Food Systems · Case study
Building a food bank's warehouse and stock systems
Placeholder title. Case study in preparation.
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Advisory & implementation across Africa
Strengthening Institutions. Transforming Systems. Advancing Impact.
World Works Consulting partners with nonprofits, corporations, food banks and development organisations to build resilient systems, strengthen governance, improve operations and scale sustainable impact across Africa.
- Practitioner-led expertise
- Strategy + execution
- African context expertise
Who We Are
A specialised advisory and implementation firm. We work with mission-driven organisations on the systems that decide whether their work lasts: strategy, governance, fundraising, operations and, above all, food systems.
10+
Years building food systems in Nigeria
Integrity · Excellence · Impact
Our advisory draws on a decade of building and running hunger-relief operations in Nigeria, and we stay through implementation.
Our mission
To empower mission-driven institutions with the systems, strategy and structures required to create sustainable social impact.
160+◆
Communities reached through the founder’s programmes
45,000+
Volunteers mobilised under the founder’s leadership
10+
Years building food systems in Nigeria
Africa
Expertise across Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa
Our Three Core Pillars
How we build institutions that endure
01
Institutional Growth & Capacity Development
Strategic planning, fundraising systems, leadership development and operational excellence, for organisations that have outgrown the way they were first set up.
02
Food Systems & Humanitarian Solutions
Food banking, hunger relief, agricultural recovery, warehousing, logistics and humanitarian distribution, designed to run at scale and to keep running.
03
Governance, Strategy & Sustainable Impact
Governance systems, board development, financial management, compliance, monitoring and evaluation, and long-term sustainability planning.
Featured Services
Specialist advisory across the whole institution
Strategic Planning
Mission, vision, growth strategy and transformation plans that the board and staff can both act on.
- Strategic plans and theories of change
- Mission, vision and values reviews
- Organisational assessments and SWOT analysis
- Growth and transformation planning
Fundraising & Grants
Fundraising strategy, grant applications, donor engagement and corporate partnerships.
- Fundraising strategy
- Case for support
- Grant applications
- Institutional donor engagement
Food Bank Development
Food bank set-up, warehouse systems, food rescue operations and logistics, designed to run at scale.
- Food bank registration and set-up
- Hunger relief system development
- Warehouse design and optimisation
- Community feeding systems
Governance & Leadership
Board development, executive advisory and leadership coaching.
- Governance assessments
- Board development
- Governing documents and policies
- Board and management roles
Monitoring & Evaluation
Impact measurement systems, reporting frameworks and evaluations that funders and boards can trust.
- Results frameworks and indicator design
- Data collection systems and tools
- Programme evaluations
- Donor reporting frameworks
Technology & Digital Systems
CRM, volunteer management and data systems chosen and set up for how nonprofits actually work.
- Digital readiness assessments
- CRM and donor management systems
- Volunteer management platforms
- Data management and dashboards
Communications & Branding
Positioning, storytelling and communications that build credibility with funders, partners and the public.
- Positioning and messaging frameworks
- Impact storytelling and reporting
- Digital and social media strategy
- Media and stakeholder engagement
Operations & Performance
Workflow design, standard operating procedures and performance systems for day-to-day delivery.
- Process mapping and workflow redesign
- Standard operating procedures
- Performance management frameworks
- Procurement and inventory systems
12sectors served with one systems discipline
Why World Works Consulting
Practitioners, not only advisers
We build the structures, processes and tools that keep an organisation working after we leave.
Practitioner-Led Expertise
Led by people who have designed and run large-scale humanitarian and food systems, not only reviewed them.
African Context Expertise
Working knowledge of how nonprofits, food security programmes and governance operate in Nigeria and across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Systems-Driven Approach
Repeatable structures, processes and tools that stay in place after the engagement ends.
Strategy + Execution
Senior advisory joined to hands-on implementation support, in the same engagement.
Multi-Sector Capability
Work with nonprofits, corporations, philanthropists, foundations and humanitarian institutions.
Client Engagement Process
Four steps, from diagnosis to durable systems
Step 1
Discovery & Assessment
We map what exists: structures, capacity, constraints and the gap between intent and delivery.
Step 2
Strategy & Systems Design
We design the systems, governance and operating model the mission requires.
Step 3
Implementation Support
We stay through the build. Advice without execution is a report nobody reads.
Step 4
Monitoring, Optimisation & Growth
We measure, refine and hand over systems your team can run without us.
Impact & Experience
Built from a decade of operational delivery
Our advisory rests on systems our founder has designed, built and run. Dr. Michael A. Sunbola founded Lagos Food Bank Initiative, which has grown into a national hunger-relief operation, and these figures come from that work.
3.4m+
Vulnerable people in Nigeria reached through the founder’s programmes
650+
Corporate partnerships mobilised by the founder
45,000+
Volunteers mobilised under the founder’s leadership
Governance · Case study
Rebuilding a nonprofit board for growth
Placeholder title. Case study in preparation.
Humanitarian · Case study
Third case study to come
Placeholder. A field distribution or programme example.
Industries We Serve
Twelve sectors, one systems discipline
NGOs & NonprofitsFoundationsCorporate CSR TeamsFood BanksFaith-Based OrganisationsHumanitarian OrganisationsAgricultural & Food Security OrganisationsDevelopment AgenciesCommunity-Based OrganisationsPhilanthropic Families & FoundationsSocial EnterprisesGovernment Institutions
What Partners Say
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