Billions of people worldwide remain disconnected from the Internet, limiting access to education, opportunity, and community. Traditional models often fail to reach marginalized groups, leaving refugees, Indigenous communities, and women and girls without meaningful digital access. This initiative is designed to change that by empowering communities to design and sustain their own connectivity solutions.
The program supports projects that tackle barriers to availability, affordability, and adoption while building digital literacy and local capacity. Funding is available across three tracks — from seed-stage pilots to large-scale replication — enabling organizations at different levels of experience to strengthen community-driven connectivity. Preference is given to initiatives rooted in vulnerable populations, ensuring solutions are inclusive, sustainable, and impactful.
This is a chance to transform connectivity into a tool for equity, resilience, and empowerment.
💡 Grants available up to six figures (USD) for community-centered digital access initiatives.
