Joining
FORCES
Multiply your impact
By seeding Commitment Pools you create an environment where local ,community resource commitments can stay in circulation helping communities to help themselves.
For a tax deductible 501(c)3 donation, please Contact us!
Donate and Endow with your credit card or paypal:
Check out the pools on Sarafu.Network and find one that you appreciate and support it with your credit card. If you don’t see something there to support - create your own pool and curate the values, people, bio-regions you care about.
Stake on Grassroots Economics!
The Value of Ethereum (ETH) is growing and growing. We’ve been building on top of the Ethereum Ecosystem since 2018 and it’s never failed us. You can now invest in Ethereum and send your staking returns to Grassroots Economics
Celo is the layer-2 chain in the Ethereum Ecosystem where all the pools and vouchers on Sarafu.Network are published and used. You can also stake on Grassroots Economics via Celo.
We are seeking support to both spread our programs through commitment pool stewards. There are many ways to get involved! Create your own Commitment Pool and Community Asset Voucher on Sarafu.Network! and Join our online community!
Collaborate with Us!
Pool Stewards
Lead the way in designing, implementing and monitoring your own Commitment Pool!
Researchers
Gather and analyze community resource pooling related historical information and data. Research into related fields and work to monitor project implementation and effectiveness. Publish your findings and help expand on our work and take it to other communities around the world,
Grow the Network
Work closely with your community, coordinate internal resources as well as external resources in common resource pools!
Developers
Lead the way in designing, implementing and monitoring our diverse projects from a tech perspective
Intern, Volunteer & Explore!
Volunteering, 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 Commitment Pooling works and be able to take back and spread this knowledge with you.
Intern
Take part in developing cooperative businesses, designing social and environmental services and communication strategies to strengthen the use of Commitment Pooling
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
Commitment
Pooling
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, Book and MOOC provide a grounding in Grassroots Economic theory, implementation and management with a focus on practical understanding and skills.
"These last days with Grassroots Economics have been an eye-opener. We've seen commitment pools 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 commitment pools 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 Commitment Pool"
AbdulHakim Maina working with the College of Islamic Studies, Kenya.
"Seeing first hand the development of Miyani-Pesa in rural Kenya made Commitment Pools seem practical"
Thibaud Dezyn a student in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies (CADES) at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
