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The communities we are elevating now.

Each one is different.
Each one is exceptional.
Each one is leading their own change and showing the world what real community-led progress looks like.

Maasai Community

Kenya

Maasai leaders empowering women and youth through culture, education, and sustainable tourism.

Kenya School

Kenya

Rural school combining digital education, farming, and sustainability to feed and empower 750 students.

El Tambo

Colombia

Community leader building a panela cooperative to generate income and stability in the Chocó rainforest.

Palenque

Colombia

Ancestral town celebrating freedom through food and culture. Building “Sabores de Libertad,” a culinary experience that connects heritage and sustainable tourism.

Atánquez

Colombia

Kankuamo community preserving ancestral weaving and medicine. Creating fair-trade systems and conscious tourism rooted in the Sierra Nevada.

Dumizay

Colombia

Êbêra artisans weaving culture into opportunity through ancestral craft, education, and storytelling.

YukAfro Tours

Colombia

Cultural collective protecting Afro heritage through bullerengue, dance, and mangrove restoration.

Wawa Sumaco

Ecuador

Kichwa foundation combining conservation, farming, and hospitality to protect the Amazon and strengthen community livelihoods.

FUNAMOS

Colombia

Community project turning football into opportunity through unity, discipline, and purpose.

How communities join Elev-Eight.

A simple, powerful process

  • The School of Elevation is open access because opportunity should never be gatekept.
    Any community can apply, and one representative joins on behalf of the whole community.

    They learn digital skills, storytelling, e commerce, content creation, travel development and entrepreneurship.
    Training is free, accessible and project led.

    This is where we learn who is committed, consistent and ready.

  • What we look for to become our eight

    • good communication
    • willingness to learn
    • reliability and respect
    • commitment to their community
    • motivation to complete tasks
    • alignment with our values

    Talent is optional.
    Character is essential.

    Why is this so important to us? Because we are not taking money from the community, so the commitment and energy needs to come from the ones who will benefit. 

  • From inside the School of Elevation, we carefully select eight communities to enter a deeper growth partnership.
    This is not a reward.
    It is a commitment to go further together.

    Eight is the number that allows us to offer real support, mentorship and co creation without diluting impact.

  • A growth partnership is where we build real micro businesses together.

    This can include:

    • travel experiences
    • digital products
    • e commerce shops
    • cultural products
    • content creation pathways
    • storytelling projects
    • services the community can be hired for

    Everything is bespoke because every community is different.
    Palenque is not the Amazon.
    The Maasai are not the Andes.
    We build with what is already strong, authentic and alive.

    They lead the creation.
    We support behind the scenes with digital tools, mentorship and global visibility.

    They do the work, so they earn the majority.

  • • 90 percent of income goes directly to the community project
    • 10 percent goes into the Elevation Fund to support the next generation

     

    Income supports whatever the community chooses:
    clean water, food programmes, conservation, tools, cultural preservation, youth initiatives, micro businesses.

    This is Trade Over Aid in action.

  • Once trained and earning, communities:

    • become part of our global collective
    • can be hired for projects
    • can mentor the next group
    • can grow new micro businesses
    • stay connected through the School of Elevation

    We never replace a community.
    We grow the ecosystem.

  • We are always exploring, travelling and connecting with new projects.
    Some are preparing to join.
    Some are still learning.
    Some are not ready yet.

    Some don't understant the vision, and on their own path. 
    Sharing their stories builds visibility and income because social media is one of our revenue pathways.

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Meet the Communities of Elevation.

We travel the world meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things for their communities. Most of our partners are community led and grassroots, guided by their own vision. Sometimes we meet a charity doing brilliant work, like Funamos, and we support them too because impact is impact.

Many communities join the School of Elevation, the starting point of our ecosystem. It is open to everyone. Through hands on, income focused learning, we see who brings the energy, communication, commitment and integrity needed for deeper partnership.

Eight communities
One shared mission

We collaborate with Indigenous, tribal and marginalised communities who choose to invest in themselves.

Each one brings their own history, strengths and vision for the future.

Our role is simple. We amplify what already exists and bring it to life through culture, creativity and identity to  create income, not charity.

How communities move through the Elevation Pathway.

1. Explore
We travel, listen and spend time with communities to understand their work, culture and vision.

2. Learn (School of Elevation)
One representative joins our open access digital and creative training. This is where commitment and consistency show.

3. Elev-Eight (The Core Eight)

From the School of Elevation, eight communities are chosen at a time for deeper collaboration.
These creators go beyond digital learning into real business building.


Together we co create travel experiences, ecommerce products, services and micro businesses that generate income.

All communities learn.
The eight build businesses.
Both elevate.

Be part of elevating eight communities at a time.

Partner, mentor, learn or shop. Every action creates opportunity through trade, not aid.

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5MIL

gallons of
clean water

400

daily
meals

800+

digital and
Creative training

Circular impact,
not charity.

We invest in those who invest in themselves.
Inside the School of Elevation, creators learn digital, creative, and entrepreneurial skills that open real income pathways.

We co create travel experiences, digital products, content, and e commerce with us. Every skill learned becomes a revenue stream.

When these creations generate income, the funds support the priorities each community chooses, including clean water, food security, conservation, cultural preservation, micro businesses, tools, and technology.

It is a regenerative ecosystem where learning becomes income and income becomes social impact.
As creators elevate, they reinvest so the opportunity continues and expands.

Creators learn. Communities earn.
This is circular impact.

The power of the collective starts here.

Social media becomes social elevation.

Every like, share and view generates income for creators and funds real community projects.
This is what the power of the collective looks like.

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Youtube
  • TikTok

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Spotlight: Mónica Funamos, Colombia

Mónica is a youth leader, creator and the digital heart of Funamos, a community led football project supporting more than 200 children in Ovejas, Sucre.

Her creativity and dedication were already strong.
Inside the School of Elevation she simply gained access, access to better digital tools, new ideas, creative brainstorming, and a global network of mentors who believed in her vision.

The rest is her own drive.

With her new digital skills, she captures powerful moments, tells real stories, and amplifies the impact Funamos creates for children every day. Her content is honest, cultural and full of life, showing the world what community leadership looks like.

Mónica shows exactly what we believe.
When one person has access to the right tools, the whole community elevates.

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