Project OSISI 
{"title": "Project OSISI ", "logoImg": "bafkreihfkaankmgt5mha4mgd33vvkf3xoc46j2uyiynak2cd5d56m7mohy", "website": "https://www.osisi.earth", "bannerImg": "bafkreiaswpmkzhc4rlot4le2pf7of772agwi6wdqv5rvbeb6w6z2haggm4", "createdAt": 1743760781683, "credentials": {}, "description": "**🌍Problem Worth Solving**\n\nAfrica's climate crisis is complex. Temperatures in the Sahel region are rising 1.5 times faster than the global average due to increased urbanization and severe deforestation, both of which increase carbon emissions. \n\nDeforestation in Nigeria has led to the [loss of 96% of the country's primary forest](https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/deforestation-nigeria-has-lost-96-of-its-forest-ncf/). This has exacerbated climate change impacts, including biodiversity loss, heat waves, and [severe coastal erosion](https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/6/1/in-oil-rich-niger-delta-coastal-erosion-is-outliving-residents)  in the country. \n![Deforestation in Nigeria](https://i.ibb.co/yRPM3DG/Gitcoin.png) \n\n**[Climate change costs Africa $15 billion per year,](https://www.afdb.org/en/cop28/focus-africa)** which exceeds the GDPs of 26 African countries. By 2050, it could reach $50 billion. Climate change impacts disadvantaged communities and threatens traditional livelihoods. With low access to climate finance, millions of smallholder farmers and land stewards are unable to adapt. Addressing this issue is critical for environmental sustainability and community well-being, and we are passionate about helping to solve it. \n\n**📜 Our Solution**\n**[Project OSISI](http://osisi.earth/)** is a ReFi project combating climate change through tree-planting events in Africa. It is inspired by [Mbom-Uzo Festival](https://acjol.org/index.php/ajap/article/view/1340/1315), an ancient community-driven environmental conservation festival celebrated by some Igbo communities in southeast Nigeria. OSISI allows impact donors to efficiently support tree-planting festivals with real-time data and impact reports. It empowers local land stewards with tools to plant trees, capture ecological data, and earn (retroactive) rewards. \n\n**🖼️ See Our Impact**\n\n![Impact Certificate](https://www.ecocertain.xyz/_next/image?url=%2Fapi%2Fhypercert-image%2F42220-0x16bA53B74c234C870c61EFC04cD418B8f2865959-51722919771982646446432940329628768141312&w=640&q=75)\n\n[View Our Environmental Hypercert](https://www.ecocertain.xyz/hypercert/42220-0x16bA53B74c234C870c61EFC04cD418B8f2865959-51722919771982646446432940329628768141312) \n\n**🌱 What This Hypercert Represents:**\nWe’ve successfully set up a **[1040-square-meter pilot tree garden](https://tinyurl.com/OSISIGARDEN)** in Badagry town, Lagos, to facilitate nursing and planting of tree seedlings in the host community. \n![tree nursing](https://i.ibb.co/GPC6sgX/coconut.jpg) \n\nBy establishing this pilot garden, we've gained valuable insights into several key aspects of the tree nursing business:\n1) Unit Cost Analysis: Understanding the cost of producing tree seedlings is crucial for scaling up tree planting efforts and creating sustainable environmental programs. \n2) Distribution Methods: The pilot has allowed us to test and refine strategies for distributing planting materials and tree seedlings, which can inform future tree planting festivals\n\nOSISI is leveraging partnerships with local communities, schools, NGOs, and governments. We recently secured approval from the Lagos State Government Education Districts to implement tree-planting festivals in 8 schools in Badagry, Lagos. Past tree-planting festivals include:\n\n*[Tayville Academy Tree-Planting Festival, Akure, Ondo State](https://x.com/mr_doski/status/1869340373497372715)* \n\n*[Mopo Akinlade Community Tree-Planting Festival, Lagos](https://x.com/ReFiLagos01/status/1773343168278183995?s=20)*\n\n*[Omole Grammar School Tree Planting Festival, Ikeja](https://x.com/ReFiLagos01/status/1806721313458843865)*  Check out highlight of this event on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSgIWhB4TDA) \n\n**Impact Metrics** \n\n*Promoting carbon removal:* Nursed/planted  over **300 native trees** in rural communities and schools \n\n*Rural economy:* onboarding and empowering **indigenous farmers** to grow tree seedlings. The farm has successfully grown 100 tree seedlings ready to be transplanted\n\n*Leadership skill:* empowering land stewards to independently **lead climate projects** in their local villages \n\n*Climate education:* impacted over **4000 students and youth** on climate awareness & action.\n\n**[✅See the Proof of Impact]( https://tinyurl.com/OSISIGARDEN)**\n\n\n\n**Media blog**\n\n*[Unlocking Africa’s Agricultural Real Estate](https://blog.refidao.com/web3-and-regenerative-finance-unlocking-africas-agricultural-potential/)*\n\n**💡 Join Us in Making a Difference!** \nSupport Project OSISI via this wallet address: **0xe0150c1c32a0b4f137b32a79376053da3f96ff70**  (Supports Celo, Ethereum, Arbitrum One, Optimism, and Base blockchain networks) \n\n**Uses of Fund**\n*Support the sourcing and nursing of seedlings*\n*Support land stewards in leading tree-planting festivals in schools and climate-affected communities.*\n\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}}