FAQ

What can you do on Zovu?

Zovu is a space where activists, changemakers, community groups and organizations can share their work and stories. These types of users can create profile pages where they list their initiatives for anyone to see. Users who visit Zovu can browse initiatives by theme and location to identify groups they are interested in.

We are working on a functionality allowing initiative leaders to launch fundraising campaigns and obtain resources for their projects from individual donors across the world.

What is the difference between a movement, an NGO and an initiative?

On Zovu, we refer to NGOs and movements as groups of people working together to create change. You may also see that we refer to them as activists, community groups, organizations, changemakers…

“Initiatives” refers to the different projects that NGOs and movements implement. A single NGO or movement can have several initiatives up on Zovu. For example, an NGO working on urban farming may have a community garden, but also lead an advocacy campaign where they call for municipal authorities to free up land for communal use. Depending on how this NGO approaches their work, these could be considered different initiatives. In this case, this NGO would have two initiative pages (the garden one and the campaign one) under their Zovu NGO page.