Category
Lifestyle
Assisted Choices
Trend cluster
Category
Literal Community
Building
Regional training focusing on local causes strikes the root of issues.
2.6
Trend score
Trend
What is the Literal Community Building trend?
Literal Community Building: Citizens of developing countries are taking social matters into their own hands. Training locals to better understand the cause and effect of issues they live firsthand is a way to solve issues internally. This speaks to a shift in philanthropy focused more on effectiveness than funding.
Trend themes
Themes within the Literal Community Building trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Community-Led Philanthropy
Training locals in developing countries to better understand social issues is a shift towards philanthropy focused on effectiveness than funding.
02
Youth-led Innovation Platforms
Organizations like Impact Generation offer training and education to support young people in skill-building and knowledge-sharing, and is made different by its Youth Clinic platform aiming to reach a vast amount of people by leveraging technology.
03
Micro-Farms for Community Renewal
Abalimi Bezekhaya's bottom-up entrepreneurship approach of teaching local communities to grow organic vegetables for survival is part of the trend of micro-farms for community renewal and environmental sustainability
Industry implications
What the Literal Community Building trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Philanthropic Foundations
Philanthropic foundations should focus on training locals to solve social issues internally, and not just on providing funding.
For
Youth Education & Entrepreneurship
Youth-led programs like CIYOTA and Impact Generation can be a reference for creating platforms that offer education, training, conferences, and other services to support young people with skill-building and knowledge-sharing.
For
Agriculture and Urban Farming
Organizations like Abalimi Bezekhaya can inspire the creation of more micro-farms and community-led initiatives for environmental sustainability and community renewal.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Literal Community Building
Trend score 2.6 out of 10, from popularity 42%, activity 27%, freshness 8%.
Popularity42%
Activity27%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
Asia-Pacific
South America
Africa
Evidence
Examples of the Literal Community Building trend
5 featured examples from Feb 22 to Jul 11, 2013CategorySocial Good
Micro-Farms
Abalimi Bezekhaya is an Example of Bottom-up Entrepreneurship
Micro-farms and community-led agriculture present opportunities to disrupt traditional supply chains and create job opportunities in sustainable, local food production.
CategorySocial Good
Isolated Social Enterprise Models
BRAC is a Global Organization Boasting a Bottom-up Method
Disruptive innovation opportunities in creating social enterprise initiatives within development organizations to achieve sustainable goals.
CategorySocial Good
African Lit Non-Profits
The Golden Baobab Prize is a Social Enterprise Based in Ghana
There is an opportunity for educators in Africa to integrate works produced by the GBP into their curricula.
CategorySocial Good
Youth Innovation Platforms
Impact Generation Offers Training and Entrepreneurial Skill-Building
Creating more online innovation platforms and tools for youths to learn and develop their skills.
CategorySocial Good
Youth-Led Education Programs
CIYOTA's Benson Wereje is a 2013 Class of Echoing Green Fellow
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing partnerships between governments and educational institutions to create youth-focused programs that prioritize leadership development…
