Circles/Gombe

Logos Circle / Gombe

Location: Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria

First Circle: 25 July 2026

Winnable issues completed: 1

Status: Active

Languages: English, Hausa

Areas: Health

Forum reports: 3, July to September 2026

Logos Circle / Gombe first met on 25 July 2026 in Gombe State, Nigeria. The Circle chose genotype awareness and sickle cell disease as its first issue and ran its first free genotype testing outreach in September 2026.

Introduction

For the Circle to fill: who you are, where and how often you meet, and who comes. Three to five sentences.

Declaration

For the Circle to fill: what the Circle stands for and the problem it has chosen to work on. In your own words.

Join

For the Circle to fill: how a newcomer joins: the Luma page, the group chat, what to expect at a first meeting.

See How to join a Logos Circle.

Winnable issues completed

Dated by the day the work was done, or the meetup that reported it done. Figures are the Circle's own, from its reports.

#	Date	Issue	Area	What was delivered	Report
1	20 Sep 2026	Genotype awareness and free genotype testing	Health	At ECWA Urshalima Bagadaza, the Circle ran sensitisation and health education on sickle cell disease and genotype inheritance. 49 specimens were collected for genotype testing, with 4 Medical Laboratory Scientists and 7 community volunteers.	t/1945

Working on

The genotype campaign is planned to continue in more communities across Gombe State. The August plan named five communities from September to November 2026, with 30 to 50 people tested in each and an estimated cost of about ₦5,000 per test (t/1900, t/1945).

Reports

25 July 2026, first Circle meetup on five local priorities (20 registered, 13 attended): t/1821
29 August 2026, planning meetup for a three-month genotype campaign (22 participants): t/1900
20 September 2026, genotype awareness and free testing outreach: t/1945

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