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Why Stractiv8 Impact – And Why Now
Why Stractiv8 Impact – And Why Now When hearing the words “non-profit” or “social change”, one tends to imagine visuals of orphans, war victims, soup kitchen lines, and maybe even animals under attack. And that’s not incorrect. It is what we have been shown for many years. What if we
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Stewardship Letters
Monthly letters from the founder on how organisations hold power, money and other people’s trust.
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Who the work is actually for
Every project has a board that approved it and a person it is supposed to change. They are rarely in the same room, and the gap between them is where good intentions go to die.
- Lethumusa Kulube
- 7 min read
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On being asked to be cheaper than we are
A note on the difference between a budget constraint and a value judgement, and why we answer them differently.
- Lethumusa Kulube
- 5 min read
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Dependency is a design decision
Retainers are not inherently wrong. Retainers that exist because nobody documented anything are.
- Lethumusa Kulube
- 6 min read
RECENT ESSAYS
Everything else we have published.
February 2025
Feb 2025: Lethumusa’s Desk As the world observes the unfolding of a second Donald Trump presidency, I have just learnt of yet another way that this regime change in the
January 2025
Jan 2025: Lethumusa’s Desk Friends, colleagues and allies! In true feminist style, we’re constantly seeking ways of envisioning and creating new realities. This dreaming is integral to the work we
3 Ways to start thinking about programme reporting
3 Ways to Start Thinking about Programme Reporting Honestly? “Reporting” is likely not on many people’s hobby lists. It’s a challenging part of any job that many people speedily complete
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