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Butterfly Works is committed to the belief that everyone has the power to create the future they want. Through co-creation, design thinking and a drive to create a more inclusive, fair and sustainable world, we have been transforming challenges into opportunities for change.

After 25 years as a social design studio, doing projects in over 60 countries, we have gathered our heritage in a special 25-year Celebration magazine.

Download the magazine to learn about our impact and ingredients for social impact.

In 1999, Emer Beamer, Hester Ezra and Ineke Aquarius foresaw the potential of digital developments for social change. They founded Butterfly Works and started a digital design training with 20 young people from the slums of Nairobi. Youth who had never seen a computer or touched a mouse before, were now creating logos and websites from scratch. The works were exhibited in the National Museum of Kenya and the project resulted in the Bits Academy – training thousands of youth across Africa and South Asia. Over the years, Butterfly Works developed into a full-fledged social design studio, creating education and communication solutions with social impact across the world.

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