‘VIDUSHI’ GLOBAL MUTUALISM FELLOWSHIP - Africa!
Join the Move to Mutualism! Empower Communities, Foster Self-Reliance.
Are you an entrepreneurial partner dedicated to empowering communities in Africa? Are you passionate about fostering self-development, well being, of the whole community, and shared prosperity? This Global Mutualism Fellowship is designed for you!
WHAT IS THE VIDUSHI GLOBAL MUTUALISM FELLOWSHIP?
The Definition of ‘Vidushi’ in Sanskrit means “wise person”, “knowledgeable”.
This fellowship is a cornerstone of our Move to Mutualism. It’s a 6-month program (Mid-July 2025 to End of January 2026) specifically for supporting partners to communities in Africa. We will facilitate a series of online meet-ups to exchange innovative work methods to work with communities, share pressing challenges, and collaboratively problem-solve. You will be enabled to participate and shape a peer-to-peer learning circle on the topic of self-reliance of communities.
WHY JOIN THE VIDUSHI FELLOWSHIP?
Amplify Your Impact: Directly contribute to connecting and supporting impoverished communities to self-develop and thrive.
Peer-to-Peer Learning & Collaboration: Share your unique solutions and learn from the local wisdom of fellow partners to communities.
Tackle Critical Barriers: Jointly address challenges in
- – Community Mobilisation & incubating Agency: Uncovering collective community strength and effective group engagement.
- – Sustainability Financial Approaches: Exploring tools for savings, community funds, and inclusive financial approaches.
- – Market Linkages and Co-creating shared value chains : Learn from each other how to create shared value and successful market linkages.
- – Capability Building: Enhancing resources models for community and group leadership, Committee groups.
Expand Your Network: Build meaningful connections and relationships within a supportive ecosystem.
Exclusive Deep-dive Visit: An opportunity to deep-dive a holistic and proven model from Drishtee in India, offering deep insights, learning from community leadership groups and grasp the operating of a community eco-system support model (learn more about the proven approach here:
Click (funding dependent).
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
Interactive Online Learning Circles: Engaging 1.5-hour sessions held every two weeks.
Participant-Driven Content: Each fellow brings a challenge and participates in joint problem solving by sharing their own practice/solution.
Focus Areas: Community mobilisation tools, Community agency, savings & accounting solutions , community livelihood models, market access strategies, different roles for community self-reliance and agency, capacity building for Community Leadership Groups and building a local ecosystem for support by and for communities.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Entrepreneurial partners working in Africa who are:
Mission-Aligned: Committed to fostering sustainable, independent, yet inter-reliant communities. Envisioning the communities to own the(ir own) organisation
Experienced: Possessing an entrepreneurial track record with 2-3 years of experience working directly with communities.
Collaborative & Open: Willing to share openly and eager to operate within an ecosystem.
Committed: Ready to dedicate approximately 2 hours every two weeks on a voluntary basis for 6 months. Eager to join in a 6-8 weeks participatory deep-dive learning exchange with Drishtee team and communities in India
Communicative: Some English fluency is required.
Ambition to Scale: Supporting at least 10 communities with an ambition to support hundreds.
Facilitators at Heart: Envisioning your own role as a weaver and facilitator, empowering communities to lead and co-create their own solutions.
Key Dates for the 2025 Fellowship:
→ Application Deadline: 29th June 2025
→ Fellowship Begins: August 2025
→ Bi-weekly 2-hour virtual calls
→ Learning-Exchange Visit to India: October – November 2025 (funding dependent)
While you’re on it, please subscribe to our newsletter and/or social media too! Then you will be part of the Move to Mutualism (currently still working under the name Credits for Communities Collective), where we jointly steward towards a world in which every community thrives – while learning from each other how to grow shared prosperity and wellbeing!