Our Impact & Theory of Change
Impact
We've refined our model over a decade of working alongside impact innovators across Africa, Asia and Oceania, our locally-led model placing community, culture and context at the centre.
A$1.4M
Impact capital deployed to accelerate social ventures.
x817
Local innovators supported to tackle social challenges.
80%
Of ventures we support are led by women – because when women lead, entire communities rise.
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Locally-led accelerators delivered across Africa, South Asia, the Pacific Islands and Australia – tailored to the context, needs, and ambitions of each community.
1,000,000
Lives changed through school feeding programs, maternal healthcare, rural livelihood generation and more.
Theory Of Change
If we back under-estimated local innovators across the global south, those focused on improving livelihoods & health of women & youth in under-served communities...
Through...
- Localised design & delivery via yLab
- Responsive coaching & community
- Developing yCapital Continuum partnerships
- Convening Innovators & yCollective mentors
- Capacitating impact ventures to co-design & accurately evaluate impact
- Sustaining support over 5 years
- Investing in technology & tula.ai to underpin these activities
Then Community-Led Impact Ventures...
- Will emerge in under-served markets
- Sustain & scale their impact
- Accelerate their impact
- Deepen their impact
- Leverage additional capital
And at a systems level...
- Communities thrive with the full participation of Women & Youth.
- Women & Youth will access better Livelihoods & Health.
- Local role models spark behaviour change in communities to advance gender equity.
- The collective wisdom of under-served communities is amplified & centred.
- Narratives are redefined, resulting in the redistribution of resources to support locally-led development.