Build Stronger Organizations That Go Further
We work alongside locally-led organisations to strengthen the systems and relationships they need to sustain their work and deepen their impact.
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
LASTING IMPACT
Since our founding in 2008, we have believed that the people closest to a challenge are best placed to innovate and lead the solutions that will work best.
MAMA HOPE works alongside locally-led organizations across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda through practical organizational development and systems strengthening. We strengthen the strategies, leadership, systems and relationships that support organizations in sustaining their work, navigating growth and pursuing new opportunities.
Our role is not to lead the change, but to work alongside organizations as they build on what is already working and strengthen the foundations around it.
At the heart of this work is a comprehensive curriculum covering strategy, leadership, operations, finance, monitoring and learning, communications and fundraising. It can be delivered through our nine-month accelerator or adapted into shorter learning programs for funders and their grantees.
OUR APPROACH COACH | CONNECT | CHAMPION
Our approach is built around three connected areas: Coach, Connect, and Champion. Together, they reflect how we work alongside locally-led organizations.
Strengthening the foundations behind their work, connecting them to new ideas and opportunities, and championing their expertise in the spaces and conversations that shape global development.
Strengthen Organisations and the Leadership
Strengthen the strategies, systems, practices, relationships and networks that organisations need to sustain their work and plan for the future.
Build Meaningful Connections
Build relationships with strategic funders and sector partners that create opportunities for learning, collaboration and support.
Shift Global Development Practices
Bring local expertise and perspectives into the conversations that influence how development is funded, practised and understood.
STRONG ORGANIZATIONS
LASTING IMPACT
Locally-led organizations bring deep knowledge, trusted community relationships and solutions shaped by lived experience. They understand the context in which they work, the challenges their communities face and the approaches most likely to create meaningful change.
But doing important work does not automatically come with the time, funding or access needed to build a strong organization around that work.
As organizations grow, so do the demands on them. They need clear strategies to guide decisions, reliable financial and operational systems to manage resources, evidence to understand what is working, strong communications to tell their story, and funding approaches that help sustain their work over time.
These foundations shape how an organization plans for the future, makes decisions, manages its resources and responds to change. They also strengthen its ability to demonstrate the value of its work, build trusted partnerships, pursue new opportunities and create greater stability for the work ahead.
This is where MAMA HOPE comes in.
We work alongside locally-led organizations to strengthen these foundations while keeping their own priorities, expertise, knowledge and leadership at the centre. The goal is not simply to build better systems, but stronger organizations that can use those systems to make better decisions, sustain their work and determine what growth looks like for them.
STRONG SYSTEMS
MAKE MORE POSSIBLE
Our curriculum supports locally-led organizations strengthen the foundations behind their work so they can:
Lead with clarity
strategy and priorities.
Manage resources with confidence
Learn from what works
Tell their story clearly
Build stronger funding relationships
Grow their networks and influence
STRENGTHEN YOUR GRANTEES
Already funding locally-led organizations?
Invest in the organization behind the work.
A grant can fund important work. Strong organizational systems help that work endure.
MAMA HOPE partners with funders to bring our organizational-strengthening curriculum directly to their grantees.
We can deliver the full nine-month accelerator or design shorter learning programs around the priorities identified by participating organizations.
From strategy and financial management to MEL, communications, and fundraising, the goal is the same: stronger organizations that are better positioned to sustain their work, adapt, and pursue their own priorities.
UNDERSTAND THE THINKING BEHIND OUR WORK
From the ED’s Desk: The Work Behind the Work
Community: Shared Reality vs. Shared Geography
Beyond Feel-Good: Funding Faceless Impact
INVEST IN LASTING IMPACT
Locally-led organisations are already responding to challenges, building solutions and creating change in their communities. Your donation supports locally-led organisations across East Africa to strengthen the strategies, systems and relationships behind their work; so they can make stronger decisions, pursue new opportunities and build greater stability for the future.
