Why act?
Rural interventions underperform when a solution is selected before the local constraint, public responsibility, community assets and delivery evidence are understood.
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What we do, in plain language.
You are supporting Goblis Foundation, a Kenya-based non-profit foundation. Goblis runs two distinct programmes and uses specialist partners where another institution owns the relevant expertise.
01JikimuSocial entrepreneurship support: access, responsible handoff to learning and enterprise development, and later outcome follow-up.02MashinaniRural development support: diagnose a local challenge or opportunity, connect the right actors, then measure what changes.03How Goblis worksGoblis coordinates relationships, safeguards accountability and follows evidence. Specialist partners remain responsible for the services they own.
Turn a locally understood rural challenge into an evidence-led pathway.
Mashinani starts with place, people, constraints and assets. It then connects community knowledge with enterprise, research, public institutions and responsible delivery partners.
What becomes possible?
Fund diagnosis, partner mapping, locally rooted delivery and outcome measurement around approved rural-development opportunities.
How will we know?
Each initiative moves through defined stage gates and problem-specific indicators; activity is not automatically published as impact.
The delivery case
Three connected layers.
Mashinani is designed for rural places where useful development action often depends on several actors. Support helps Goblis diagnose, coordinate and document that work while keeping communities and evidence central.
Listen & diagnose
Document local priorities, constraints, assets and opportunities before choosing an intervention.
Build the pathway
Connect enterprise, technical, institutional and community capability around the opportunity.
Measure what changes
Use MERM schedules, surveys and evidence to distinguish activity from outcome.
Who can participate
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2Create referenceFinancial support receives one traceable GFD reference before payment.
3Reconcile evidenceProvider and bank evidence stays distinct from impact evidence.
Ubunifu Institute
Explore related programme pages at Ubunifu Institute
Ubunifu Institute is a separate Kenya-based specialist learning and enterprise-development institution. Goblis keeps the Jikimu programme relationship and handoff accountable; Ubunifu owns its learning, assessment, progression and related institutional records. These links explain connected pathways; they do not redirect a Goblis contribution to Ubunifu.
ChallengesExplore problem areas inviting practical enterprise responses.Explore at Ubunifu ↗Research & EvidenceExplore research, evidence and learning outputs.Explore at Ubunifu ↗SolutionsChoose learning, organisation innovation or market-access routes.Explore at Ubunifu ↗Foundation CourseStart with the core social-enterprise learning pathway.Explore at Ubunifu ↗
No fabricated countersCampaign totals appear only from governed records.
No guaranteed outcomeSupport enables activity; evidence determines outcomes.
Reference firstFinancial support begins with a traceable record.
Human accountabilityConsequential approvals remain attributable to people.
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