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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.
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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!
Read the Grassroots Economics Book to dive deeper into the theory and practice of Commitment Pooling.
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.
“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
Student in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies (CADES) at the University of Leuven, Belgium