{"title": "Grassroots Economics Commitment Pooling", "logoImg": "bafkreibzluw4epalsrrq5lx7yc5v24rwle247dl5sxn7gykuoqhbaeclli", "website": "https://sarafu.network", "bannerImg": "bafybeif7hcnnwhzmfz6valhagt5bz5iyfqnftvfezpk45iagsnmwqxj524", "createdAt": 1744723897568, "credentials": {}, "description": "Commitment Pooling is a community-led protocol developed by Grassroots Economics that enables people to coordinate resources, labor, and care without relying on money. Inspired by ancestral traditions like Mweria (rotating labor associations in Kenya) and ecological systems such as fungal networks, Commitment Pooling helps communities build collective trust and mutual service systems through shared commitments.\n\nAt its heart, Commitment Pooling is based on four core functions: Curation, Valuation, Limitation, and Exchange. Communities first curate what actions or services are valuable—such as planting trees, repairing homes, or caring for elders. They then value these contributions, ensuring all forms of labor and care are recognized. Through limitation, they agree on fair access and avoid overuse of shared resources. Finally, they exchange commitments using community agreements or digital tools like the Sarafu Network, a blockchain-based system that tracks and honors these commitments transparently.\n\nThis protocol transforms how communities organize collective action. Instead of waiting for outside funding or relying on scarce cash, people pool their promises and labor into a shared commons. These commitments become a kind of social currency, used to regenerate ecosystems, strengthen social bonds, and meet local needs.\n\nGrassroots Economics implements Commitment Pooling across Kenya, helping communities like those in Kiriba, Kilifi, revive traditional knowledge and co-create resilient, regenerative economies. Each act of service becomes part of a living economy rooted in trust and reciprocity—showing that care, not cash, is the foundation of sustainable development. Commitment Pooling is more than a system—it’s a return to the logic of life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}}