HomeNewsroomNews UpdatesUSAID Partner featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review

USAID Partner featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review

Nov 26, 2022

USAID MADANI partner Atma Connect was featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in November 2022.

Atmago, the platform developed by AtmaConnect helps CSOs disseminate advocacy work.

Atmago, the platform developed by AtmaConnect helps CSOs disseminate advocacy work.


The article indicates that the citizen sector has been slower than the private sector in digital platform adoption, calling Atma Connect a pioneer among purpose driven organizations in using such platforms to create impact at scale. With assistance from USAID MADANI, Atma Connect, through its digital platforms AtmaGo.com and the Covid19.Atmago.com microsite, has since 2020 supported civil society organizations in 32 districts in Indonesia. Atma Connect helps these CSOs to communicate their results to a wider audience, network with like-minded organizations, and bring together their community for a cause. In FY22, MADANI CSO partners and staff contributed 1,299 posts to AtmaGo. With over four million users since 2020 in Indonesia, the platform continues to build community resilience and amplify local civil society voices.