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                <h2 class="box-title">About Us</h2>
                <p class="box-words">Grassroots Economics is a non-profit foundation that seeks to empower marginalized
                    communities to take charge of their own livelihoods and economic future. We focus on community
                    development through economic empowerment, basic income and community currency programs.
                    Beneficiaries of our programs include small businesses and people living in informal settlements as
                    well as rural areas.</p>
                <p class="box-words">Our goal is to improve the lives of those who are most vulnerable.</p>
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                    <a class="a-button" href="{{SITEURL}}/pages/sarafu-network.html">Sarafu network</a>
                    <a class="a-button" href="#">History</a>
                    <a class="a-button" href="#meet-the-team">Team</a>
                    <a class="a-button" href="#sponsors">Sponsors</a>
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                <p class="box-words1">Our work builds on a rich history of community programs in Africa. We have
                    implemented community currency programs in 45 locations across Kenya and assisted with 2 in South
                    Africa and helped more than 40,000 small businesses, churches and schools take an active role in
                    their own economy and development. We are currently developing programs all over Kenya and providing
                    technical support for those outside Kenya.</p>
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            <h2 class="box-title1">HISTORY</h2>
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                            <h3 class="years">2010</h3>
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                            <h2 class="carousel-titles">ECO_PESA</h2>
                            <p>This program was launched as a backed currency model with 75 Businesses taking part in
                                three informal settlements near Kongowea, Mombasa. The currency was backed by donor
                                funds and accomplished some amazing community service and environmental goals in
                                partnership with Green World Campaign while increasing local trade for a year
                                period.</p>
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                            <p class="font-big">On average profits increased in 20%</p>
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                            <p class="font-big">20 tonnes of trash collected 1000's of trees were planted</p>
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                            <h3 class="years">2012 and 2013</h3>
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                            <h2 class="carousel-titles">BANGLA-PESA</h2>
                            <p>Bangladesh is an informal settlement of approximatly 20 000 inhabitants located outside
                                Mombasa Kenya. This was the first place where a program that was not fully dependent on
                                donor funds was launched. After having had a dramatic start, with people being arrested
                                under charges of forgery, this project currently holds 87,200 (ksh equivalent) vouchers
                                in circulation and a network of 218 businesses.</p>
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                            <h3 class="years">2014</h3>
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                            <h2 class="carousel-titles">GATINA_PESA</h2>
                            <p>Gatina-Pesa in Kawangware Nairobi, was the first to launch and first to replicate the
                                Bangla-Pesa model </p>
                            <p>With an amazing march through the slum, starting from Congo and ending at Gatina Primary
                                School,the entire community mobilized around their own voucher. Hon. Simba Arati, the
                                area Minister of Parliament, officially cut the ribbon and launched the program.
                                Currently the network is made up of 258 businesses and a strong wholesale shop that
                                backs the system.</p>
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                            <h3 class="years">2015</h3>
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                            <h2 class="pad-bott carousel-titles">3 MORE COMMUNITY CURRENCIES JOINED THE NETWORK !</h2>
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                                <p class="pesa">Kangemi-Pesa</p>
                                <p class="pesa">Lindi-Pesa</p>
                                <p class="pesa">Ng'ombeni-Pesa</p>
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                            <h3 class="years">2016</h3>
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                            <h2 class="carousel-titles">SARAFU-CREDIT</h2>
                            <p>All of the 5 networks joined under a common umbrella called Sarafu-Credit. This allows
                                members to exchange excess vouchers for Kenyan Shillings.</p>
                            <p>Some other exciting things happened this year:</p>
                            <ul>
                                <li>5 supermarket that act as collateral and network hubs were created</li>
                                <li>We began testing on platforms to go digital</li>
                                <li>The initial stages to develop 2 country-wide cooperates (SACCOs) began</li>
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                            <p class="font-big">90% of users are very satisfied with Sarafu Credit and want to keep
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                            <h3 class="years">2017</h3>
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                            <h2 class="carousel-titles">OUR FIRST RURAL PROGRAM</h2>
                            <p>This year we setup our first rural program in Miyani in partnership with Green World
                                Campaign and we have also pulled all our best practices together into a <a
                                        href="{{SITEURL}}/pages/get-involved.html" class="cert-link">Certificate
                                    Course</a> to be able to help the movement spread faster!</p>
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                            <h3 class="years">2018</h3>
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                            <h2 class="carousel-titles">SARAFU-NETWORK</h2>
                            <p>Grassroots Economics Foundation helps communities and design, deploy, utilize and
                                maintain Community Inclusion Currencies (CICs), which are customizable tokenized claims
                                against redemption. We also support communities to connect CICs into decentralized
                                economies and share certified data for markets and impacts. <a
                                        href="{{SITEURL}}/pages/sarafu-network.html" class="read-more">Read More</a></p>
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                <a id="meet-the-team"><h2>MEET THE TEAM</h2></a>
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                    <p class="name">Shaila</p>
                    <p class="position">Director</p>
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                    <p class="name">Will Ruddick</p>
                    <p class="position">Founder</p>
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                    <p class="name">Caroline Dama</p>
                    <p class="position">Advisor</p>
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                    <p class="name">Sylvia Karanja</p>
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                    <p class="name">Damaris Njoroge</p>
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                    <p class="name">Amina Godana</p>
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                    <p class="name">Louis Holbrook</p>
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                    <p class="name">Spencer Ofwiti</p>
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                    <p class="name">Philip Wafula</p>
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                    <p class="name">Joyce Kamauk</p>
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                    <p class="name">Isavary Khabuqwi</p>
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                    <p class="name">Emmanuel Mbui </p>
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                    <p class="name">Fransisca (Mami) Achieng</p>
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                    <p class="name">Fennie Wang</p>
                    <p class="position">Legal Counsel</p>
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                    <p class="name">Janet Treezer </p>
                    <p class="position">Support Engineer</p>
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                    <p class="name">Grace Rachmany</p>
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                    <p class="name">Gustav Stromfelt</p>
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            <h3 class="text-center special-title">A special thanks to our advisors and individual sponsors</h3>
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                    <p>Holger Hoffmann-Riem</p>
                    <p>Jeff Emmet</p>
                    <p>Griff Green</p>
                    <p>Fennie Wang</p>
                    <p>Reba Chabeda</p>
                    <p>Counsel Reza Zain Jaufeerally</p>
                    <p>Carmen Mauk</p>
                    <p>Professor Jem Bendell</p>
                    <p>Robert Mutsaers</p>
                    <p>Ahmed Maawy</p>

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                    <p class="small-text">Thibaud Dezyn, Jimmy Heyns, Henk Van Arkel, Elvis Ogweno, Annette Loudon, Chris Lindstrom, Christina Bordes, Elizabeth Weiland, Gilfrid Powys, Loucéro Mariani, Jim and Ellen Wagner, The Ruddick Family, The Kowa Family, Dawn Richards, Edmond Oklahoma United Methodist Women, Prof. Dr. Margrit Kennedy, Prof. Declan Kennedy, Dr. Jeremy Bendell, Xenia Heinze, Association TAOA, Jamie Brown, Kevin Cox, Sergio Lub, Hayem Etienne, Edgar Kampers, DELAMARE, David Hall, MULLER, Marie-Hélène, Barbara Schiess, Eva Vander Giessen, Joseph Leonardi, Susan Steed, Guido Hosman, Gabriel Grimsditch, Tobias Fields, Nemo Curiel, Hugo Godschalk, Guido Hosman, Lorne Covington, Bob and Margaret Macemon, Sergio Lub, Mark and Julie Richards, Carla Lundberg, PINTO Romain, Scott Williams, Barbara Schiess, Aaron Vaillancourt, Leander Bindewald, Brent Ranalli, Eric Harris-Braun, Martin Kreidenweis, Georg Pluta, Arthur Brock, Daniel Quay, Guy Staniforth</p>
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