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Literal Community Building

Regional training focusing on local causes strikes the root of issues

Implications - Citizens of developing countries are taking social matters into their own hands. Training locals to better understand the cause and effect of issues they live firsthand is a way to solve issues internally. This speaks to a shift in philanthropy focused more on effectiveness than funding.
Trend Themes
1. Community-led Philanthropy - Training locals in developing countries to better understand social issues is a shift towards philanthropy focused on effectiveness than funding.
2. Youth-led Innovation Platforms - Organizations like Impact Generation offer training and education to support young people in skill-building and knowledge-sharing, and is made different by its Youth Clinic platform aiming to reach a vast amount of people by leveraging technology.
3. Micro-farms for Community Renewal - Abalimi Bezekhaya's bottom-up entrepreneurship approach of teaching local communities to grow organic vegetables for survival is part of the trend of micro-farms for community renewal and environmental sustainability
Industry Implications
1. Philanthropic Foundations - Philanthropic foundations should focus on training locals to solve social issues internally, and not just on providing funding.
2. Youth Education & Entrepreneurship - Youth-led programs like CIYOTA and Impact Generation can be a reference for creating platforms that offer education, training, conferences, and other services to support young people with skill-building and knowledge-sharing.
3. Agriculture and Urban Farming - Organizations like Abalimi Bezekhaya can inspire the creation of more micro-farms and community-led initiatives for environmental sustainability and community renewal.
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