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Mobilize Community

Engage your people.

Your beneficiaries are also stakeholders in your organization. When they are given a sense of ownership, their skills can be put to use to infiltrate the broader community, achieve positive social impact, and support sustainability.

Transform your citizens into catalysts for social change.

Read more profiles of organizations that utilize the power of their people.

Men on the Side of the Road (MSR)
Mobilizing Tricks of the Tool Trade, South Africa

Strategy MSR repairs donated tools for reuse by MSR-certified workers.

Results According to Ashoka Fellow and MSR Founder Charles Maisel,"The people who gave tools have become the people who support the project in resources, use our services, and speak kindly about us.”

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Adventurers

The Adventurers
Volunteers for Adventure, India

Strategy The Adventurers has built a massive volunteer base of more than 35,000 volunteers by transforming clients into collaborators. Volunteers are able to fill needs ranging from organizing trips to designing buildings.

Results Proceeds from Adventure Trips cross-subsidize programs for the less privileged. Costs remain low, as programs benefit from the expertise of the huge volunteer base.

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Find more Ashoka Fellows and CBI Winners that have pioneered successful strategies to engage the broader community in their social mission.