Joining
FORCES
Multiply your impact
By turning your donations into the development of local communty inclusion currencies your impact will stay in circulation helping communities.
Please Contact us whenever you send a donation!
For a tax deductible 501(c)3 donation via check or credit card, please donate to our fiscal sponsor BerkShares. And mention Grassroots Economics Foundation (Kenya) on your donation.
To Donate Crypto Currencies (ERC20) like Ethereum please use our account: 0xba0FEE8490118FC4f46Bd0974D7BF93d0e2f1064
You can also donate crypto through our partners:
- open source software development here @ Gitcoin.
- community outreach in rural villages here @ Giveth.
We are seeking support to both spread our programs through training global leaders and currency designers and to deepen cooperative economic resilience in communities already using Community Currencies through increasing health, education and trade opportunities. There are many ways to get involved! Create a Voucher! and Join our community!
Available Positions
Fundraising Officer
Lead the way in designing, implementing and monitoring our diverse fundraising campaigns
Contact us to learn more on the role and on how to apply
Deadline for applications: March 20 2023
M&E and Research Manager
Lead the way in gathering and analyzing community and CC related data, do research into related fields and work with other team to monitor project implementation and effectiveness
Contact us to learn more on the role and on how to apply
Deadline for applications: March 20 2023
Program Manager
Work closely with the field team, coordinate internal resources as well as external resources and have direct responsibility over project outcomes
Contact us to learn more on the role and on how to apply
Deadline for applications: March 20 2023
Developer
Lead the way in designing, implementing and monitoring our diverse projects from a tech perspective
Research,Intern,Volunteer & Explore!
Volunteering, researching and being an intern with Grassroots Economics is a rewarding experience that can change the lives of people in need. You will be building a bridge between cultures and sharing your hope, enthusiasm, skills and dreams. Through this experience you will be able to fully understand how community currencies work and be able to take back and spread this knowledge with you.
Research
Masters/Phd thesis and publications come out yearly and help expand on our work and take it to other communities around the world
Intern
Take part in developing cooperative businesses, designing social and environmental services and communication strategies to strengthen the use of community currencies
Volunteer
Get involved in teaching and playing with children or on the development of different permaculture projects.
Plan to stay for at least 1 month and have a life changing experience
Community
Currency
Design Course
After understanding how to tap into the abundance of communities and build resilient thriving local economies, you will never look at money in the same way.
Please make sure to take the MOOC and read our Training Materials before planning on coming for practical experience
Our Training Materials and MOOC provide a grounding in Community Currency theory, implementation and management with a focus on practical understanding and skills.
"These last days with GE have been an eye-opener. We've seen community currencies improve individuals' capacity to save, strengthen social relations, increase community cohesion and help communities articulate their interest towards local government. Thank you all for very inspiring days and thought-provoking discussions!"
Ester Barinaga, professor in Social Innovation at the Copenhagen Business School.
"I've learned the skills I need to bring Community Currencies to marginalized communities in Benin."
Marion Cauvet, student in the MSc "Agricultural Development" at the University of Copenhagen
"The course taught me the practical steps in designing and implementing a Community Currency"
AbdulHakim Maina working with the College of Islamic Studies, Kenya.
"Seeing first hand the development of Miyani-Pesa in rural Kenya made Community Currencies seem practical"
Thibaud Dezyn a student in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies (CADES) at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
