{"signature": "0xfebf30621e6f257f66ee59cacda8224d4b382047bb59c1dcf6eebc006fb42c4a16afe5b4571db8cadc36cac34bfb3b334ad1389a935e20df4b0b0ed19512f3621b", "application": {"round": "0x0b33428de19ae46f72e8888cd1c0102ed49afa87", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "sXM5zEa719oNas1uql/y2FyoUQjOZQA5Hu17GAS94aAuQJ4PINehXbxoCTXrqFts", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "ac763dc63ff0e4404dd5af49d417de327caa0bfd87b261123f034d4e5ef0865214d8aae36aad823731ff438dc9666b094b84403020052d16d2a75e9e6835459a910907fbe5bd251ea82832f5b889860755640ee225d7284bf012b90b80455f8fe0608f03a5823e875cc48dc8de9f9f47d325ff3023984d2d30d4f8a9e0a12ee60000000000000020b0f59be248d4fab9ee30052c75921ac0fe6ba5fac293927c9bae8bda5dcd9812b6095850f2534c9e4a6bb7962635a6b4"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "ayoweccauganda", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle (you can answer N/A)", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://www.telegram.com/ayoweccauganda", "hidden": true, "question": "Link to your Public Group Chat (Discord or Telegram)", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Introducing crypto/Web3 technology to our project adds significant value by revolutionizing the way we incentivize and empower farmers and women saving groups. By rewarding farmers who save $20 on their crypto wallets and those practicing regenerative agriculture with organic manure, we create a direct financial incentive for sustainable practices. This not only encourages environmentally friendly farming techniques but also promotes financial inclusion and literacy among rural communities.\nBlockchain technology is essential for ensuring transparency, security, and immutability in these reward systems. Through blockchain, we can track and verify transactions securely, guaranteeing that rewards are distributed fairly and efficiently. The decentralized nature of blockchain also eliminates the need for intermediaries, reducing costs and increasing trust among participants.\nA traditional or Web2 solution would fall short in providing the same level of transparency, security, and efficiency that blockchain offers. Without blockchain technology, tracking rewards and ensuring their proper distribution could be prone to errors, delays, or even manipulation. Additionally, the decentralized nature of Web3 allows for greater autonomy and control over financial transactions compared to traditional centralized systems.\nBy leveraging crypto/Web3 technology and blockchain in our project, we not only enhance the effectiveness of our reward mechanisms but also pave the way for a more inclusive and secure financial ecosystem for rural communities. This innovative approach goes beyond conventional methods by combining sustainability incentives with digital financial empowerment, ultimately creating a more resilient foundation for agricultural development and economic growth in rural areas.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Please explain how your project aligns with the Venus Protocol ecosystem and contributes to its growth and development", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "As part of our commitment to ensuring the success of the pilot project, our organization will provide a range of resources and support to facilitate the implementation and monitoring of the initiatives. Drawing on our expertise in community engagement, sustainable agriculture, and educational outreach, we will contribute the following resources:\n1.\tTechnical Expertise: Our team includes agricultural specialists, educators, and project managers who will oversee the planning and execution of training programs, workshops, and educational materials. Their technical expertise will ensure that all activities are aligned with best practices in sustainable agriculture and financial literacy.\n2.\tEducational Materials: We will develop tailored educational materials that emphasize sustainable agriculture techniques, biodiversity conservation, financial literacy, and the use of digital savings tools and cryptocurrency. These materials will be designed to be accessible, culturally relevant, and engaging for rural farmers and women saving groups.\n3.\tTraining Programs: Our organization will conduct comprehensive training programs for over 5000 farmers on sustainable agriculture practices such as crop rotation, organic farming, water-efficient irrigation methods, and financial literacy. These programs will empower participants with the knowledge and skills needed to improve their agricultural practices and financial management.\n4.\tModel Farms: We will establish model farms that showcase sustainable agricultural practices in action. These farms will serve as practical learning sites where farmers can observe successful techniques firsthand and receive hands-on training from our experts.\n5.\tWorkshops: Pre-and post-season planning workshops will be organized for farmers to enhance their agricultural practices, increase crop yields, and improveoverall farm sustainability. These workshops will provide farmers with practical guidance on effective planning strategies, pest control, soil management, and water conservation techniques. By participating in these workshops, farmers will be equipped with the tools to make informed decisions throughout the farming cycle.\n6.\tMonitoring and Evaluation: Our organization will implement a robust monitoring and evaluation framework to track the progress and impact of the pilot project. This includes collecting data on key performance indicators, conducting surveys, and engaging with participants to gather feedback on the effectiveness of the interventions.\n7.\tPartnership Coordination: We will actively engage with our network of partners, including Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), local leaders, and government officials, to ensure seamless coordination and collaboration in project implementation. By leveraging these partnerships, we aim to maximize the reach and impact of our initiatives within rural communities.\n8.\tFinancial Support: As part of our commitment to the project's success, we will allocate a portion of the budget towards covering operational costs, training expenses, materials development, and other essential components of the pilot project. This financial support will enable us to deliver high-quality programs that benefit farmers and women saving groups in tangible ways.\nBy providing these resources and support mechanisms, our organization is dedicated to ensuring that the pilot project is successful in achieving its goals of empowering rural farmers with sustainable agriculture techniques and digital financial literacy. Through a holistic approach that combines technical expertise, educational materials, training programs, model farms,workshops, monitoring and evaluation, partnership coordination, and financial support, we are confident in our ability to make a meaningful impact on the lives of farmers and women saving groups in rural communities. Our commitment to excellence and sustainability drives us to provide the necessary resources for the pilot project's success, ultimately contributing to a more resilient and empowered agricultural sector for all stakeholders involved\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe the innovative ideas, technologies, or approaches your project brings to the Venus ecosystem and their potential impact", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "", "hidden": true, "question": "For projects focusing on technical innovation, please demonstrate your team's technical expertise and ability to implement the project successfully within the proposed timeline and budget", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The proposed budget for the project amounts to $50,000 over two years. This funding will support the implementation of comprehensive training programs, establishment of women saving groups, development and distribution of educational materials, creation of model farms, and the conduct of pre-and post-season planning workshops for farmers. The allocated budget will play a crucial role in empowering over 5000 farmers and 100 women saving groups, focusing on sustainable agriculture techniques, financial literacy, and environmental conservation efforts within rural communities", "hidden": true, "question": "Provide a breakdown of your project's budget and clearly explain how the requested funds will be allocated", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "", "hidden": true, "question": "Project GitHub Repo (Not Team Page)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Through monitoring and evalution, weekly reports, surveys.Our organization, dedicated to community engagement and education, has a strong background in hosting workshops for local farmers. Our mission is to promote sustainable agriculture techniques that enhance food security while minimizing environmental impact. With our expertise in developing educational materials tailored to the local context, we emphasize the importance of biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management practices. Furthermore, our ability to achieve the project's goals lies in our experience in implementing sustainable agricultural practices. We have successfully introduced agroecological techniques such as crop rotation, organic farming, and water-efficient irrigation methods to improve soil health and increase crop resilience. Additionally, we have established model farms that showcase these sustainable practices in action, serving as valuable learning sites for other farmers in the community", "hidden": true, "question": "How do you plan to provide regular progress updates and maintain open communication with the Venus community throughout the grant period?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our solution is to implement a comprehensive pre-and post-season planning program for farmers, tailored to their specific needs and challenges. By providing farmers with the necessary tools and knowledge to plan effectively before and after each season, we aim to enhance their agricultural practices, increase crop yields, and improve overall farm sustainability.\nThrough this solution, farmers will receive training on crop selection, soil management, water conservation techniques, and pest control strategies. By empowering farmers with the skills to make informed decisions at critical stages of the farming cycle, we believe they will be better equipped to mitigate risks, optimize resources, and ultimately improve their livelihoods.\nBy focusing on proactive planning and sustainable practices, our solution not only addresses immediate challenges faced by farmers but also lays a foundation for long-term resilience in the face of environmental uncertainties. This approach is rooted in our organization's commitment to promoting sustainable agriculture techniques that not only benefit individual farmers but also contribute to broader environmental conservation efforts within rural communities.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Is there anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other affiliations? 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By rewarding\nfarmers who save $20 on their crypto wallets and those practicing regenerative agriculture\nwith organic manure, we create a direct financial incentive for sustainable practices. This not\nonly encourages environmentally friendly farming techniques but also promotes financial\ninclusion and literacy among rural communities.\nBlockchain technology is essential for ensuring transparency, security, and immutability in\nthese reward systems. Through blockchain, we can track and verify transactions securely,\nguaranteeing that rewards are distributed fairly and efficiently. The decentralized nature of\nblockchain also eliminates the need for intermediaries, reducing costs and increasing trust\namong participants.\nA traditional or Web2 solution would fall short in providing the same level of transparency,\nsecurity, and efficiency that blockchain offers. Without blockchain technology, tracking\nrewards and ensuring their proper distribution could be prone to errors, delays, or even\nmanipulation. Additionally, the decentralized nature of Web3 allows for greater autonomy and\ncontrol over financial transactions compared to traditional centralized systems.\nBy leveraging crypto/Web3 technology and blockchain in our project, we not only enhance the\neffectiveness of our reward mechanisms but also pave the way for a more inclusive and secure\nfinancial ecosystem for rural communities. This innovative approach goes beyond\nconventional methods by combining sustainability incentives with digital financial\nempowerment, ultimately creating a more resilient foundation for agricultural development\nand economic growth in rural areas.\n![ayoweccacommunityt](https://ayoweccauganda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1699721722762.png)\n**AYOWECCA UGANDA’s** wide range of programs provide support in some of the poorest and most underprivileged communities in Uganda, East Africa. Since AYOWECCA UGANDA is community founded, our activities are community based to benefit the local people facing both social and environmental challenges. In addition to our agroforestry work, we are opening a skills training center for women and girls, and also young people, that will include Web3 onboarding and computer literacy as well as training for tailoring, catering and salon services. \nThe categories of women who need vocational skills interventions are those who are school dropouts,women, widows and those who face extreme poverty, especially related to HIV/AIDS, Conflicts/wars, Politics, among others. Women and girls are in dire need of basic needs and supplementary benefits as Ugandans. These service points can hence be used to create opportunities to the target group who are in communities.The vocational skills and empowerment project is not clearly established to women, school dropouts, widows and orphans due to communities referring them as unfit, and rejects when it comes to inclusion in such projects.\n\n**AYOWECCA UGANDA** Community vocational Skills Training Project is one of the programs that will be established to address psychosocial and economic problems among women, school dropouts, widows and orphans in Tororo and nearby areas. Our main focus is to protect natural resources, adaptation to climate change, conservation, skills development and empowering women and children. we are currently under plan of implementing a community skilling center activity in Tororo by February 2024.Through trainings, target groups will be taught different skills in Carpentry, briquette and Paper bag making,plastic recycling, Environment management, Sewing and Tailoring(making reusable sanitary towels, Bricklaying concrete and Practice, Leather Tanning, Hand Craft training ,promoting technologies through Computer training, Plumbing, Mechanics and Party Decoration, Hair dressing among others. After their training, they are expected to be able to produce good quality products leading to increase in Gross Domestic product and profitability. Secondly they will be able to effectively work in their village settings able to create jobs among themselves.\nWe will use funding from this grant to support and facilitate these  onboarding, education and advocacy efforts. With your help, we can improve the Web3 ecosystem to be more inclusive and equitable, and to bring the  capabilities and benefits of blockchain technology to vulnerable populations who need it the most.\n![meeting](https://ayoweccauganda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1699721815227.png)\n##Update\nWe have received overwhelming number of women and girls seeking for skills training, Initially we had a budget of 200 women and girls for the first quarter but we've registered 685 and our machines/equipments isn't enough to accommodate all to receive proper training and also our space is really small, we then request for your support and your welcome to visit our project in person. \nWe then realize there's high demand for skills training among women and girls in communities in Tororo Uganda. \nWith our Gitcoin funds,  we bought tailoring, catering and salon services to train rural girls and women who have dropped out of school and to empower them with hands-on skills to be economically empowered. We hope that with your funds, we can purchase more computers to expand our digital training.\n2,500+ children receive scholastic materials every year\n911 girls and women have been trained on making reusable sanitary towels\n632 rural farmers have been trained on regenerative/smart agricultural methods.\n22,000+ fruit trees have been planted in 98 schools and 69 health centers\n685 women and girls undergoing skills training\nChallenges faced: Unfortunately, our funds were stolen from our wallet by an attacker after we clicked on a link when a Gitcoin Twitter page was hacked, so we lost some of our funds from GG18.\nWe request that with your support, we can create a thriving community training/skilling center. We will use these funds to purchase more computers to improve Web3 skills, digital literacy and computer training. In addition, our training space is small and we would like to get a bigger place, and also pay additional facilitators. Our vision is that by next year, many of our Gitcoin supporters can visit our training center and farm and recommend interns for our organization.\n##Problem\nLack of Vocational training services has the devastating potential to create severe economic impacts. Women, school dropouts, Widows and orphans have struggled with life and they need hands-on knowledge that can support them through vocational training that can equip them with constructive Knowledge and reliable Skills. It is noticed that 60% of women, school dropouts, widows and orphans, lack direction which has contributed greatly in affecting the development and economic out-put of the country In Uganda.\n**Environment** \nUganda remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The average daily income hovers below one dollar a day. While 40% of the populations in the south are living\nbelow the poverty line, in the north this figure rises as high as 70%. A large proportion of women, school dropouts, widows and orphans in Uganda have received little or no formal schooling. Most of them are unemployed. They are being denied even the most basic, most practical vocational education and their chances of ever finding a paid job are very slim indeed.\nIn the countryside, there is a heavy emphasis on various programs for the youth than older agemanual vocations. The skills are being taught to meet the country's demands.\nThe project is particularly keen to foster communities in which no training and educational\nopportunities have previously existed for school dropouts, women, widows and orphans. The goal is to motivate up to 30% of the participants, mainly widows, by the end of 2030, over 500 women, school drop[outs, widows will be working either independently, as self-employed operators, or in newly created jobs.\nA number of initiatives have been created to support and provide services to the community.\nThese include a wide range of Skills including farming/smart/regenerative agriculture, permaculture and craft making. All these groups are important but mainly with lots of gaps; this means that school dropouts, women, widows and orphans are left with-out any developmental plan.\nThe project will work together with local communities and other agencies that have the same interest to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) within the communities which include the Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, achievement of Universal primary education( Quality education), promoting Gender equality and empowerment, Reduction of child mortality, combating HIV / AIDS, Malaria and other diseases, ensuring Environmental sustainability and promotion of global partnerships for development, climate action and clean water conservation.\n**Mission:**\nTo contribute to the improvement of women, school dropouts,orphans and widow’s lives through vocational and community based education in response to sustainable skills.\n![littleboy](https://ayoweccauganda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1699721696294.png)\nIn Uganda, Climate change is a serious problem, affecting livelihoods and decreasing economic opportunities. The country experiences prolonged drought, short and erratic rains which are disastrous and affect agricultural production, the backbone of the country. Also, due to disparities in traditional roles, societal expectations, and livelihoods, men and women are affected differently by climate change. Women account for the bulk of Uganda's population of 23.19 million people. They have lower wages, less access to credit and decision-making power, and less control over resources, all of which make them more vulnerable to many risks. It’s therefore important to consider differences when tackling the issue of climate change.\n![sewing](https://ayoweccauganda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1699721846538.png)\nSolution\nThis project aims to provide inclusive education and advocacy for women, girls and youth for Web3, computer literacy and digital skills training as well as training for tailoring, catering and salon services. We also promote agroforestry/permaculture/regenerative agriculture for climate change mitigation and the development of vulnerable groups' livelihoods, such as women, by planting fruit trees alongside food crops.\n![yellow](https://ayoweccauganda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1699765141925.png)\nAt **AYOWECCA UGANDA,** we promote economic empowerment in the face of climate change by training rural farmers on regenerative agricultural methods/smart agriculture that are environmentally sustainable, mapping agricultural practices in carbon credits, promoting agroforestry and permaculture where farmers can plant fruit trees besides growing food or cash crops, learn how to make organic manure and pesticides.\n##OBJECTIVES: \n**a. Overall Objective**\nTo empower women, school dropouts, widows and orphans with Vocational Skills and keeping them out of current poor standards of living, Breaking the York of vulnerability and having good working conducive environment to enable them obtain a successfully/desirable life so as to eradicate poverty in our communities and Uganda as a nation.\n**b. Project Objectives**\n1. To reduce vulnerability and dependency among the women, school dropouts, widows and orphans by 20% in the community of our project catchments.\n2. To mobilize and sensitize over 12,000 women, school dropouts, widows, orphans in Tororo and nearby areas.\n3. To advocate and mainstream vocational training skills with other training.\n4. To reduce the problem of unemployment by 10% of the women, school dropouts, widows and orphans\n5. To provide 40% of Counseling and Guidance services to women, school dropouts, widows and orphans on psychosocial and economic issues\n**c. Monitoring and Evaluation:**\nThis will be a continuous process throughout the project life. Monitoring activities will be conducted to ensure harmonious coordination of the project, its operation and proper implementation. This will bring out important information upon which decisions are sought and made.\nField workers will also visit and hold meetings with the trained leaders to assess the impact of the project activities and share their experiences and challenges accordingly. Monitoring activities will be conducted on a monthly basis.\nEvaluation will help the project to assess the extent to which implementation is meeting the set objectives. It helps the project team to review the implementation strategies in order to improve on the project performance and better resource utilization.\n**d. Impact Indicators:**\nThe proposal is designed to improve the way of life of women, school dropouts, widows, youth and create early awareness .\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "AYOWECCA-UGANDA", "projectTwitter": "ayowecca_uganda"}, "recipient": "0x0d0c0941e2578da2b9E2Ad03619615f7EeBc48f7"}}