GAMAID Foundation
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GAMAID Garments

Clean, decent clothing and footwear.

Stage
Body
Activities
5
How to ask
WhatsApp
Photos
31
Clothing sorted and displayed in the GAMAID Garments showroom
The need

Why itmatters.

For someone displaced, with barely enough food to eat, re-entering society, or simply on a low income, the lack of appropriate clothing is a real barrier.

At the school gate. At a job interview. At the church door.

In a place where the way you dress can affect how people see and receive you, not having decent clothes can make an already difficult situation even harder.

For some students, being displaced from a hostel can mean losing the clothes they had. Someone leaving prison may have nothing but the clothes they were taken in. A family that has spent its last ₦500 putting food on the table may have nothing left for a school uniform.

Yet, in another home, there may be clothes that are no longer needed. They are folded in bags or tucked away in a corner, waiting for someone who can use them.

GAMAID Garments brings these two realities together. We receive good, usable clothing from people who are ready to give and make it available to people who need it, so that a lack of clothing does not have to stand in the way of school, work, worship, or simply showing up with confidence.

What we do

How the programmeworks.

5 parts to GAMAID Garments

  1. Collection

    Donated clothes, footwear and accessories are received from individuals, churches, schools, and organisations. Every item is handled with care from the moment it arrives.

  2. Sorting and refurbishment

    Volunteers sort, wash, repair, and press every item before it goes into the showroom. Clothes that cannot be restored are repurposed or disposed of responsibly. Nothing is distributed in a state we would not be comfortable wearing ourselves.

  3. The GAMAID Garments showroom

    Items are displayed for people to look through and choose what they need. Rather than being handed a random bag of items, recipients can pick what fits them and what they will actually use, with dignity and choice.

  4. Uniforms and school outreach

    School uniforms, bags, and school supplies are distributed to students who cannot afford them, particularly alongside GAMAID’s education programme and outreaches to secondary schools.

  5. Tailoring and repair training (ACGH)

    Through the Amazing Christian Girls’ Housekeeping (ACGH) partnership, trainees learn garment repair, tailoring, and clothing care as part of their vocational development. They also repair and reconstruct donated clothes to make them suitable for those who will receive them.

Who it is for

The peoplethis is for.

GAMAID Garments is for children, students, and adults who do not have adequate clothing. This includes:

  • Children who do not have school uniforms or appropriate clothes for school.
  • Students starting a new school, training programme, or job who need to present themselves well.
  • People leaving prison who need a fresh start, including appropriate clothing for their first days outside.
  • Adults in poverty, displaced persons, and families who cannot afford basic clothing.
  • People in GAMAID’s other programmes who need clothing as part of a wider support package.
Get help

How to get help, or refer someone.

WhatsApp the office0810 864 5616

Help is never conditional on faith. Other ways to reach us

Message or visit the office and say what is needed and for whom. Clothing is given from current stock, so we will tell you honestly what we have in your size or the size you need.

  • Getting clothingWhatsApp 0810 864 5616 or visit us at 15 Ikpa Road, Uyo. Tell us what you need, and we will help you sort through the available clothes based on our assessment.
  • Donating clothingBring your clothes, shoes, accessories, and school uniforms to our office at 15 Ikpa Road. We accept all items, even those that may no longer be in good enough condition to wear. Through repairs, reconstruction, and other creative uses, we can find purpose for items you may consider trash.
  • Referring someoneContact the office and describe who needs clothing and what their situation is. We will follow up directly.

How to donate clothing

If you have clothes, shoes, or accessories in any condition that you no longer need, GAMAID Garments would be grateful to receive them. Here is what helps most:

  • Any kind of clothing in any size, especially school uniforms, professional attire, and children’s clothing.
  • Shoes in good repair, in a range of sizes.
  • Bags, accessories, and school supplies.
  • Corporate or group collections: if your organisation, church, or school wants to run a clothing drive in partnership with GAMAID Garments, contact the office.
Fund garments

Every gift hereis spent on garments.

Every financial gift to garments is spent on the programme: the cost of sorting, repair, transport, distribution, and showroom maintenance. Your money makes it possible to receive more donations, process them well, and get them to the people who need them.

Card, bank transfer or USSD in naira; dollars or pounds from abroad; PayPal, Zelle or GoFundMe from the US.

We will show what a gift pays for once the costs are confirmed against our records.

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In pictures

Garments,as it happens.

31 photographs in the album

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From this programme

In their own words.

  • I wear these clothes confidently to my office. GAMAID Garments gave me what I needed without asking for anything in return.

    GAMAID Garments beneficiary
  • What GAMAID Foundation did for me is not something I will forget. I cannot even explain how I felt that day.

    Ibim Jaja, 30, GAMAID beneficiary

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