{"title": "ReFi Medellín - Join the movement towards a more sustainable and equitable future in Medellín, Colombia", "logoImg": "bafkreiaw74dlrh4txpn5j2faohgbwzu4x6mkmbya5tcxrokaq5r4pvywhm", "website": "https://linktr.ee/refimedellin", "bannerImg": "bafkreianvf6txufcilsipgnmi4dakiktazbjkczfc55tveoaqacsciqjjq", "createdAt": 1682117074271, "credentials": {}, "description": "\"ReFi Medellín Join the movement towards a more sustainable and equitable future in Medellín, Colombia”\n\nWe are excited to announce the formation of a ReFi Local Node in Medellín, led by Juan Giraldo and Tereza Bizkova, to nurture community conversations around Web3 enabled regenerative-oriented-innovations (ROIs). Our aim is to empower the youth in Medellín to address some of our city's most pressing challenges through hackathons, incubation, and investment. These challenges include poverty, inequality, youth unemployment, and a general lack of access to resource flows such as energy, water, sanitation, housing, and education.\nWe kindly ask for your support and donations to our grant, so we can start our journey of youth-led education for regeneration!\n \nWith a match funding pool of over $250k, thanks to the amazing Gitcoin community, every single dollar makes a big difference.\n\n\nWe intend to raise 53.000 USD that will be well spent to generate the following ambitious outcomes:\n\nEngage the local community (4 per year):\nHost four ReFi Medellín events over the next year. These events will include expert guest speakers in ReFi, Web3, and urban challenges in Latin American cities.\n($1.500/event = $6.000)\n\nReFi Hackathons (5 per year). \nWe hope to engage young people from different developers communities and different universities, and private sector organizations interested in Web3 and sustainability.\n($2.500/Hackathon = $12.500)\n\nSupport Web3 and Regenerative Oriented Innovations (ROIs):\nIncubate and invest in three social enterprises that come out of ReFi Medellín hackathons.\n($5.000/Enterprise = $15.000)\n\nImpact Onboarding (12 per year):\nCreate associations with active ecological groups and carry out 12 (one each month) through activities such as planting trees, cleaning environments, garbage collection, etc.\n($1000/activity = $12.000)\n\nKeep Medellín as Eternal Spring City (2 activities in the year):\nActivity dedicated to plant flowers and help regenerate the flower insect in Medellín, helping this way to protect Medellín as a Eternal Spring City.\n($1.500/Activity = $3.000)\n\nInclude ReFi in Dotlabs() workshops (3 per year):\nDotlabs() will host three meetups about ReFi and ecology in HashHouse.\n($1.500/Activity = $4.500)\n\n\nOutline of our team:\nHash House is the first club in the world where access is limited by the power of Blockchain Technology (NFTs). Their mission is to provide a space for blockchain lovers, programmers, entrepreneurs and investors to have conversations, listen to experts and strengthen their knowledge within the ecosystem. Act as a bridge between new technologies and the Colombian entrepreneurial ecosystem.\n\nHash has been witnessing how blockchain technology is changing the world, and how Medellin is transforming into the Crypto Valley of Latin America. During this first year, they have achieved together: +50 Monday Meetups, +65 educational talks, 4 pitch days, +1,500 visitors during Cosmoverse '22, +1,200 visitors during ETH Medellin '22, +10 Corporate events, +5 Product launches, +15 artists and djs, +5 art exhibitions and thousands of connections...\n\n\nJuan Giraldo is a highly motivated individual with a passion for exploring alternative perspectives and challenging conventional social systems. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering and is Specialist in Preparation and Evaluation of Private Projects. Additionally, he is a Government Contracting Specialist, and holds a Master's degree in Project Management.\n\nAs a responsible and professional leader, he possesses strong project management skills and demonstrates a deep commitment to social and environmental issues. His specific area of interest lies within agricultural sciences, with a particular focus on knowledge transfer.\n\nIn addition to his academic pursuits, he is an avid stock market enthusiast and pioneer of emerging technologies and markets. As an early adopter of Blockchain technology, he has contributed to its growth and development and remains curious about the ongoing technological revolution. He’s also a System Technologist, which has given him a broad understanding of technology and its impact on various industries.\n\nTereza Bízková is a Czech journalist and tech writer based in Colombia. She works as the Ecosystem Communication Manager at Topl. With her curiosity for all things tech, together with her master’s degree in Defense, Development, and Diplomacy, Tereza loves exploring how innovative solutions advance meaningful change.\n\nCarlos Rodríguez is a rust blockchain developer, he teaches about blockchain, web3 and ReFi, also he is Co-Founder and COO at dotlabs(). He made spaces to connect with other people and share knowledge. \n\nSergio Martinez was involved in the crypto world since the end of 2016, in charge of participating in community aid projects such as Agouti which gave community lunches in Venezuela, later participating in a project of tokenization of beer assets and the construction of crypto ATM systems. Sergio is currently an active member of dotlabs() Medellín, which is in charge of educating the community in the exciting world of blockchain.\n\n\nWe believe that through ReFi Medellín, we can create a more socially inclusive and ecologically regenerative urbanism. Your support will enable us to make a significant impact on the lives of young people in our community, and we appreciate your donation.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "refimedellin"}