Mission

Our mission is to unite, empower and support relief of poor, distressed and underprivileged women worldwide. Our purpose is to catalyze the development of conscious communities of change agents who will work independently, collectively and systemically to advance the rights and wellbeing of women and girls.

What We Do

Our core program is our Academy for Conscious Change, a mindfulness-based leadership program and social venture incubator that catalyzes vulnerable women and girls who wish to launch their own grassroots organizations. The Academy lasts 12-18 months, the pace of which is driven by the teams, and offers the following high-engagement support services in four phases:

1. Intensive, interactive 40-hour training program, incorporating (a) mindfulness-based leadership and personal growth practices, (b) mind-body trauma healing and (c) social entrepreneurship and non-profit management skills
2. 3- 6 months of hands-on non-profit venture development facilitation
3. Seed grants and implementation support
4. 12-months non-profit apprenticeship with ongoing, high-engagement advisory support

Since 2006, Global Grassroots has trained over 500 emerging change agents in Rwanda, Northern Uganda, Liberia, Cameroon and the US, who have designed more than 150 civil society organizations serving 175,000 people.