In the hills of Killgoris, Kenya, a taxi driver named Chacha knew every household. He began capturing moments of transformation in his community with little more than a mobile phone - a widowed grandmother wrapped in warm blankets, a swing installed where there had been nothing, a boy named Emmanuel unwrapping his first donated toys, his smile widening past what any donor report could describe.
Somewhere far away, someone had given. Somewhere else, a missionary had worked. And in between - for years - there had been silence.
KSI was not born in a boardroom. It was born from the gap between people who want to give and the people already doing extraordinary work on the ground.
"Donors should never have to wonder whether their generosity mattered." Shawn Leege, Founder
Six short films from Shawn, the field, and the people already building this. Watch them in any order - every one answers a different question about why doing nothing wasn't an option.
"I didn't build this to get rich. I built it because doing nothing wasn't an option."
Shawn Leege · The Hero Video
The donor is processed rather than brought into the story. A gift disappears into a pipeline; a report might arrive a quarter later.
Trust in charities has fallen. Less than 1 in 3 donors are confident their gift reaches its intended impact.
Livestream fundraising is growing 14% a year. But social platforms weren't designed for verified charities, accountable payouts, or dignity-first storytelling.
Extraordinary field work stays hidden in private WhatsApp groups and quarterly PDFs nobody reads.
The donation becomes a living story with visible proof. Verified missions. Live streams. Donor dashboards. Consent-based storytelling. A relationship that keeps moving.
Give once. Follow forever. Return because the story keeps moving.
A donation becomes a relationship with a story that keeps moving. Six steps, one continuous loop - the strongest user is not a one-time donor, but a follower of impact.
A stream, a story or a shared post reaches you through a network you already trust.
You see the verification, the source, the money path, and the human proof - before you are asked for anything.
Once, monthly, or during a live moment. Card, PayPal, or crypto - encrypted and receipted.
Updates, alerts, VODs and impact evidence arrive as the mission continues - not a quarter later.
You repost the story into your trusted networks. A share is a seed. The audience grows the mission.
You follow the next chapter - and become a repeat supporter, an ambassador, a friend of the work.
KSI's trust layer is visible to donors and operationally serious behind the scenes. Six commitments, engineered into every screen and every payout.
Charity verification, missionary affiliation, verified badges, identity checks and OFAC screening on every account.
Stripe and PayPal payments, encrypted payout details, HMAC-signed webhooks, admin two-factor, full audit trails.
Donor dashboards, campaign progress, live updates, VODs, review gates and exportable analytics - proof, not promises.
Chat bans, mutes, rate limits, XSS protection, safe emoji sets and human admin moderation on every live moment.
GDPR and CCPA data export, account deletion, consent management and cookie preferences - as a right, not a favor.
Consent-based storytelling, privacy filters, local ambassadors and dignity-first content rules. Communities are seen, not used.
Wherever you sit in the ecosystem - donor, missionary, charity, developer - there is a specific first step. Pick the one that fits.
The app is live. Start on your phone, or right here in your browser.
Or the smallest yes of all: take Chacha's story, or Emmanuel's, and put it somewhere it hasn't been yet. Even a share is a seed.
"We're just getting started."
Visible. Trackable. Real.
Every seed sown grows hope.
Choose how you would like to open KSI.