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Support knowledge, communities and practical tools.

Your contribution helps the Relational Futures Institute develop community research, preserve and responsibly apply knowledge, and maintain useful public-interest digital tools.

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Support RFI in two simple steps.

RFI is a newly established institution. Contributions of any size help build careful, ethical foundations for its work. Giving is always voluntary.

Step 1Choose what to support

General RFI workHelps RFI prepare community research, document and look after knowledge responsibly, and share what it learns.RFI Digital CommonsHelps build and maintain RFI’s free, offline digital tools for documenting knowledge, mapping systems and careful fieldwork, and their guides.

Your choice tells RFI what you hope your contribution will help. It does not create a separate restricted fund.

Step 2 · Choose how to give

MTN MoMoPay · Merchant ID: 694616

Give with MTN MoMoPay

Merchant ID694616

Recipient: Relational Futures Institute

Open the MTN MoMo app, or the MoMo menu on your phone.
Choose MoMoPay (merchant payment).
Enter the merchant ID 694616.
Enter the amount you wish to give, in Ghana cedis (GHS).
Check that the recipient shown is Relational Futures Institute.
Confirm in MTN’s own secure payment screens.

Suggested reference: RFI-SUPPORT (only if your payment screen offers a reference or note)

RFI will never ask for your PIN, a one-time code (OTP) or card details. Enter your PIN only in MTN’s own screens.

PayPal

Support via PayPal

The button takes you to PayPal, where you choose the amount and complete the payment. PayPal shows the amount and currency before you confirm.

PayPal contributions are received through the founder’s account on behalf of Relational Futures Institute.

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If PayPal lets you add a note, you can write RFI-SUPPORT.

This website cannot see or confirm payments, so there is no confirmation page here. Please keep the confirmation message from MTN or PayPal.

How support will be used

Where contributions are intended to go.

These are the areas RFI intends support to help. They are not costed promises or fixed percentages.

Research preparation and community engagement

Preparing careful, ethical community research and the conversations that come before it.

Ethical documentation and knowledge preservation

Recording and looking after knowledge in ways that respect the people who hold it.

Accessible tools, documentation and maintenance

Keeping RFI’s free tools working, documented and useful, including offline.

Transparency

Open about how support is used.

RFI will report openly on how support is used. Updates will be published on this page when there is something real to report. No updates have been published yet.

RFI does not publish the names of contributors. Payments are handled entirely by MTN and PayPal; this website does not see or store payment details. See the privacy notice.

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Is a contribution required?

No. Giving is entirely voluntary. Everything RFI offers freely, including its publications and resources, stays free, with nothing locked behind a payment.

Which payment method can I use?

MTN MoMoPay, using merchant ID 694616, in Ghana cedis; or PayPal, using the “Contribute via PayPal” button. For a grant, sponsorship or other arrangement, please contact RFI.

How can I request an acknowledgement?

Email hello@relationalfuturesinstitute.org with the date, amount, payment method and any reference you used. RFI will check these against its payment records before replying. RFI makes no claim that contributions are tax-deductible.

Can I support a specific project?

Not through this page yet. A project will be added here only once it has an approved plan and budget. To discuss supporting a particular programme, please get in touch.

Does choosing “RFI Digital Commons” restrict my contribution?

It tells RFI what you hope your contribution will help, and RFI will take it into account. It does not create a separate restricted fund, and it is not passed to MTN or PayPal.

Will this website confirm my payment?

No. This website cannot see payments, so it cannot confirm that a payment has gone through. Please keep the confirmation from MTN or PayPal.

Is it safe?

RFI will never ask for your PIN, a one-time code (OTP), your wallet details or card details. You enter these only in MTN’s or PayPal’s own secure screens.

Other ways to support

Grants, sponsorship and partnerships.

Grants

Foundation and institutional grants for research, documentation, public learning and organisational development.

Programme sponsorship

Support for a specific programme area or initiative, including the proposed Northern Ghana pilot of the Ghana Living Systems Initiative.

Research partnerships

Collaboration that contributes expertise, access, facilities or co-funding to a shared research question.

Discuss support

Let’s talk about what your support could make possible.

To discuss a grant, sponsorship, partnership or a larger contribution, please get in touch and we will respond directly.

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