the health sector is set to do 3 things: medical outreach, In Vitro Fertilisation (IVFs) and to help community hospitals. They have previously done a community clinic in Ganduro in Kwoi, Jaba LGA.
Providing Solar Street Lights: The foundation is providing solar street lights to enhance security of the people of Southern Kaduna. There have been security challenges in Southern Kaduna and the solar street lights are given to areas that are facing security challenges. This is to help reduce the security challenges to its barest minimum. The foundation has donated numerous solar lights to communities in Jaba and Zango – Kataf LGAs.
Scholarship: We have been giving scholarships to poor students before now. However, on Saturday 26th, 2025 we gave 50 students from Zango –Kataf, N50, 000 each and the same amount to 50 students from Jaba LGA. This is in connection with the mission and vision of Gideon Jock Foundation which is to help children from poor homes to pursue Western education.
Assist Youth and Women: The area of focus of the foundation is to assist skilled women and youths who are into various kind of trades, and businesses. Though, before the birth of Gideon Jock Foundation, we have been providing women and youths with the requisite tools to aid them in farming, this is to augment their level of productivity.
Distribution of farming implements
On Saturday 26th April, 2025 we equally gave 10 starter kits to 10 carpenters and 10 starter kits to 10 wielders, and the other forms of trades like electricians, plumbers and tailors, 5 beneficiaries from each of the sectors were given starter kits making it a total of 35 beneficiaries as a whole.
Distribution of Relief Materials: The foundation will also distribute relief materials to poor people in rural areas. There is hunger everywhere and the need to intervene must not be overemphasised. There are people who cannot provide for themselves one meal per day. Through the Gideon Jock Foundation, we have shared Rice, Millet, Indomie, etc.
Distribution of Relief Materials
Provide Access Roads: There are small communities that don’t have access roads, their challenge could just be a culvert or to just clear the road for them. Not really to do trunk A or B road. The Gideon Jock Foundation will also look into these challenges.
