01 Climate change
Rising seas wash away shorelines and contaminate the freshwater and soil our communities depend on for survival.
A locally-led NGO · Kiribati
Cultivating a Resilient Kiribati
We help our people gain the leadership, enterprise, and digital skills they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world — and to lead that change themselves.
For generations, our people have grown the bwabwai in harsh atoll soils — work that has always demanded knowledge, planning, and constant adaptation. Today our communities face the same test, and need new tools to meet it.
01 · The changing soil
The threats to our roots
Just as rising tides threaten the roots of the bwabwai, modern pressures are threatening the roots of our livelihoods, our culture, and our well-being. Four challenges shape life in Kiribati today.
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02 Unemployment
Few jobs and limited pathways into enterprise leave young people unable to earn, straining households and pushing many into vulnerable informal work.
03 Limited digital participation
Gaps in access, awareness, and confidence lock people out of the tools needed to connect, learn, and earn safely online.
04 Fragile local leadership
Progress too often rests on a few individuals or outside help, making it hard for communities to sustain long-term change on their own.
02 · How we adapt
Our roots of empowerment
Like the bwabwai, surviving these challenges takes a healthy root system and the ability to adapt. We don't offer temporary relief — we build the knowledge, skills, and local leadership needed to meet each threat at its root. Here's how each challenge becomes a pathway for growth.
The threat
When the environment shifts
Climate change erodes the land, water, and food our communities rely on.
Our answer
We create conditions for innovation
We help communities test, learn, and adapt new ways of growing food, preserving culture, and building climate resilience — so solutions are owned locally.
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The threat
When jobs are scarce
A narrow job market leaves capable people without a way to earn.
Our answer
We enable livelihoods & enterprise
We teach practical money management and help entrepreneurs build viable businesses — creating new income that doesn't depend on a limited job market.
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The threat
When the world moves online
Many are left behind without the skills to take part safely.
Our answer
We enable digital participation
We build the digital literacy and cyber-safety skills people need to navigate the internet with confidence — so no one is left behind.
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The threat
When progress is fragile
Change stalls when it depends on too few people.
Our answer
We empower leaders & communities
We develop local stewards and build strong organisational foundations — so communities can lead their own change long after external funding ends.
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The threat
Because we can't do this alone
Lasting change needs reach beyond any one organisation.
Our answer
We build partnerships for impact
We forge trusted relationships with government ministries and regional funders — so our work reaches every island and achieves true scale.
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03 · The harvest
The change we're growing
We measure real change, not just activity. As our programmes take root from 2026 onward, this is the evidence we hold ourselves to.
Our aim is for communities to know us not as a one-off service, but as a lasting partner for change.
Individuals
1,200+
People supported into stronger livelihoods and enterprise
Communities
25
Communities reached through digital skills and safety
Leaders
150+
Local leaders developed through our programmes
Partners
12
Active partnerships delivering work together
More people confident and safe using digital tools — and fewer left out.
Leadership and skills that no longer depend on any single person.
Real co-design and shared investment with partners — a sign of trust.
Local practices that communities carry on themselves.
04 · In their words
Voices from our communities
The best measure of our work is what people say about it — the communities, partners, and leaders we work alongside.
The budgeting course changed how I run my canteen. For the first time I know my numbers — and the business is feeding my family.
Teretia
Small business owner · South Tarawa
They came to co-design with us, not to hand over a finished plan. That is why our council trusts this partnership.
Ioane
Island council member · Abaiang
I joined as a participant. Now I run the digital-safety sessions for my own village.
Ruta
Volunteer facilitator · Betio
05 · Stronger together
Who we work with
We don’t work alone. We build trusted relationships that bring coordination, shared investment, and greater reach — so our work can grow and last.
Government ministries
Designing and delivering programmes aligned to national priorities.
Communities
Working directly with the people we serve, so programmes are owned locally.
Funders & donors
Long-term relationships supporting multi-year, mission-aligned work.
Networks & allies
Wider networks that extend our reach and lift standards across the sector.
06 · The road ahead
Where we're heading
Our plan runs from 2026 to 2030 — moving from strong foundations to programmes that sustain themselves.
2026
Establish foundations
Set up leadership, engage key partners, and pilot our first programmes.
2027
Develop capability
Build delivery capability, expand programmes, and strengthen partnerships.
2028
Integrate learning
Put learning systems and shared platforms in place across our work.
2029
Strengthen & scale
Scale our most effective programmes and extend partnership reach.
2030
Sustain & evolve
Build continuity, support self-sustaining enterprise, and keep adapting.
Together, we can grow a stronger, more resilient future for Kiribati.
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