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Who We Serve
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Social entrepreneurs
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NGOs and nonprofits
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Creative Practitioners
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Global partners seeking cultural-
exchange collaboration
Mural: Christlike
by Jonathan Villaroel
East Yard Enterprises
"AMPLIFYing Creative Social Enterprise & CONNECTing Across Borders for Global Impact."
2025 Cohort
AMPLIFY Connect: Creative Social Enterprise Fellowship & Accelerator
A 6-month fellowship building the capacity of Caribbean creative social entrepreneurs through real-world business training, mentorship and provision of resources.
2024/2025
Program + Project Highlights
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10 organizations participated in AMPLIFY Connect Fellowship (2024 pilot) with over 36,000 people reached online & 200+ engaged in person.
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AMPLIFY Connect Fellowship Cohort 2 (2025) underway with 12 creative social entrepreneurs.
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In 2025 collaborated with First Citizens National Poetry Slam, Embassy of Mexico in Trinidad and Tobago, Embassy of Peru in Trinidad and Tobago and Republic Bank Exodus Steel Orchestra.
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Creative Consultancy services provided to Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and Tobago and Pan American Development Foundation
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East Yard Branded Media & Merchandise
We use storytelling for impact through:
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AMPLIFY Connect: The Podcast
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AMPLIFY Connect: For Good, Newsletter
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Educational Books, Manuals & Games
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Branded merchandise
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and Carnival band sections, all with purpose-driven themes and revenue re-invested into programming
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JAMIE J. PHILBERT + RONDEL BENJAMIN: Talk LEGACY, LANGUAGE, LEARNING and KALINDA FUTURES
KIMBERLY DE SOUZA: Talks COMMUNICATION & COMMUNITY and the FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP
DAWSHER CHARLES: Talks RESILIENCE and the YOUNG LEADERS OF THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE (YLAI)
CHERVON CUPIDORE-CRICKIE: Talks YOUTH MENTORING and the COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS PROGRAM (CSP)
AMPLIFY Connect: The Podcast
Blog
Leadership
Kevon Gareth Foderingham
A creative social entrepreneur, author, and artist with 20+ years in marketing + communications and senior management across hospitality, education, creative, and non-profit sectors - using creativity, commerce and cultural-exchange to drive lasting change.
Founder & Principal Consultant
Looking Ahead
✔ Expanding AMPLIFY Connect into a regional flagship program
✔ Launching a formal creative social enterprise alumni network for ongoing collaboration
✔ Offering Certificate in Small Business Entrepreneurship (CVQ Level II)
✔ Establishing a local and regional retail network for SDG-aligned creative social enterprise products and services
✔ Growing our annual AMPLIFY Connect: Creative Social Enterprise Summit
✔ Influencing social enterprise policy and education through capacity-building, storytelling and framework development
Mural: La Passion de Ma Vie
by Jonathan Villaroel