Principles
At Impact, our guiding principles form the foundation of everything we do—shaping leaders, strengthening partnerships, and ensuring our mission is carried out with integrity and respect.
Building Trust Through Principles
Conflict Management
Learning effective conflict management builds character and fosters respectful, meaningful dialogue. At Impact, we believe that strong, healthy relationships are essential to both ethical individuals and organizations. To cultivate these relationships, leaders must develop key skills such as accurate perception, empathy, clear communication, critical thinking, and problem solving, all of which can be strengthened through the practice of conflict management. To support this growth, Impact offers workshops on conflict management for members, leaders, and interested individuals, with participation required for all Impact leaders.
Cultural Sensitivity
We treat people in poverty with respect by not defining them by their circumstances but by their intrinsic human value. Impact offers a workshop centered on this topic, emphasizing dignity and equality in every interaction. Furthermore, an educational workshop about the cultural background of the country of interest is required to ensure leaders engage with true understanding. Impact leaders are required to respond to the workshop, fostering awareness, empathy, and deeper compassion. This approach not only equips leaders with cultural sensitivity but also strengthens partnerships built on respect, trust, and shared humanity.
Partnerships
We work together with the existing efforts of internationally focused nonprofits
Transparency and Accountability
We strive to carry out strategy and goals in a clear, direct manner, and to be held responsible for our actions.
Turning Vision Into Action
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Impact partners with internationally focused anti-poverty organizations and fundraises and/or travels through them. Although the nonprofit world is extremely competitive for funds, Impact believes in win/win situations. Through these partnerships, Impact avoids duplication of efforts and supports existing efforts.
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Furthermore, Impact believes in focused, systematic, and sustainable efforts. By pairing universities with underdeveloped communities and, at a larger level, developed states, provinces, and countries with underdeveloped countries, development will not only be collaborative but also deeply effective.
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This pairing will include the creation of student chapters at universities, such as Impact Kenya Purdue or Impact Kenya IU. Each chapter will take an active role in fundraising for underdeveloped communities, raising awareness about poverty alleviation, and advocating for Impact’s mission.
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Lastly, Impact cares about the personal development of the individual. We encourage this personal development through our values centered around conflict management, culturally sensitive service, and collaborative partnerships. Consequently, we hope to build a more peaceful just society.