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A NEW WAY TO

EXPERIMENT, LEARN, AND ADVOCATE TOGETHER

fito: a network for social impact networks

Launched January 2023. View our deck and follow or join us.

About

In Southern Africa, the word fito (from the Sesotho language) means "joining diverse pieces or people to make one powerful effort".

The word also has many meanings in other languages: in the native Kenyan Dholuo it refers to the rods that reinforce traditional huts, while in ancient Greek it means "to generate or grow".

 

We are strong advocates for networks – collectives of people and groups where deep human relationship are at the core – as the incredible, invisible forces with the potential to shape and change our world.

Thousands of communities and networks exist around the globe to create social change. Yet despite their great potential, they are remarkably under-funded, highly disconnected, and terribly misunderstood for the impact they achieve.

Our aim is to change that.

Deck

Highlights

Take a peek at some of what we've been working on.

Highlights
Image by Omar Flores

We're weaving a diverse coalition

of network and movement leaders, capacity builders, and supportive funders to increase their collective impact – and reshape the way we make change

We aim to do this through:

Collective Experimentation

exploring new ways of working and finding synergies across fields for increased impact

Deep
Discovery

bridging knowledge for cross-network learning, peer support, and generating new ideas

Global
advocacy

supporting funders and capacity builders to valorize networks as essential to social change

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