The Foundation’s projects and initiatives will be grounded in and guided by the following principles reflecting Prof. Juma’s vision, values, and virtues: 

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• Experimentation and learning—Seeding and building a belief in local learning and action and supporting collective learning by youth and women to collectively solve local problems, with the goal of building interdependence and preventing over-dependence. 

• Leveraging local content or inputs—Using local knowledge, infrastructure, and other local resources, such as young people’s energy. 

• Adding value to existing initiatives—Building on promising existing local community efforts rather than duplicating and/or crowding out local initiatives. 

• Clearly articulating vision and resource limitations—Managing expectations by clearly articulating and emphasizing: humility and simplicity, building human capabilities to be interdependent, and working toward the long-term public good rather than individual monetary gain. 

• Building local capacity and momentum—Aiming to build local capacity to carry the work forward, in a manner that is responsive to changes in context and to continuous learning from the Foundation’s other projects and initiatives. 

• Maintaining the Foundation’s initiatives as non-governmental, not-for-profit and not political.