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In Nepal, more than 250,000 men, women, and children labor in harsh conditions, making and transporting bricks by hand in kilns. The majority of these workers are recruited through a system of predatory loans and seasonal advances that require entire families, including children, to work at these kilns in a futile attempt to collectively repay their debt.

Humanity United (a foundation dedicated to building peace and advancing human freedom) uses Kumu to better understand and account for the complex systems and environments that impact their portfolio of work, and discover how they might engage the system to foster long-term, sustainable solutions.

Led by Banny Banerjee, Stanford ChangeLabs is a network, a lab, and a global platform generating new paradigms to initiate rapid, large-scale change. Their goal is to equip global leaders and innovators with new frameworks, so they can engage in ill-defined complex issues and prescribe actionable interventions that are designed for scaled impact.

The Hewlett Foundation uses Kumu to explore and understand the complex dynamics currently driving Congress' inability to function effectively. By better understanding that reality, Hewlett hopes to influence the conditions in which Congress and its members can effectively deliberate, negotiate, and compromise.