Akoma Foundation
Changemaking through education, environment, arts, infrastructure, and more.
Join us in creating a more just world, filled with compassion and joy.
Our projects.
Pan-African Library Initiative
A library initiative between the Cradle Signature Library (South Africa) and Sudan Art + Design Library — toward a future where youth are educated, empowered and inspired by the arts.
Troyeville House After-school Club
An after-school club hosting 35 children in the Troyeville area on weekdays, with homework studies integrated with arts, dance and sports.
- Kamwenge Scholarship Fund — scholarships for bright students whose parents cannot afford secondary school fees.
- Sangiro — relief for a rural community facing a severe water shortage and disrupted access to education.
- Academy of Humankind — a school offering a different mode of education to children in the Cradle of Humankind.
Our research.
- Indigenous building of the environment and the resilience of the land: circumpolar north experiences beyond architecture
- Towards informal planning: mapping the evolution of spontaneous settlements in time
- Glocal earth research: enhancing local practices of stabilised rammed earth construction
- bioLAB: testing and developing new findings in earth construction
- Self-help building: wanderings into a resilient strategy of living
Our approach to all we do.
1/ Co-contextualisation
Through an interdisciplinary residence based on empathy, we use sensitive drawings, models, social maps and community engagement to enhance the collective intelligence of the group.
2/ Co-conception
Rather than outsiders designing the environment and lives of beneficiaries, we make them the architects, engineers and business owners of their own circumstances. They are the focus; we are the wallpaper.
3/ Co-construction
By enabling people to build their own structures, landscapes and businesses, they gain ownership and confidence — becoming leaders of their community.
4/ Co-evaluation
The beneficiary's own evaluation of the project defines success. We ensure the impact extends beyond the life of any single project — a seed investment for community, environment and society.