complementary currency

Grassroots Economics

The Koru team has managed to upgrade from a Community Based Organization to a Non-Profit Foundation to increase our capacity and scope. While Koru will still be working on assisting in health programs and vulnerable children along the coast of Kenya, Grassroots Economics will take over management of Community Currency programs. Find out more by visiting http://grassrootseconomics.org.

A New Kind of Cash

Cash is still king. Just a different kind of cash.

Targeting cash as the enemy of the poor is sadly short sighted and self serving coming from the big money behind the Gates foundation.

Bangla-Pesa Waste, Volleyball and Nairobi

Bangla-Pesa waste collection group

This week we saw Bangla-Pesa inspiring waste collection, volleyball games and starting to spread to Nairobi.

Registration and Exchange Visits

Bungoma - Bangladesh Exchange Visit

Last week the Bangladesh Business Network was 'finally' given it's official registration papers by the Kenyan Government. The doors are open now for other communities to follow.

Help Support Community Currencies

Community Currency

Join us in making history by removing Dependency from Development! Empower communities to pull themselves out of poverty by helping them develop and manage their own community currency.

Elections, Service, Mapping and Nairobi

Bangladesh Business Network - Business Map

Community elections, environmental and health services, business networking and our first group outside of Mombasa County (Kangemi-Pesa!)

Bangla-Pesa - Can we do it again?

The local government through the Kenya National Assembly, Jomvu Minister of Parliament as well a Mombasa County Assembly representative have expressed their desire that Koru-Kenya focus on replicating the benefits of the Bangla-Pesa program in a nearby informal settlement named Ganahola.

Bangla-Pesa Survey Results Feb-2014

Read about how Bangla-Pesa is effecting an informal settlement in Kenya through our recent survey results.

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