Local Leadership
We believe that epic change can only be created through passionate commitment from local individuals who have demonstrated successful leadership within their communities. While we provide access to global resources and global ideas, we use those only to empower local leaders to make critical decisions based on their understanding of and a deep respect for their own culture and people.
Self-Sufficiency
We believe that communities can only be transformed from within, and therefore support only changes that are proposed, funded, implemented and sustained by people who live locally. We adamantly refuse to rob communities of their sense of value, power and autonomy by fostering a relationship of dependency on our organization or any outside group.
Incremental Success
We think big, and start small. We ensure that organizations build the infrastructure necessary to support each implemented change and demonstrate success before we make further investment.
Sustainability
We work with our partners to ensure long-term success by developing plans for local maintenance and continuous improvement of project outcomes.
Focus
We concentrate our efforts only on as many opportunities as we can thoughtfully manage with adequate resources. We undertake new projects only when existing initiatives are well on their way toward successful outcomes.
Repeatability
We leverage our resources effectively by investing only in those ideas that have the potential to be repeated in more than one community. |
