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Let's develop a regenerative ecosystem in Africa through the [[SEEDS Changemakers Program]], in partnership with [[SEEDS]] projects in Uganda and Kenya.
'''Regenerate Africa''' is a regenerative ecosystem campaign in Africa through the [[SEEDS Changemakers Program]] and the [[SEEDS]] community. It is in partnership with hyper-local SEEDS projects in Uganda and Kenya. It’s purpose is to co-create hyper-local models of regenerative culture and civilization, utilizing the [[SEEDS]] and [[Partnerism]] cultural and economic platform.
 
=How to contribute?=
* Contribute Seeds to the program directly to @regenafrica1. All contributions are tracked [[Regenerate_Africa#Gift_Ledger|here]].
* If you'd like to find other ways to contribute, join the #regenerateafrica channel on the [https://discord.gg/PVRjJGFfGk SEEDS Changemakers Discord] and please introduce yourself.


=Why?=
=Why?=
1. It provides a way for those with a significant amount of Seeds to make a significant impact in regenerative projects now, leveraged by the SEEDS community and its programs.
# It provides a way for those with a significant amount of Seeds to make a significant impact in regenerative projects - today - leveraged by the SEEDS community and its programs.
2. It provides developing countries/underestimated bioregions with the resources they need now that Seeds simply can't buy, like a community computer, projector, and internet data to participate in this Discord forum and learn about SEEDS through the videos 30 people at a single sitting.
# It provides developing countries/underestimated bioregions with the resources they need now that Seeds simply can't buy, like a community computer, projector, and internet data to participate in this Discord forum and learn about SEEDS through the videos 30 people at a single sitting.
3. It allows those in SEEDS that want to build relationships with those in these underestimated bioregions the ability to do so for the first time. Right now they can't even participate in the video calls because internet access is three day's pay.
# It allows those in SEEDS that want to build relationships with those in these underestimated bioregions the ability to do so for the first time. Right now they can't even participate in the video calls because internet access is three day's pay.
 
=How?=
1. We have a document of three projects in underestimated bioregions in Uganda and Kenya, stated what they've already done in SEEDS, what they're going to do, why they're limited, what they need, and the cost in fiat: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10wrsdYwqn9oFOVlc-esXedeBS6hxoH_5VuSrDy4EGYs
2. Barbara is going to host a traditional crowdfunding campaign starting in a week or so, to raise $10,000 USD fiat, using her January 4 birthday as incentive for her friends to contribute. We will provide rewards for $1000+ contributions with matching Seeds value, say, 10,000 Seeds for every $1000 donated, so...
3. I will help Barbara with a 100,000 Seed seedraising campaign to provide those rewards. Anything left over will be used for future campaigns.


=Accountability?=
=Accountability?=
We already have close relationships with @Paulinho, @Mariam, @obar12 and @Kotieno, all of whom have spent hundreds of hours supporting SEEDS in their community, and their limited resources on SEEDS calls. The SEEDS Changemaker program, of which they are all members, will oversee the program and provide a permanent wiki documenting their progress with these contributions. They will also have permanent Discord channels for each of their projects in the Changemaker Discord, so people can ask questions, be updated directly.
* We have close relationships with local project leaders, such as [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Paulinho_Muzaliwa.2C_Nakivale_Refugee_Settlement.2C_Uganda|Paulinho Muzaliwa]], [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Paulinho_Muzaliwa.2C_Nakivale_Refugee_Settlement.2C_Uganda|Paulinho Muzaliwa]], [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Mariam_Antoine.2C_Nakivale_Refugee_Settlement.2C_Uganda|Mariam Antoine]], [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Phelix_Odiwuor_Obar.2C_Homa_Bay.2C_Kenya|Phelix Obar]] and [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Paul_Kotieno.2C_Kenya|Paul Kotieno]], all native Africans, all of whom have spent hundreds of hours supporting SEEDS in their community, and their limited resources on SEEDS calls.
 
* The [[SEEDS Changemakers Program]], of which they are all members, stewards the program and [[Regenerate_Africa#Project_accounting_ledger|updates this wiki page to document their progress]].
=How is this regenerative?=
* Anyone can communicate with them directly through the #regenerateafrica channel on the [https://discord.gg/PVRjJGFfGk SEEDS Changemakers Discord].

We are exchanging $10,000 in fiat for 100,000 newly circulated Seeds resulting in growing the SEEDS ecosystem by hundreds of people in countries where the impact is the greatest.


=
How is this related to the thread topic, 501c3s as fiscal sponsors?=
==Project recipient requirements==

This is a pilot program. We can expand this program through a 501c3 fiscal sponsor, people would then receive tax deductions on their donations, and the program would be qualified to receive grants (foundations and corporate social programs typically only donate to 501c3).
* An approved [[SEEDS_Glossary#Proposals|SEEDS proposal]]
* At least one female project representative in the [[SEEDS Changemakers Program]] from the project bioregion.
* Completion of the [[Partnerism]] course hosted by the SEEDS Changemakers Program.


=How can I help?
=
=Are nonprofits involved?=
We’ll be launching this in a week or two, but if you want to be part of its co-creation, you can follow the #regenerate-africa channel in the Changemaker Discord, at https://discord.com/channels/873255330367291442/921056521763315802/921056574015963146. It'd be great if this was one day set up as a trustless system.
We are seeking nonprofit partners. By expanding this program through a 501c3 fiscal sponsor, people would have a place to send fiat contributions, also receiving tax deductions on their donations, and the program would be qualified to receive grants (foundations and corporate social programs typically only donate to 501c3s).


=Projects=
=Projects=


==SEEDS education at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda==
==SEEDS education at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda==
* Organization: Unidos Social Innovation Center, Uganda - A refugee-led organization that supports marginalized at-risk youth in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement Isingiro district South West Uganda, home to 119,587 refugees from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan.
[[File:Nakivale seeds.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]
* Contact: [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Paulinho_Muzaliwa.2C_Nakivale_Refugee_Settlement.2C_Uganda|Paulinho Muzaliwa]]
* '''Organization:''' Unidos Social Innovation Center, Uganda - A refugee-led organization that supports marginalized at-risk youth in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement. In the Isingiro district of South West Uganda, it is home to 119,587 refugees from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan.
* What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS? We have been able to train so far 30 people how to grow their own food by applying to the permaculture design and principles and onboard them in the SEEDS ecosystem Now they are growing their gardens https://www.instagram.com/unidossocialcenter/p/CV-2yzCIGz9/ and keep on inviting other more people to SEEDS ecosystem here you can see through these links https://youtu.be/AAP7P6hUBrM we are more than 180 people (Visitors, Residents and Citizens) https://www.facebook.com/Projectunidos/
* '''Contact:''' [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Paulinho_Muzaliwa.2C_Nakivale_Refugee_Settlement.2C_Uganda|Paulinho Muzaliwa]], [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Mariam_Antoine.2C_Nakivale_Refugee_Settlement.2C_Uganda|Mariam Antoine]]
* What SEEDS proposal was approved and when? [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FfBryzGIdLeQRrTrCM-KkcPZJy2t-2sI Proposal link]
* '''What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS?''' We have onboarded 180 people into the [[SEEDS]] ecosystem, training 30 people in growing their own food through permaculture design and principles. They are growing their own gardens [https://www.instagram.com/unidossocialcenter/p/CV-2yzCIGz9 photos link]|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAP7P6hUBrM video link] and inviting others to the SEEDS ecosystem.
* Why we need help: We aim to empower young refugees through appropriate training and teach them inclusive entrepreneurial skills that enable them to create their own opportunities. Our goal is to transform these young refugees into changemakers. Our goal is to educate 100 people who will be able to support 1000 participants in the SEEDS ecosystem.
* '''What SEEDS proposal was approved and when?''' Our Unidos Social Innovation Center proposal was approved in August 2021: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FfBryzGIdLeQRrTrCM-KkcPZJy2t-2sI proposal link]. We aim to empower young refugees through appropriate training and teach them inclusive entrepreneurial skills that enable them to create their own opportunities, to transform these young refugees into changemakers. Our goal is to educate 100 people who will be able to support 1000 participants in the SEEDS ecosystem.  
* Request: Five laptops at $210 each ($1050); $150 modem; $600/year cellular data plan = $1800
* '''Why we need help:''' People do not have the resources for smartphones, or even community laptops, to open and monitor SEEDS accounts, and to participate in the global SEEDS ecosystem calls and educational offerings.
* Link for more info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18JNiPGH6yMsJ7YrjfvgsNSEZmNsflvntDXe1z1Yb_cU
* '''Request:''' $1800: Five laptops at $210 each ($1050); $150 modem; $600/year cellular data plan
 
* '''What is Unidos’s purpose?''' Our purpose is to ensure that our refugees have a standard livelihood and quality education that enables them to create their opportunities and regenerative projects to establish self reliance and sovereignty.
 
* '''Why is Unidos doing this work?''' We can't solve our global challenges with our old mindset that exploits our home and continuously destroys all of us. Through our work, we can testify that these are the smartest people we ever meet when it comes to innovation, mutual learning, care, respect of the human beings. Sadly we don't have the adequate financial support and [[sensemaking]] tools to contribute to the regeneration of our mother Earth. We continue to measure the growth of our economies based on profit indicators that allow the destruction of our ecosystem. This is why we started planning how to measure the well being of our planet including all of its inhabitants. Let's rethink the system's values to catapult all of us into a better and sustainable future, creating new metrics that represent access to quality education, clean water, nutritious and healthy food, and thriving biodiversity.
 
* '''What are Unidos’s values and/or principles?''' Unity, Innovation, transparency and respect.
 
[[File:Unidos empowerment circle.jpg|400px|thumb|right]]
* '''What is Unidos’s mission statement?''' To empower young refugees through appropriate training and teach them inclusive entrepreneurial skills that will enable them to create their own opportunities after achieving their empowerment circle (see image).
 
* '''What does daily work look like? (What would a video camera be recording?)''' We have daily sessions that our certified beneficiaries and scholars offer through different programs that enable us to reach our vision. Examples are four-month courses in permaculture design and entrepreneurship and leadership skills, to support our empowerment circle and ensure their projects will impact our communities and create opportunities not only for you but also for others. We actually need a video camera to record testimonies of all these activities, and make sure everyone will be heard when it is time to create a better future for everyone, no matter the place you are, and show the world how we are transforming our difficult situation into successful stories.
 
* '''What is the Unidos’s vision?''' Transforming refugee camps into regenerative communities where everyone will be self sustainable.
 
* '''What are the org’s primary and secondary goals?'''
** Transforming these young refugees into changemakers who will drive sustainable development goals and encourage peace.
** Provide quality education to refugees and equip them with adequate tools that will enable them to learn in a positive environment and paying forward what they have been learning.
** Connect refugees with the other network which can support their initiatives( projects) in different ways.
** Onboard refugees into the digital world and a regenerative cryptocurrency, like SEEDS.
 
* '''How is Unidos and its projects regenerative? Please be specific in a way anyone reading this can easily understand how.''' After capacity building we assume that every scholar who completed our empowerment circle is able to design a project. We will be selecting and supporting at least four projects per year based on their impact measurement: how many people this project will be empowering by providing different opportunities, job creation and their innovation.
 
* '''Who is your female representative for this project?''' Mariam Antoine
 
* '''What kind of organization is Unidos (nonprofit/NGO, DHO, informal group)?''' A community-based organization (CBO).
 
* '''Please explain the differences between the org name, SEEDS campaign names, project names:''' Unidos Social Innovation Center is the name of the organization, and also the name of the approved SEEDS Proposal.
 
* '''When was it created?''' 2018
 
* '''How many volunteers contribute to the organisation?''' 8 people
 
* '''What is the entity that is receiving the funds?'''
 
* '''Is there a website or social media platforms?'''
** [https://www.facebook.com/Projectunidos Facebook]
** [https://www.instagram.com/unidossocialcenter Instagram]
 
===Nakivale Updates===
* February 12, 2022 - Paulinho [[Regenerate_Africa#Project_accounting_ledger|purchases a laptop]] through this Regenerate Africa program to continue registering Nakivale residents into the SEEDS ecosystem (now that SEEDS doesn't require a smartphone to register). The community center in the background (completed November 2021) was also largely supported by the SEEDS community.
[[File:Nakivale laptop.jpg]]
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==SEEDS education in the schools, Kenya==
==SEEDS education in the schools, Kenya==
* Organization: Omosom Community Project, Kenya - A nonprofit supporting orphans, aged widows and the less fortunate in the field of regenerative education and agriculture.
* '''Organization:''' Omosom Community Project, Kenya - A nonprofit supporting orphans, aged widows and the less fortunate in the field of regenerative education and agriculture.
* 
Contact: [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Phelix_Odiwuor_Obar.2C_Homa_Bay.2C_Kenya|Phelix Odiwuor Obar]
* 
'''Contact:''' [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Phelix_Odiwuor_Obar.2C_Homa_Bay.2C_Kenya|Phelix Odiwuor Obar]]
* What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS? Onboarded 80 Visitors, 14 Residents and 6 Citizens in SEEDS.
* '''What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS?''' We have onboarded 80 Visitors, 14 Residents and 6 Citizens in [[SEEDS]].
* What SEEDS proposal was approved and when? The Impact of a Single Drop of Seeds in School, approved by the SEEDS community November? 2021 for 166,900 Seeds. The project will onboard 460 stakeholders in the school system to the SEEDS ecosystem over four lunar cycles. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vo-V5EcRVvukx88IlAVqPPMroUI_beeCauhfkIgUxiU Proposal link]
* '''What SEEDS proposal was approved and when?''' The Impact of a Single Drop of Seeds in School, approved by the SEEDS community November 2021 for 166,900 Seeds. The project will onboard 460 stakeholders in the school system to the SEEDS ecosystem over four lunar cycles. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vo-V5EcRVvukx88IlAVqPPMroUI_beeCauhfkIgUxiU Proposal link]
* Why we need help: Only 7 out of the 460 participants we are focusing on have smartphones, and they cannot afford internet access.
* '''Why we need help:''' Only 7 out of the 460 participants we are focusing on have smartphones, and they cannot afford internet access.
* Request: $1125: $630 desktop, $65 modem, $430/year cellular internet
* '''Request:''' $1125: $630 desktop, $65 modem, $430/year cellular internet
* Link for more info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vo-V5EcRVvukx88IlAVqPPMroUI_beeCauhfkIgUxiU
 
* '''What is Omosom’s purpose?''' To serve the orphans, widows and aged.
 
* '''Why is Omosom doing this work?''' Deaths due to uncontrolled diseases leave children and widows with no one to take care of them, old people fall in the same track when their potential family member who can support them dies. We do this to prevent social crimes that come as a result of poverty. We need to raise their living standards.
 
* '''What are Omosom’s values and/or principles?''' Integrity, honesty, trust, commitment and accountability.
 
* '''What is Omosom’s mission statement?''' To uplift the livelihood of the orphans, widows and aged through provision of basics, education, health care.
 
* '''What does daily work look like? (What would a video camera be recording?)''' We carry out a number of daily activities including operations on our organisation farms, guidance and counseling sessions, construction of structures (houses, latrines, water points), ferrying children to and from schools.
 
* '''What is Omosom’s vision?''' A world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity despite where they come from.


==SEEDS onboarding program and tree nursery, Kenya==
* '''What are Omosom’s primary and secondary goals?'''
* Title: Kotieno Community Project
** Primary goals: Basic needs, Education and health care for orphans, food and shelter for widows and aged.
* What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS? We have onboarded 79 Visitors, 25 Residents and 10 Citizens in SEEDS.
** Secondary goals: Protection, improvement and conservation of nature.
* What SEEDS proposal was approved and when? The project shall invite 1300 people through training and nursery  management.
 
* The Onboarding Green World Promoters to onboard 1300 people through training and tree nursery management is currently up for vote until January 2, 2022: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pw7BAISj2XdQCDpTLFzTEy4qBU9xtSDH Proposal link]  
* '''How is Omosom and its projects regenerative? Please be specific in a way anyone reading this can easily understand how.''' We produce food for consumption without destroying the planet, and fight against diseases that would cause death to many. Participate in regenerative practices like planting of trees.
* Why we need help: Most people in this community do not have access to SEEDs either due to lack of smartphones or internet, or both. One laptop can be used for access and participation in SEEDS, and will enable our community to:  
 
* '''Who is your female representative for this project?''' Achieng Jambita
 
* '''What kind of organization is Unidos (nonprofit/NGO, DHO, informal group)?''' Nonprofit CBO (community-based organization)
 
* '''Please explain the differences between the org name, SEEDS campaign names, project names:'''
** Organization: Omosom Community Project (OCP)
** SEEDS campaign name: The Impact of a Single Drop of SEEDS in School (imbojuniorac)
 
* '''When was it created?''' January 2019
 
* '''How many volunteers contribute to the organisation?''' 10 people
 
* '''What is the entity that is receiving the funds?''' Equity Bank of Kenya
 
* '''Is there a website or social media platforms?''' [https://www.facebook.com/Omosom-community-projects-106120754883242 Facebook Page]
 
===Omosom Updates===
* February 15, 2022 - Phelix [[Regenerate_Africa#Project_accounting_ledger|purchases a laptop]] through this Regenerate Africa program to continue registering Kenyan residents into the SEEDS ecosystem (now that SEEDS doesn't require a smartphone to register).
[[File:Omosom laptop.jpg]]
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==SEEDS onboarding program and tree nursery, Homa Bay, Kenya==
* '''Organization:''' Kotieno Community Project, Kenya
* '''Contact:''' [[SEEDS_Changemakers#Kotieno_Paul.2C_Kenya|Paul Kotieno]]
* '''What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS?''' We have onboarded 79 Visitors, 25 Residents and 10 Citizens in [[SEEDS]].
* '''What SEEDS proposal was approved and when?''' The Onboarding Green World Promoters project shall invite 1300 people to SEEDS through training and tree nursery management.[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pw7BAISj2XdQCDpTLFzTEy4qBU9xtSDH Proposal link]  
* '''Why we need help:''' Most people in this community do not have access to SEEDs either due to lack of smartphones or internet, or both. One laptop can be used for access and participation in SEEDS, and will enable our community to:  
** Open and monitor accounts for the participants.
** Open and monitor accounts for the participants.
** Participate in SEEDS and its Changemaker program.
** Participate in SEEDS and its Changemaker program.
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** Attend virtual meetings collectively and efficiently.
** Attend virtual meetings collectively and efficiently.
** Type and print documents, manage community records
** Type and print documents, manage community records
* Request: Laptop, HP Notebook 15 Core i7 8GB 512GB SSD 15.6 Win 10 $940; Modem - Combos High Speed Universal, $55; VAT (value added tax) $150; Internet data bundle for one year: $480 = $1625
* '''Request:''' $1625: Laptop, HP Notebook 15 Core i7 8GB 512GB SSD 15.6 Win 10 $940; Modem - Combos High Speed Universal, $55; VAT (value added tax) $150; Internet data bundle for one year: $480
* Link for more info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pC3g39ZuoZRFb1mfHMDhbVp_Yf0Kd6l5a-iO5ksz08Y
 
* '''What is Kotieno’s purpose? Why is Kotieno doing this work?''' To restore mother earth and create a regenerative culture in Kenya.
 
* '''What are Kotieno’s values and/or principles?''' Our organisation is built on accountability, commitment, trust and integrity.
 
* '''What is Kotieno’s mission statement?''' To create a self-sustaining, sovereign regenerative community in Homabay County, Kenya.
 
* '''What does daily work look like? (What would a video camera be recording?)''' Tree planting, tree nursery operations and farm activities.
 
* '''What is Kotieno’s vision?''' Zero food shortage in the community and beyond.
 
* '''What are Kotieno’s primary and secondary goals?'''
** Primary goals: Food production, proper hygiene, orphan support, and reviving the environment.
** Secondary goals: Food supply in the community.
 
* '''How is Omosom and its projects regenerative? Please be specific in a way anyone reading this can easily understand how.''' Through the nursery, we plant trees to restore mother earth. Through farming, we create sufficient food for the community. By supporting the education of orphans, we build a bright future for the community. Through building latrines for the poor and needy, we ensure proper hygiene and environment conservation.
 
* '''Who is your female representative for this project?''' Stacy Mbadi
 
* '''What kind of organization is Unidos (nonprofit/NGO, DHO, informal group)?''' Nonprofit CBO (community-based organization)
 
* '''Please explain the differences between the org name, SEEDS campaign names, project names:''' Unidos Social Innovation Center is the name of the organization, and the name of the SEEDS Proposal.
** Organization: Kotieno Community Project
** SEEDS campaign name: Onboarding Green World Promoters
 
* '''When was Kotieno created?''' February 2020
 
* '''How many volunteers contribute to the organisation?''' 7 people
 
* '''What is the entity that is receiving the funds?''' Cooperative Bank of Kenya
 
* '''Is there a website or social media platforms?''' [http://kotienocommunityproject.com kotienocommunityproject.com]
 
===Omosom Updates===
* February 15, 2022 - Kotieno [[Regenerate_Africa#Project_accounting_ledger|purchases a laptop]] through this Regenerate Africa program to continue registering Kenyan residents into the SEEDS ecosystem (now that SEEDS doesn't require a smartphone to register).
[[File:Kotieno laptop.jpg]]
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=Gift ledger=
 
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|SEEDS Contributions to @regenafrica1
|-
|'''Contributor'''
|'''Gift in Seeds'''
|'''Designation (if any)'''
|'''Fiat exchange'''
|-
|Unidos Social Innovation Center, Uganda
|2000
|Unidos Social Innovation Center, Uganda
|
|-
|Omosom Community Project, Kenya
|2000
|Omosom Community Project, Kenya
|
|-
|Kotieno Community Project, Kenya
|
|Kotieno Community Project, Kenya
|
|-
|Chris
|1000
|
|
|-
|Nadim
|555
|
|
|-
|Reiki
|333
|
|
|-
|buddhawangyi
|5000
|
|
|-
|designskunks
|5000
|
|
|-
|kanyancircle
|5000
|
|
|-
|aliciaved
|999
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|200
|-
|
|
|
|50
|-
|
|
|
|50
|-
|Subtotal
|22,287
|
|300
|-
|Total
|
|
|'''21,987'''
|-
|Goal
|
|
|'''40,000'''
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|Fiat Contributions
|-
|'''Contributor'''
|'''Gift in fiat'''
|'''Designation (if any)'''
|'''Fees'''
|-
|Melanie Bennett
|$1000
|
|$81
|-
|Individual donors
|$30
|
|$3
|-
|Subtotal
|$1030
|
|$84
|-
|Total
|
|
|'''$946'''
|-
|Goal
|
|
|'''$5000'''
|}
 
=Project accounting ledger=
 
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|Unidos - Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda
|-
|'''Fund'''
|'''Amount'''
|'''Date'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Winter 2022 crowdfunding campaign
|$333
|Feb 11, 2022
|
|-
|'''Expense'''
|'''Amount'''
|'''Notes'''
|
|-
|Laptop
|$255
|Feb 12, 2022
|HP 820 500GB HDD Core i5 4GB RAM
|-
|Modem
|
|
|
|-
|Cellular data plan
|
|
|
|-
|Balance
|$78
|
|
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|Omosom Community Project, Kenya
|-
|'''Fund'''
|'''Amount'''
|'''Date'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Winter 2022 crowdfunding campaign
|$333
|Feb 11, 2022
|
|-
|'''Expense'''
|'''Amount'''
|'''Notes'''
|
|-
|Laptop
|$247
|Feb 15, 2022
|Lenovo Ideapad 330 500GB HDD 4GB RAM
|-
|Modem
|$18
|Feb 15, 2022
|XYFI Universal
|-
|Security software
|$14
|Feb 15, 2022
|Kaspersky Antivirus
|-
|Cellular data plan
|$20
|Feb 16, 2022
|30GB data Airtel Ke
|-
|Balance
|$34
|
|
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|Kotieno Community Project, Kenya
|-
|'''Fund'''
|'''Amount'''
|'''Date'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|Winter 2022 crowdfunding campaign
|$333
|Feb 11, 2022
|
|-
|'''Expense'''
|'''Amount'''
|'''Notes'''
|
|-
|Laptop
|$255
|Feb 15, 2022
|HP ProBook 640G1 500GB HDD 4GB RAM
|-
|Modem
|$18
|Feb 15, 2022
|XYFI Universal
|-
|Security software
|$14
|Feb 15, 2022
|Kaspersky Antivirus
|-
|Cellular data plan
|$30
|Feb 16, 2022
|Blaze 25GB+ Free WhatsApp Data bundle. Expiry date: 19/03/2022
|-
|Balance
|$16
|
|
|}

Latest revision as of 16:49, 16 February 2022

Regenerate Africa is a regenerative ecosystem campaign in Africa through the SEEDS Changemakers Program and the SEEDS community. It is in partnership with hyper-local SEEDS projects in Uganda and Kenya. It’s purpose is to co-create hyper-local models of regenerative culture and civilization, utilizing the SEEDS and Partnerism cultural and economic platform.

How to contribute?[edit]

  • Contribute Seeds to the program directly to @regenafrica1. All contributions are tracked here.
  • If you'd like to find other ways to contribute, join the #regenerateafrica channel on the SEEDS Changemakers Discord and please introduce yourself.

Why?[edit]

  1. It provides a way for those with a significant amount of Seeds to make a significant impact in regenerative projects - today - leveraged by the SEEDS community and its programs.
  2. It provides developing countries/underestimated bioregions with the resources they need now that Seeds simply can't buy, like a community computer, projector, and internet data to participate in this Discord forum and learn about SEEDS through the videos 30 people at a single sitting.
  3. It allows those in SEEDS that want to build relationships with those in these underestimated bioregions the ability to do so for the first time. Right now they can't even participate in the video calls because internet access is three day's pay.

Accountability?[edit]

Project recipient requirements[edit]

Are nonprofits involved?[edit]

We are seeking nonprofit partners. By expanding this program through a 501c3 fiscal sponsor, people would have a place to send fiat contributions, also receiving tax deductions on their donations, and the program would be qualified to receive grants (foundations and corporate social programs typically only donate to 501c3s).

Projects[edit]

SEEDS education at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda[edit]

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  • Organization: Unidos Social Innovation Center, Uganda - A refugee-led organization that supports marginalized at-risk youth in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement. In the Isingiro district of South West Uganda, it is home to 119,587 refugees from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan.
  • Contact: Paulinho Muzaliwa, Mariam Antoine
  • What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS? We have onboarded 180 people into the SEEDS ecosystem, training 30 people in growing their own food through permaculture design and principles. They are growing their own gardens photos link|video link and inviting others to the SEEDS ecosystem.
  • What SEEDS proposal was approved and when? Our Unidos Social Innovation Center proposal was approved in August 2021: proposal link. We aim to empower young refugees through appropriate training and teach them inclusive entrepreneurial skills that enable them to create their own opportunities, to transform these young refugees into changemakers. Our goal is to educate 100 people who will be able to support 1000 participants in the SEEDS ecosystem.
  • Why we need help: People do not have the resources for smartphones, or even community laptops, to open and monitor SEEDS accounts, and to participate in the global SEEDS ecosystem calls and educational offerings.
  • Request: $1800: Five laptops at $210 each ($1050); $150 modem; $600/year cellular data plan
  • What is Unidos’s purpose? Our purpose is to ensure that our refugees have a standard livelihood and quality education that enables them to create their opportunities and regenerative projects to establish self reliance and sovereignty.
  • Why is Unidos doing this work? We can't solve our global challenges with our old mindset that exploits our home and continuously destroys all of us. Through our work, we can testify that these are the smartest people we ever meet when it comes to innovation, mutual learning, care, respect of the human beings. Sadly we don't have the adequate financial support and sensemaking tools to contribute to the regeneration of our mother Earth. We continue to measure the growth of our economies based on profit indicators that allow the destruction of our ecosystem. This is why we started planning how to measure the well being of our planet including all of its inhabitants. Let's rethink the system's values to catapult all of us into a better and sustainable future, creating new metrics that represent access to quality education, clean water, nutritious and healthy food, and thriving biodiversity.
  • What are Unidos’s values and/or principles? Unity, Innovation, transparency and respect.
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  • What is Unidos’s mission statement? To empower young refugees through appropriate training and teach them inclusive entrepreneurial skills that will enable them to create their own opportunities after achieving their empowerment circle (see image).
  • What does daily work look like? (What would a video camera be recording?) We have daily sessions that our certified beneficiaries and scholars offer through different programs that enable us to reach our vision. Examples are four-month courses in permaculture design and entrepreneurship and leadership skills, to support our empowerment circle and ensure their projects will impact our communities and create opportunities not only for you but also for others. We actually need a video camera to record testimonies of all these activities, and make sure everyone will be heard when it is time to create a better future for everyone, no matter the place you are, and show the world how we are transforming our difficult situation into successful stories.
  • What is the Unidos’s vision? Transforming refugee camps into regenerative communities where everyone will be self sustainable.
  • What are the org’s primary and secondary goals?
    • Transforming these young refugees into changemakers who will drive sustainable development goals and encourage peace.
    • Provide quality education to refugees and equip them with adequate tools that will enable them to learn in a positive environment and paying forward what they have been learning.
    • Connect refugees with the other network which can support their initiatives( projects) in different ways.
    • Onboard refugees into the digital world and a regenerative cryptocurrency, like SEEDS.
  • How is Unidos and its projects regenerative? Please be specific in a way anyone reading this can easily understand how. After capacity building we assume that every scholar who completed our empowerment circle is able to design a project. We will be selecting and supporting at least four projects per year based on their impact measurement: how many people this project will be empowering by providing different opportunities, job creation and their innovation.
  • Who is your female representative for this project? Mariam Antoine
  • What kind of organization is Unidos (nonprofit/NGO, DHO, informal group)? A community-based organization (CBO).
  • Please explain the differences between the org name, SEEDS campaign names, project names: Unidos Social Innovation Center is the name of the organization, and also the name of the approved SEEDS Proposal.
  • When was it created? 2018
  • How many volunteers contribute to the organisation? 8 people
  • What is the entity that is receiving the funds?

Nakivale Updates[edit]

  • February 12, 2022 - Paulinho purchases a laptop through this Regenerate Africa program to continue registering Nakivale residents into the SEEDS ecosystem (now that SEEDS doesn't require a smartphone to register). The community center in the background (completed November 2021) was also largely supported by the SEEDS community.

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SEEDS education in the schools, Kenya[edit]

  • Organization: Omosom Community Project, Kenya - A nonprofit supporting orphans, aged widows and the less fortunate in the field of regenerative education and agriculture.
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Contact: Phelix Odiwuor Obar
  • What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS? We have onboarded 80 Visitors, 14 Residents and 6 Citizens in SEEDS.
  • What SEEDS proposal was approved and when? The Impact of a Single Drop of Seeds in School, approved by the SEEDS community November 2021 for 166,900 Seeds. The project will onboard 460 stakeholders in the school system to the SEEDS ecosystem over four lunar cycles. Proposal link
  • Why we need help: Only 7 out of the 460 participants we are focusing on have smartphones, and they cannot afford internet access.
  • Request: $1125: $630 desktop, $65 modem, $430/year cellular internet
  • What is Omosom’s purpose? To serve the orphans, widows and aged.
  • Why is Omosom doing this work? Deaths due to uncontrolled diseases leave children and widows with no one to take care of them, old people fall in the same track when their potential family member who can support them dies. We do this to prevent social crimes that come as a result of poverty. We need to raise their living standards.
  • What are Omosom’s values and/or principles? Integrity, honesty, trust, commitment and accountability.
  • What is Omosom’s mission statement? To uplift the livelihood of the orphans, widows and aged through provision of basics, education, health care.
  • What does daily work look like? (What would a video camera be recording?) We carry out a number of daily activities including operations on our organisation farms, guidance and counseling sessions, construction of structures (houses, latrines, water points), ferrying children to and from schools.
  • What is Omosom’s vision? A world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity despite where they come from.
  • What are Omosom’s primary and secondary goals?
    • Primary goals: Basic needs, Education and health care for orphans, food and shelter for widows and aged.
    • Secondary goals: Protection, improvement and conservation of nature.
  • How is Omosom and its projects regenerative? Please be specific in a way anyone reading this can easily understand how. We produce food for consumption without destroying the planet, and fight against diseases that would cause death to many. Participate in regenerative practices like planting of trees.
  • Who is your female representative for this project? Achieng Jambita
  • What kind of organization is Unidos (nonprofit/NGO, DHO, informal group)? Nonprofit CBO (community-based organization)
  • Please explain the differences between the org name, SEEDS campaign names, project names:
    • Organization: Omosom Community Project (OCP)
    • SEEDS campaign name: The Impact of a Single Drop of SEEDS in School (imbojuniorac)
  • When was it created? January 2019
  • How many volunteers contribute to the organisation? 10 people
  • What is the entity that is receiving the funds? Equity Bank of Kenya

Omosom Updates[edit]

  • February 15, 2022 - Phelix purchases a laptop through this Regenerate Africa program to continue registering Kenyan residents into the SEEDS ecosystem (now that SEEDS doesn't require a smartphone to register).

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SEEDS onboarding program and tree nursery, Homa Bay, Kenya[edit]

  • Organization: Kotieno Community Project, Kenya
  • Contact: Paul Kotieno
  • What has your organization accomplished so far in SEEDS? We have onboarded 79 Visitors, 25 Residents and 10 Citizens in SEEDS.
  • What SEEDS proposal was approved and when? The Onboarding Green World Promoters project shall invite 1300 people to SEEDS through training and tree nursery management.Proposal link
  • Why we need help: Most people in this community do not have access to SEEDs either due to lack of smartphones or internet, or both. One laptop can be used for access and participation in SEEDS, and will enable our community to:
    • Open and monitor accounts for the participants.
    • Participate in SEEDS and its Changemaker program.
    • Educate children about SEEDS to prepare them for future engagement.
    • Attend virtual meetings collectively and efficiently.
    • Type and print documents, manage community records
  • Request: $1625: Laptop, HP Notebook 15 Core i7 8GB 512GB SSD 15.6 Win 10 $940; Modem - Combos High Speed Universal, $55; VAT (value added tax) $150; Internet data bundle for one year: $480
  • What is Kotieno’s purpose? Why is Kotieno doing this work? To restore mother earth and create a regenerative culture in Kenya.
  • What are Kotieno’s values and/or principles? Our organisation is built on accountability, commitment, trust and integrity.
  • What is Kotieno’s mission statement? To create a self-sustaining, sovereign regenerative community in Homabay County, Kenya.
  • What does daily work look like? (What would a video camera be recording?) Tree planting, tree nursery operations and farm activities.
  • What is Kotieno’s vision? Zero food shortage in the community and beyond.
  • What are Kotieno’s primary and secondary goals?
    • Primary goals: Food production, proper hygiene, orphan support, and reviving the environment.
    • Secondary goals: Food supply in the community.
  • How is Omosom and its projects regenerative? Please be specific in a way anyone reading this can easily understand how. Through the nursery, we plant trees to restore mother earth. Through farming, we create sufficient food for the community. By supporting the education of orphans, we build a bright future for the community. Through building latrines for the poor and needy, we ensure proper hygiene and environment conservation.
  • Who is your female representative for this project? Stacy Mbadi
  • What kind of organization is Unidos (nonprofit/NGO, DHO, informal group)? Nonprofit CBO (community-based organization)
  • Please explain the differences between the org name, SEEDS campaign names, project names: Unidos Social Innovation Center is the name of the organization, and the name of the SEEDS Proposal.
    • Organization: Kotieno Community Project
    • SEEDS campaign name: Onboarding Green World Promoters
  • When was Kotieno created? February 2020
  • How many volunteers contribute to the organisation? 7 people
  • What is the entity that is receiving the funds? Cooperative Bank of Kenya

Omosom Updates[edit]

  • February 15, 2022 - Kotieno purchases a laptop through this Regenerate Africa program to continue registering Kenyan residents into the SEEDS ecosystem (now that SEEDS doesn't require a smartphone to register).

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Gift ledger[edit]

SEEDS Contributions to @regenafrica1
Contributor Gift in Seeds Designation (if any) Fiat exchange
Unidos Social Innovation Center, Uganda 2000 Unidos Social Innovation Center, Uganda
Omosom Community Project, Kenya 2000 Omosom Community Project, Kenya
Kotieno Community Project, Kenya Kotieno Community Project, Kenya
Chris 1000
Nadim 555
Reiki 333
buddhawangyi 5000
designskunks 5000
kanyancircle 5000
aliciaved 999
200
50
50
Subtotal 22,287 300
Total 21,987
Goal 40,000
Fiat Contributions
Contributor Gift in fiat Designation (if any) Fees
Melanie Bennett $1000 $81
Individual donors $30 $3
Subtotal $1030 $84
Total $946
Goal $5000

Project accounting ledger[edit]

Unidos - Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Fund Amount Date Notes
Winter 2022 crowdfunding campaign $333 Feb 11, 2022
Expense Amount Notes
Laptop $255 Feb 12, 2022 HP 820 500GB HDD Core i5 4GB RAM
Modem
Cellular data plan
Balance $78
Omosom Community Project, Kenya
Fund Amount Date Notes
Winter 2022 crowdfunding campaign $333 Feb 11, 2022
Expense Amount Notes
Laptop $247 Feb 15, 2022 Lenovo Ideapad 330 500GB HDD 4GB RAM
Modem $18 Feb 15, 2022 XYFI Universal
Security software $14 Feb 15, 2022 Kaspersky Antivirus
Cellular data plan $20 Feb 16, 2022 30GB data Airtel Ke
Balance $34
Kotieno Community Project, Kenya
Fund Amount Date Notes
Winter 2022 crowdfunding campaign $333 Feb 11, 2022
Expense Amount Notes
Laptop $255 Feb 15, 2022 HP ProBook 640G1 500GB HDD 4GB RAM
Modem $18 Feb 15, 2022 XYFI Universal
Security software $14 Feb 15, 2022 Kaspersky Antivirus
Cellular data plan $30 Feb 16, 2022 Blaze 25GB+ Free WhatsApp Data bundle. Expiry date: 19/03/2022
Balance $16
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