Inspired by The Pollination Project's East African Hub Program, Maendeleo (swahili word for development) Hub (mHub) was initiated to identify and support local changemakers who are doing great work in their communities but are often locked out from mainstream funding because they do not have computer skills, internet access or adequate knowledge to write proposals and get funding to carryout their
work and hence transform their communities. By creating a modern community center where grassroots leaders and self-help groups can connect, share ideas, collaborate, and access culturally relevant training on goal setting, strategic planning, budget making, accessing wider networks, fundraising, story telling, monitoring and evaluation, entrepreneurship, microfinance, impact reporting, and providing mentorship, access to flow funds, and a platform to share their stories with the world, mHub aims to empower individual changemakers and grassroots projects that would otherwise not get funding through traditional methods thereby connecting them with resources and knowledge for building resilient and sustainable communities in western Kenya
