Ireland · Wellbeing
Reconnecting with nature
Young people finding wellbeing through connection — to themselves and the outdoors.
Ireland & Africa · Est. 2025
Small acts,
Small acts,
big ripples.
We fund and partner with charities improving the education, health and wellbeing of young people — in Ireland and across Africa.
Change begins with connection — to ourselves, to each other, and to the world around us. We catalyse the connections that ignite a ripple effect of change.
David & Jacqueline Kyne — Co-founders
2025Foundation established
2Countries — Ireland & Africa
—Grassroots partners
—Young people reached
▲ Placeholder figures — real impact numbers to be supplied.
Two ways in
Whoever you are, there's a place to start.
We work on both sides of the ripple — backing the organisations doing the work, and inviting everyone to begin with one small act.
For charities & changemakers
Seeking support?
We fund and walk alongside grassroots organisations advancing young people's education, health and wellbeing — for the long term, not one-off grants.
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For everyone
Join the movement.
Change begins with connection. Take the Kindness Ripple Challenge and start your own ripple of kindness today.
Start a ripple
How we work
Long-term partnership over one-off grants.
Three commitments shape every relationship we build.
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How we work
Funding paired with strategic support — relationships built to last, never transactional.
02
Where we work
Young people and their families in Ireland and across African communities.
03
Grassroots partners
We back the organisations closest to the need — local, trusted, doing the real work.
The ripple effect
One act reaches further than you can see.
A single connection moves outward — from one young person, to a family, to a community, to a generation. That expanding reach is how we think about everything we fund.
Read our impact approach▲ Illustrative model — real reach figures to be supplied as programmes report.
Our story
Founded by two people who believe connection changes everything.
David and Jacqueline Kyne launched the Foundation in 2025 to catalyse the connections that ignite a ripple effect of change.
Real portrait
David Kyne
Co-founder
Founder of the KYNE healthcare communications agency (2009) and co-founder of the Pandemic Action Network. Has led humanitarian trips to Africa with transition-year students.
Real portrait
Jacqueline Kyne
Co-founder
Thirty years in the wellbeing sector as a nutritionist and wellbeing coach, trained in conscious parenting and compassionate inquiry.
Stories from the field
Real people, real ripples.
Africa · Education
Education that lasts
Backing local educators building opportunity within their own communities.
Gatherings
Coming together
Events that turn shared values into a growing movement of kindness.
Watch: the ripple beginsA 60-second film — to be produced
In good company
The organisations we walk alongside.
Named, credible, long-term grassroots partners across Ireland and Africa.
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▲ Real partner names & logos to be supplied.
Trust & transparency
Where your support goes — and how we govern it.
A foundation worth backing shows its workings. Here's ours.
Governance
Our board, leadership and the principles that guide every funding decision.
How funds are used
A clear breakdown of how every euro moves from gift to grassroots impact.
Reporting
An annual impact letter and financial summary, published openly each year.
▲ Content to be supplied — governance, registration & reporting documents.
The movement
Take the Kindness Ripple Challenge.
One small act of kindness, shared, becomes a wave. Start yours today — every ripple counts.
Start the challenge #KindnessRipple
Stay close
Follow the ripple.
Occasional updates on our partners, gatherings, and the young lives your support reaches.