Atma Connect, a Puerto Rico and U.S. non-profit public interest organization, will work with community leaders and residents to improve water quality and health in Puerto Rico via an innovative new project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The project, Grassroots Leadership, Education, and a Safe Water Quality Network in Puerto Rico, will […]

Atma Connect is excited to embark on a 24-month program to improve digital literacy and economic opportunity for women entrepreneurs in Indonesia via a new grant from the Internet Society Foundation (ISF). The work will be done under the ISF’s Strengthening Communities / Improving Lives and Livelihoods (SCILLS) grant program. “We’re glad to partner for […]

Atma Connect’s Head of Product Aisyah Gunung shared insights on using innovative technology in disaster management when she spoke at the ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management panel on August 24, 2023 in Indonesia. “It was an honor to showcase Atma Connect’s initiatives and share insights on leveraging technology for community resilience and disaster […]

Note: Atma, working with USAID and FHI360, recently published compendiums of stories of impact from 32 Civil Society Organizations across Indonesia. We are proud to have helped each organization tell its remarkable story. Below is a summary of one such story. Download the stories of impact via the Atma eBook page. From “Rogue Organization” to […]

Atma Connect, in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), will establish infrastructure and support for locally led change across the United States in underserved populations. The work to remove barriers and improve accessibility for communities is part of the EPA’s recently announced program, Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (EJ TCTACs). The […]

The AtmaGo mobile app and platform have become a home for individuals and communities to raise awareness of climate and sustainability. AtmaGo brings together those who are driven to contribute to create impact through the power of stories and strengthen their movements through action. Read on for six inspiring highlights, especially as we celebrate Earth […]

Neighbors helping neighbors is Atma’s mission – launching first in Indonesia, then in Puerto Rico, and, as of spring 2022, in Ukraine. Thanks to generous donors, when Atma learned that humanitarian aid was slow to deploy in Ukraine, we jumped in to boost the power of people helping people. Below is a roundup of news […]

Imagine you live on a beautiful island, with fertile soil all around you, enough to grow most vegetables, and many foods. Farmers grow crops – but sometimes it’s not what you’d eat, and they export most of it, as that’s where the profits are. You eat what you buy on the shelves of the supermarket, […]

We launched AtmaGo in Ukraine in the late Spring, and we want to share the ways it is being used by internally displaced people. Through the outreach efforts of our Ukrainian ground team, we are introducing AtmaGo to humanitarian organizations in Ukraine, who are experiencing the value of AtmaGo as a tool for touching community […]

Jakarta, 29 November 2022. Atma Connect Chief Executive Officer Meena Palaniappan and USAID Indonesia Mission Director Jeffrey Cohen opened an interactive talk show, entitled `Make a Bigger Impact: Effective Writing for Advocacy!’, that promotes the roles of communications as an advocacy tool in an era of increasing disinformation and distrust. Social media has become part […]