Why I’ve joined as an Advisor to the not-for-profit Forever Projects

I’ve joined as an Advisor to Forever Projects, a not for profit providing programs with local partners in Tanzania for women to create a self-sustaining future.

Here are my core reasons for aligning my time, effort, and expertise towards the organisation:

The team, values and mission

I first met Mark Dombkins, co-founder and CEO of Forever Projects during Startmate office hours in peak lockdown. Mark shared some information prior to our session and a brief meeting agenda he wished to cover given my skills and experience —an impressive pre-meeting interaction that got my attention, not many founders do this for office hours.

Part of the pre-meeting information included a video outlining Mark and Anna’s connection to Tanzania and their catalyst to starting Forever Projects. A phenomenal story demonstrating their generosity and growth mindset.

I loved how they described building a not-for-profit as a ‘hand up’ not a ‘hand out’ to the women they were empowering.

During this chat it was clear the team were applying frameworks typically seen in startups — scaling via tech / process, iterative sprints, subscriptions, and metrics, lots of metrics!