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We are a learning ecosystem facilitating community change agents to re-imagine & propel our shared prosperity.

We weave a network of caring communities to share dreams, needs and abundances. We envision a world in which every community thrives.

18/09/2026

Do you have an idea for creating positive change in your community? Or are you already working on a project for good and engaging others to make a difference?

That’s civic leadership: identifying a challenge in your community and working with others to create solutions, inspire action, and make a positive difference.

The Ashoka Carnegie Challenge calls upon young people under 20 in Kenya 🇰🇪 , Nigeria 🇳🇬 , South Africa 🇿🇦, and the United States 🇺🇸: we want to hear ideas and projects for creating positive impact and encouraging other young community changemakers to participate in civic engagement.

Enter for a chance to win seed funding, connect with other young changemakers, and attend an in-person convening!

Learn more: https://www.changemakers.com/en/carnegie-challenge-civic-leadership

16/07/2026

This UDJOG initiative brings together four self- help- groups in Bangladesh 🇧🇩

It shows strong collaboration between women across villages, increased agricultural productivity, and growing confidence among participants. The shared ownership of equipment created new income opportunities and strengthened community cohesion. Members also became more aware of climate-related risks and social challenges, contributing to stronger community decision-making and empowerment. This joint investment opportunity -their own savings, as well as some Kula capital, both coming with trust- and collaboration with the supporting partner CRSS, demonstrated that community-led decision making can ignite resilience in marginalised communities and support them to move toward longterm economic stability.

This is just one of the many examples of our impact in communities across the globe. Kula's annual report, is packed with examples like these: https://www.kulainternational.org/index.html

Thanks to the leadership of CRSS and the SHG members of course.

10/07/2026

We recently learned about sufficiency.

Sufficiency is a change in consumption patterns, which results in reciprocity in every link of the chain.

This resonates with us a lot! What do you think, moving the focus more to this concept of sufficiency, in stead of efficiency or even poverty and inequality - helpful? Or not? We welcome your thoughts on this.

03/07/2026

Look at this community mill, operated by these cooperative members in Jajarkot, Nepal 🇳🇵.

In 2025, the 26 cooperative members (Chandrasurya Farmers Group) decided to jointly invest in a mill - with their own savings, as well as some Kula capital - . Once it got in operation, the time to travel for hours for milling grains reduced, and directly benefited approximately 250 households. The initiative stimulated vegetable farming, increased agricultural production, and generated local employment.

This is just one of the many examples of change communities bring, across the globe. Kula's annual report, is packed with examples like these: https://www.kulainternational.org/index.html

It reflects a year of strengthening partnerships, deepening community ownership, and learning alongside the communities. From new community chests like this in Nepal to inspiring stories from Bangladesh , Colombia, Niger, India, The Gambia and the DRC, the report highlights how local leadership, trust and collective actions, creating lasting impact in communities.

Thanks to Yogi Kayastha, Govinda Raut, nemeti Baba and the cooperative members for your leadership on this.

26/06/2026

From soap to success

When women are given the opportunity to lead, innovate, and build sustainable livelihoods, the impact extends far beyond individual success—it transforms families, communities, and future generations.

Take the Arankon Beehive, a group of 20 resilient, hardworking, and entrepreneurial women in, Foni district, The Gambia 🇬🇲. Together they launched their organic soap 🧼 production venture in the first quarter of 2024. Since its inception, these remarkable women have demonstrated exceptional dedication, growth, and business acumen, successfully completing more than 20 organic soap production cycles. As a result, next to income, obviously also improved access to hygiene products, in which they contribute to healthier communities. Ultimately, this together is leading up to shared prosperity.

Be inspired and watch the story of Musukoi Tamba – Anchor woman and group leader: https://www.movetomutualism.org/sparks/arankon-beehive-in-the-gambia/

22/05/2026

🌿mari bi - a new source of prosperity tapped by the Falwel community

In a partnership between Kula and Potentiel Terre, the women cooperative AMANA has launched village venture in Falwel in Niger 🇳🇬 , by processing local crops. With a community chest that holds a revolving fund, consisting of their own savings as well as some foreign capital, the investment in their village venture was made.

The guiding principle? Receipts are systematically reinvested to finance new production cycles, ensuring the building of long-term financial autonomy without external dependence.

🏗️ Moving Toward Industrializing a Local Spice production
The production unit is now semi-mechanized, featuring: ✅ A milling unit and a dehulling machine (a local first!). ✅ A storage warehouse, a standardized kitchen, and a processing facility. ✅ A structured labor organization to ensure continuous production.

📈 Concrete Results in Just 4 Months activities
65 bags of sorrel processed and sold - generating a profit. ✅ some funds allocated in livestock fattening loans to 20 women retailers, creating the first marketing circuit connecting residents. ✅ some funds invested in AMANA members and local youth workers loans.

🌍 Community Impact Beyond Expectations
More than just numbers, this project is a shared abundance factory : 👥 46 direct jobs created (41 women and 5 outh): 21 processors, 20 local retailers, and 5 youths workers. ⚡ Labor relief: A significant reduction in exhausting manual labor for 10 villages. The machines now allow for the automated dehulling of millet, maize, and sorghum, radically easing the daily lives of local women. 📍 09 new villages impacted: The host village and 9 surrounding communities of AMANA. 🌱 Agricultural transformation: Sorrel is no longer just a subsistence crop; it has become a high-potential cash crop for the future.

🤝 This could not have happened without the government for the institutional support and tax exemptions.

This could not have happened without the intention from the start to rust the community, and to share our abundances with these communities in need of inclusion.

17/05/2026

Join forces to build thriving local economies.
📅 June 16-18, 2026,
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

We are on a joint journey —where Indigenous wisdom and grassroots movements are already reweaving local economies. This gathering offers an inspiring opportunity to learnfrom Brazilian experiences and strategies, and a space to connect and explore with others how we work towards a shared global to local, while remaining deeply rooted in our own places.

The Summit focuses on practical pathways for strengthening hashtag , with local hashtag as a key entry point for wider transformation.

Be part of a global movement reimagining the future of our economies from the ground up.

Find more information here:
https://www.movetomutualism.org/shared-efforts/planet-local-summit-brazil/

25/04/2026

Watch this Funding Circle with 30+ indigenous women-led groups. The launch of the Naapu fund for justice is a historic milestone!

Why?
💥 It is a shift in power.
🏆 It is recognition.
🫶🏾 It is trust placed directly in the hands of women who have long led change with little support.

For years, grassroots leaders have protected nature, defended their rights, brought positive change in the community, while navigating severe resource gaps. If financial resources reached them, local leaders were expected to execute and implement, and were at best consulted. Women solidarity groups have held communities together—often without recognition or access to funding due to systemic barriers. This funding circle marks a shift to community empowerment and is coming with actual decision power.

Read more here:
https://www.movetomutualism.org/sparks/a-funding-circle-with-30-indigenous-women-led-groups/

Picture credits go to Naapu

07/04/2026

Our Vidushi – Njambi Njoroge shares her insights from the last part of our Global Mutualism Fellowship program: an immersion visit in Assam and a pilot with a community in Nashik, India 🇮🇳 . When she traveled to India for the cross pollination program she expected to learn about systems. Instead, she learned about people.

Learn how the actual process of commitment pooling - a solution supported by Sarafu Network that works for communities in Kenya 🇰🇪 is brought into being in India. And how the community self-organising structure - called Swavalamban Samitis, by the award-winning Drishtee - is brought to Kenya.

Get inspired by her insights here : https://www.movetomutualism.org/support/community-solutions-cross-pollination-between-kenya-india/

26/03/2026

Meet Aparajita and the change her 'pack' realised in their village

In a small village in Sivasagar, in India 🇮🇳, we met five women who wanted to start something of their own. With just 5,000 INR, they took their first step and started making incense sticks.

It wasn’t a smooth journey. Every day came with challenges—rising costs of raw materials, expensive packaging, and the constant uncertainty of whether they could keep going. There were moments when it could have stopped there. But sometimes, all it takes is someone to stand beside you.

Through support, guidance, and collaboration Drishtee became a part of their journey. Read Aparajita’s story: https://www.movetomutualism.org/sparks/aparajitas-story/

Sometimes, all it needs is a supportive partner: join us and be one!

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