Rarely in development work do you see an intervention that sprouts its own two legs and starts running across the country without donor fund
Articles by Will Ruddick
By Will Ruddick
Shrimp Fishing Builds an Economy
Fishermen pay for their children’s school fees by selling shrimp to a cooperative with a freezer for storage. Women buy the shrimp and cook
By Will Ruddick
100+ new Blockchain Wallets in One Day – Fighting Rural Food Insecurity
Rural communities are adopting blockchain based community currencies at an astounding pace! 100+ new users in one day represents nearly...
By Will Ruddick
300 Bob - a money story
This is a story I often tell to being to discuss what money is and what it could be. It is derived from a German tale. One day a Mama...
By Will Ruddick
Celebrating Bernard's Inspiration
Bernard’s vision of diverse monetary eco-systems that support communities and the environment rather than extract from them, as they...
By Will Ruddick
2614 Blockchain Transactions for Basic Needs
In our journey over the last few months building tools for community currencies on the blockchain to support healthy economies, a network...
By Will Ruddick
Interactive Village Market Simulator!
The 5th installment of the Village Market Simulator series is now online! You can find it on YouTube or in the 'Simulations' section of...
The 5th installment of the Village Market Simulator series is now online! You can find it on YouTube or in the 'Simulations' section of our MOOC. The 5th installment of the Village Market Simulator series is now online! You can find it on YouTube or in the 'Simulations' section of our MOOC. The 5th installment of the Village Market Simulator series is now online! You can find it on YouTube or in the 'Simulations' section of our MOOC. YouTube MOOC
By Will Ruddick
Sarafu Cooperative is born!
We are very happy to announce that today, for the first time in our organizational history, the community currency members of the Nairobi...
By Will Ruddick
Rural Community Currencies for Food Security
The Miyani area in Kenya has been identified by Red Cross and the World Food Program as food insecure for over 5 years. Red Cross along...
By Will Ruddick
Ending Our 2017
Dear Friends and Stakeholders, In just three years, Grassroots Economics grew from a community group working to help improve living...
