Kawaakibi Foundation's work spans research, healing, culture, technology, and strategy — all united by one purpose: to build the systems that can sustain liberation. Each program focuses on a different dimension of transformation, but all share the same forces that guide our work — Power, Vision, and Solidarity. Together, they form a living ecosystem of knowledge, care, and imagination.
Each program feeds into the next — research informs art, healing sustains action, and community anchors it all. Our work forms a single living system designed to evolve, adapt, and last.
Building the ideas that will shape the future of our region.
Building the ideas that will shape the future of our region.
Reclaiming the public sphere from those who silence, exclude and deceive their audiences.
Reclaiming the public sphere from those who silence, exclude and deceive their audiences.
Working with socially-engaged artists in authoritarian and post-revolutionary contexts, to strengthen free expression and the public sphere.
Working with socially-engaged artists in authoritarian and post-revolutionary contexts, to strengthen free expression and the public sphere.
Making human rights sustainable by creating a culture of mental health and healing.
Making human rights sustainable by creating a culture of mental health and healing.
Preparing civil society organisations with strategic insights and skills, in order to win the battle of narratives.
Preparing civil society organisations with strategic insights and skills, in order to win the battle of narratives.
Training and support for activists, journalists and nonprofits experiencing debanking, financial surveillance or repression.
Training and support for activists, journalists and nonprofits experiencing debanking, financial surveillance or repression.
We think in decades, not moments. Our research builds clarity, our art builds meaning, and our healing builds resilience. Together, they form the foundation of a freer future.
