The Initiative Foundation raises funds and harnesses expertise to support three arms of activity in fulfilling its mission:

• Best practices in building and operating developing world community networks – An active programme to develop best practices for the technical and social deployment of community networking systems. Marshalling global expertise in the technology and environmental realities of community needs. The Initiative Foundation works to disseminate and transfer expertise in these best practices to developing communities and interested organisations across the world.

• Facilitating exchange and access to expertise and information resources – The Initiative Foundation provides resources to facilitate exchange and access to expertise and information resources by, between and for developing communities in their critical need areas – including health, education, commerce and culture. A hosted platform creates a network of expertise exchange, and provides a growing knowledge and communication base to support community networks.

• Project implementation and support in partnership with the local communities themselves and interested organisations, programmes and initiatives – Active project implementation and funding through partnerships to deploy developing world community networks and apply The Initiative Foundation’s best practices and facilitation resources.