OUR STORY
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Our Story
Our mission is to create entrepreneurs and sustainable business ecosystems to reduce unemployment and uplift entire impoverished communities, so every person has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life. The fundamental purpose of the foundation is to empower the youth with practical skills and training in order to effectively implement sustainable solutions to uplift the impoverished and give back. Covid-19 has made everyone realise how valuable time is and that all lives are equal. That is why I made the decision to establish the Endorphin Foundation so we can help others. The Foundation started off by focusing on meaningful and high-impact way of helping needy people during covid times by assisting children who needed to stay in school by paying their schools fees, donating books and also assisting families that were affected by the pandemic with rental payments and food and clothing hampers.
As our commitment is to grow the foundation globally to help where help is needed. We realised this is a journey and the more partners we can bring on board the quicker we can succeed. To bring about the kinds of changes that will help people live healthier and more productive lives, we seek to understand the world’s inequities. Whether the challenge is low-yield crops or low graduation rates, we listen and learn so we can identify pressing problems that get too little attention. Then we consider whether we can make a meaningful difference with our influence and our investments, whether it is a grant or a contract. The issues we engage in, although seemingly wildly disparate, but they share the characteristics of being deeply rooted, dynamic, and complex. None will be solved easily and quickly, and none will be solved through our efforts alone.
We do all of our work in collaboration with the private and public sectors, who join with us in taking risks, pushing for new solutions, and harnessing the transformative power of science and technology. We strive to engage with our grantees and partners in a spirit of trust, candid communication, and transparency. Our collective efforts also depend on the support and resources of governments, the private sector, communities, and individuals. In each of our divisions, we develop goals and strategies before allocating resources and making investments. We continually collect and share data on our progress, reflect on lessons learned, and make course corrections as needed. Essential to this process is ongoing dialogue with our grantees and partners—which is embedded throughout our strategy lifecycle. At this stage of the foundation’s growth, our divisions and strategies are already in place.
We reflect on and review each strategy annually and make adjustments to our implementation plan toward achieving our goals. Within each strategy, which has an allocation of resources, we collaborate with grantee and partner organizations to develop proposals that align with our strategic priorities and the organization’s focus and capabilities. An important part of this process is reaching agreement on what success will look like for the investment. We also assist private sector entities to implement and achieve their Corporate Social Investment initiatives. Generating, nurturing and empowering the next generation of tech entrepreneurs in Africa and Globally. We strive to be the go-to entrepreneurship community globally, facilitating and enabling the growth of all start-ups.
Our Purpose
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to create entrepreneurs and sustainable business ecosystems to reduce unemployment and uplift entire impoverished communities, so every person has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life.
OUR VISION
Where does the Endorphin Foundation fit among the other institutions trying to improve the world? It was formed explicitly to benefit the public good. We aim to get the private and public sectors working together to deliver jointly.
To bring about the kinds of changes that will help people live healthier and more productive lives, we seek to understand the world’s inequities. Whether the challenge is low-yield crops or low graduation rates, we listen and learn so we can identify pressing problems that get too little attention. Then we consider whether we can make a meaningful difference with our influence and our investments, whether it is a grant or a contract. The issues we engage in, although seemingly wildly disparate, but they share the characteristics of being deeply rooted, dynamic, and complex. None will be solved easily and quickly, and none will be solved through our efforts alone. We do all of our work in collaboration with the private and public sectors, who join with us in taking risks, pushing for new solutions, and harnessing the transformative power of science and technology. We strive to engage with our grantees and partners in a spirit of trust, candid communication, and transparency. Our collective efforts also depend on the support and resources of governments, the private sector, communities, and individuals. In each of our divisions, we develop goals and strategies before allocating resources and making investments. We continually collect and share data on our progress, reflect on lessons learned, and make course corrections as needed. Essential to this process is ongoing dialogue with our grantees and partners which is embedded throughout our strategy lifecycle. At this stage of the foundation’s growth, our divisions and strategies are already in place. We reflect on and review each strategy annually and make adjustments to our implementation plan toward achieving our goals. Within each strategy, which has an allocation of resources, we collaborate with grantee and partner organizations to develop proposals that align with our strategic priorities and the organization’s focus and capabilities. An important part of this process is reaching agreement on what success will look like for the investment. We also assist private sector entities to implement and achieve their Corporate Social Investment initiatives.