GIPSEDGrassroots development. Shared opportunity.

Rooted in Osun · Incorporated in 2013

Opportunity starts
at the grassroots.

Helping children learn, bringing healthcare closer to families and supporting women’s livelihoods.

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DMO Scholars and parents at Aagba Methodist School, Aagba
DMO Scholars and parents · Aagba · 2024
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DMO Scholars selected since 2017

200+

women received interest-free loans by 2023

3,000+

medical beneficiaries in the 2014 round

Our purpose

A better quality of life.
Within everyone’s reach.

Grassroots Initiative for Positive Socioeconomic Development (GIPSED) works to improve wellbeing by expanding access to education, healthcare and economic opportunities.

Our work focuses on Odo-Otin, Ifelodun and Boripe in Osun State—three neighbouring LGAs with a combined population of approximately 509,000.

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Practical support. Shared opportunity.

Our interventions

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The people behind the work

A commitment shaped
by experience.

Dr Michael and Mrs Oluwapelumi Olugbile founded GIPSED to extend the kind of timely support that helped Michael continue his own education.

Meet our co-founders
Dr Michael Olugbile, co-founderMrs Oluwapelumi Olugbile, co-founder

From our communities

Stories worth sharing

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Our impact in numbers

Every number tells a story.

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