Lightup Impact

We increase the visibility and impact of social organizations with a focus on women’s health and gender equality in Eastern Africa. Join our Community!

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Meet Doors of Hope Kenya:
• Trained 53+ girls in digital skills
• Equipped young people with practical technology & employability skills
• Expanding access to digital skills for girls and youth in underserved communities

Connect & support their work: https://t.co/3Rr1RHjMhK

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Join us in Vienna and Berlin: The Future is built together.

Lightup Impact is bringing our community together to create spaces for supporters and friends of Lightup Impact to connect, share, and help shape the future we want to see.

Register: https://t.co/iDC32x35qS

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The future we are building doesn't happen in isolation. It happens when a grassroots founder meets a potential partner.

Read how here: https://t.co/oztwCJeOi5

#TheFutureWeAreBuilding

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Today, we are launching our long-term recurring giving campaign:
Build the Future. Invest in Youth Leadership; Come build with us.

Become a Long-Term Builder: https://t.co/bFNug7hVGU

#BuildTheFutureLI #LongTermBuilders #YouthLead

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Partnerships that build what lasts!

As August comes to a close, there's no better way to wrap it up than with gratitude. Some support goes beyond funding a programme. It invests in the strength behind the work.

#FinancialResilience #AnchoringCapacity

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Meet Brenda, Team Lead at My Body My Body, a grassroots organization committed to creating lasting impact in the communities it serves.

Celebrate Brenda. Connect with My Body My Body. Support the work.

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Europe, we're coming your way!

Our Executive Director, Valeria Santoro, is packing her bags and heading back to Europe next month to reconnect with the heart of our community.

Mark your calendars: September - Vienna- 17th, Berlin - 23rd
More details coming soon!

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When your financial systems are clear, transparent, and resilient, you don't just manage funds—you earn the leverage to negotiate equal partnerships and claim your seat at the decision-making table.

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#FinancialResilience

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Strong organizations aren't born with strong systems. They build them — often after someone shows them how.

This is exactly why we exist. Not to connect an organizations to a grant and walk away, but to help them strengthen what actually holds when the grant runs out.

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Today, we celebrate every young grassroots leader choosing to build, serve, and keep showing up despite the challenges. Your context may shape your journey, but it should never limit your potential.

#InternationalYouthDay #DifferentContextsCommonAspirations

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Good governance is supposed to protect an organization. So why do so many still collapse?

From our capacity-strengthening work, here is the clear breakdown of who does what—and how to keep your roles aligned.

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Learn. Engage. Partner.

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Meet Steve, a grassroots leader at CYAN Kenya working to build an organization that can grow and create impact for the long haul — not just today.

Steve has already put the learning into action.

Celebrate Steve. Connect with CYAN. Support the work.

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Why Resilience Matters
What I have learned: resilience isn't something you find in the middle of a crisis, but build long before the crisis ever arrives.
We're just getting started telling this story. Follow our journey.
Valeria Santoro, Executive Director, Lightup Impact

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August is here. Let's keep anchoring what matters.

Governance and Leadership: What Every CSO needs to know

𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 — 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙.

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Learn. Engage. Partner.

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Last week in Naivasha, we facilitated a capacity-strengthening training on leadership and governance for the AGYW (Adolescent Girls and Young Women) Rights Network convened by Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH).

#AGYW #YouthLeadership

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Something is Shifting. We are not Ready to Name it Yet.

What actually helps an organization survive what it didn't see coming?
We're not ready to tell the full story yet. But when we do, we hope you'll be part of it.
Something's coming. Follow along - the story starts there.

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As capacity strengthening practitioners, we look for. Not attendance numbers. But a founder who goes back to their organization and makes the changes needed.

Training is the foundation. What grassroots organizations build with it afterwards is the real capacity.

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This week, we're featuring "𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐊𝐄", 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 "𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲𝐬 𝐍𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐢"—a grassroots organization empowering adolescent girls through mentorship, menstrual health support, SRHR education, and leadership development.

🤝 Looking to collaborate?

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Training Rooms Look the Same Everywhere. Ours Don't Feel the Same.

Anyone can put people in a room and talk at them. We don't do that.

How a training begins is never how it should end.

We're not just trainers. We anchor capacity, with a touch of fun.

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𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆. 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

That is why we are 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲: strengthening the foundations that help young grassroots leaders lead with confidence & adapt to change.

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