Small steps.
Big change.
An undated planner for people building something good. Three wins a day, one question a week, one thread a month, with photographs from the communities we work with.
Also in Spanish: El Hilo.
NewGo looking for extraordinary.
Ancestral wisdom. Modern income.
Ancestral wisdom, kept alive by the people who carry it, and turned into income they own. Journeys, gifts and products from indigenous, tribal and community-led startups. You're invited in.
Not charity. Not tourism. Digital entrepreneurship.
Indigenous, tribal and community-led startups, in places most people never get to see.
The skills and the knowledge were always there. What was missing was the click: a shop, a booking, a customer on the other side of the world. Every journey, product, gift and course starts from the community's own idea, and Elev-Eight steps back as the community takes the lead.
That's the balance we're restoring. The income stays in the community: it pays the families who do the work, and funds whatever the whole community decides comes next.
Meet the communities.
Ovejas · ColombiaFunamos.
Sport · EducationDiscover ↻Funamos
More than a game.
Families turned a rubbish dump into a football pitch. Now kids who grew up on it coach the next generation.
Juanca + MónicaMeet Funamos →
Ecuadorian AmazonAmarun
Pakcha.
Forest · KnowledgeDiscover ↻Amarun Pakcha
Listen to the forest.
A Kichwa community lodge where the forest is kitchen, pharmacy and history book.
Kelmy and the communityMeet Amarun Pakcha →
Amboseli · KenyaKenya.
Land · BeadworkDiscover ↻Maasai community
Every pattern carries a story.
Land, cattle, beadwork and a school with a digital hub, beneath Kilimanjaro.
Legis and the communityMeet the community →
San Basilio de Palenque · ColombiaPalenque.
Food · Music · HeritageDiscover ↻Palenque
Food that remembers.
A town founded by people who freed themselves. Recipes, rhythm and a kitchen full of history.
Bill and the Simarra familyMeet Palenque →
Sierra Nevada · ColombiaAtánquez.
Culture · IdentityDiscover ↻Atánquez
Every street has something to tell.
The capital of the Kankuamo reserve. Music, craft and ancestral knowledge, kept strong.
Enosh AriasMeet Atánquez →
GhanaAmaya
for Africa.
Making · FashionDiscover ↻Amaya for Africa
Skilled hands. Bigger markets.
Ghanaian makers with serious skill, selling to people who care who made their clothes.
Kwame + the makersMeet Amaya →Your next journey.
Each one led by the community. Elev-Eight amplifies their work, building the business and finding the partners that help it grow.
Waiting list openDiscovery trip · AdultsMarch 2027 (exact dates soon) · 8 days
The Ecuadorian Amazon.
Led by Kelmy Tanguila · Amarun Pakcha · Ecuadorian Amazon
Your trip pays forwarda second guest cabin
Kelmy and the Amarun Pakcha families10 placesPrice on enquirySee the trip →
Waiting list openElev-Eight Experience · Families7–14 August 2027 · 8 days
Football + culture camp.
Led by Juanca · Funamos · Ovejas, Colombia
Your trip pays forwardKits for Funamos players and a step towards their land
Juanca and the Funamos coaches6–12 peopleFrom £2,999See the trip →
Elev-Eight Experience · FamiliesAugust 2027 (exact dates soon) · 8 days
Atánquez and the Kankuamo.
Led by Enosh Arias · Atánquez · Sierra Nevada, Colombia
Your trip pays forwarda goal the Kankuamo chose with us
Enosh, El AtanqueroSmall groupPrice on enquirySee the trip →
Discovery trip · Leaders + teamsOctober 2027 (exact dates soon) · 8 days
Walk with the Elders.
Led by Legis and the elders · Maasai community · Amboseli, Kenya
Your trip pays forwardgoats and a cow for the community herd you walk with
Legis and the elders of Amboseli8–12 peoplePrice on enquirySee the trip →
Elev-Eight Experience · Families + everyoneDates on request · 8 days
Life with the Maasai.
Led by Legis · Maasai community · Amboseli, Kenya
Your trip pays forwardwater for the school: repairing the borehole and water tower
Legis, Maasai warrior leader12 placesPrice on enquirySee the trip →
£333 of every place goes to a goal the community chose · Flights not included
Small steps.
NewA football each.
For all 105.
On 30 December, every Funamos player gets a ball of their own, name already on the tape. Give one, or sponsor 35 and put your company’s name on them.
Sponsorship closes 1 December.
£20a ballGifts that elevate.
This Christmas.
Yes, you can gift a cow. Or goats for the herd, or kit for the league. Give a grain or the whole thing, with a card for someone you love.
Every gift moves a goal the community chose.
£10a grainThis is already moving.
Before the businesses, we backed people. Here's what that started.
5M
gallons of water our filters can clean, Ghana
750+
students with an IT hut in Kenya
300+
children fed for six months, through Humanitas and Beatrice's school club in Kenya
3,088+
people reached by early projects
We work with one representative in each community, who builds the business with us. The money it makes goes to social impact for their whole community.
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Fight Global PovertyFight Global PovertyFive years on the road. Follow the journey.
Before a single trip went on sale, we spent five years riding, surfing, walking and listening our way into these communities. This is how it started, and where it goes next.
Follow the journey. New stories from every community, every week. Every follow, share and comment carries them further.
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