Please describe your proposed solution

Our proposal aims at creating awareness of Cardano among members of Leo clubs and thereby recruiting more members into the Cardano community to participate in various ways, and expand the reach and influence of Cardano in communities in Ghana.

The Leo Clubs constitute the youth wing of the Lions Club International, a humanitarian organisation originally established in the United States, but which has now become a global organisation, with representation in 200 countries and geographical areas. Currently, there are twenty one (21) Leo clubs in Ghana with an estimated minimum membership of 30 young people per club, making a total of 630 members.

In Accra, the capital city of Ghana, which is the focus of this proposal, there are fifteen (15) Leo clubs with an estimated membership of 30 young people per club, making a total of 450 members. This pool of members constitute our target audience for the proposed events.

Members of the Leo clubs are generally between the ages of 18 to 30, most of them being students at the tertiary level. The idea is to educate them on blockchain and opportunities in Catalyst that will shape their learning journey and enable them gain practical knowledge and real world experience in the area of blockchain in order to shape their future career and academic pursuits.

The focus on the youth, mostly students, is because many young people are interested in technology however because of low exposure in Africa and Ghana specifically to opportunities to learn about new technology, most of them end up in careers that are not necessarily what they love or enjoy to do. Some may have great tech minds but are not exposed to such education. This project seeks to provide them with basic information to whet their appetite to acquire more information on Web3, blockchain and Cardano blockchain in particular. The project also seeks to give them the relevant exposure to the Cardano community to influence their career paths or provide them with enough information to actively participate in the growth of Cardano without necessarily taking on a career in blockchain.

The medium for the roll out of the project will be events. Thus we intend to organize three main educational/social events, where participants will be introduced to the Cardano Blockchain; Project Catalyst and opportunities that are available in the ecosystem. The events will include a mix of education and entertainment to appeal to the interests of the young people who are the target audience. Also we propose to provide each participant with Cardano branded T. Shirts as a way of increasing their level of motivation and spreading the Cardano name on the various campuses where they are students. It is expected that as they wear these T. Shirts people will be curious about the name Cardano and will seek for more information.

Topics that will be discussed during the events include the Cardano Blockchain, Project Catalyst and Wallet (Yoroi) opening for all interested participants. As part of the project, participants will register on Ideascale and begin to explore ways in which they can participate as active members of the Cardano Community. We will encourage participants to become Proposers, Community Reviewers and take up other roles in Catalyst as well.

The project is targeting to impact an estimated 200 Leos through three "edutainment" events in three different venues in Accra within the 3 month period of the project.

Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community

The following are the expected impact of the project:

• A target of about 150 young people will be added to the ecosystem through their registration on Ideascale.

• At least 20% or more of the targeted 200 participants may be interested in becoming Community Reviewers to enable them participate more actively while earning some rewards

• At least 100 + Yoroi Wallets will be created for those interested with an amount of 5 ADA given to each to get them started and motivated. This will increase ADA holders in the Cardano ecosystem.

• Africa Town Hall participation will increase with a subsequent increase in the main Town Hall participation.

• Cardano Communities in Ghana will grow and eventually impact the total Cardano population in Africa

What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

With respect to our capability to deliver the project with high levels of trust and accountability:

The key members of the project team are very active members of the Cardano community and the Wada community as well and have excellent skills in their various areas of expertise which will be leveraged to ensure the success of the project.

Faakor has been part of the Cardano community since Fund 8 during which she was a Community Assessor (CA). She was also a challenge team member for the Grow Africa, Grow Cardano challenge in Fund 8 and a CA in Fund 9 as well. As a funded proposer, she has also successfully completed her project in Fund 11, and is an experienced workshop facilitator, having provided training and capacity development interventions in her capacity as a Human Resource Management Practitioner to staff of various institutions.

Richard Okai is a member of the Cardano community and a young graduate from the Accra Technical University with a Bachelor of Technology in Automobile Engineering. He is a public speaker, and excellent marketer and a humanitarian activist with the Lions Clubs International.

This team of implementers have the relevant experience, skills and goodwill within the Cardano community and will endeavour to do an excellent job if funded.

With respect to validating the feasibility of our approach, the focus of the proposal is to ensure high levels of participation of Leos in all the events. To this end, members of the Leo clubs have been informed and have shown interest in the proposed events. Additionally, the co-proposer is a leader of one of the Leo Clubs in Accra, whose role includes mobilisation of the Leos to get them fully involved in the events.

In addition, the following elements will be verified as the project is rolled out, to determine if the approach is yielding the expected results or will need modification:

• Number of participants at events with a focus on ensuring a high number of participation leading to expansion in the ecosystem.

• Number of registrations on Ideascale and Yoroi wallets created as a direct result of the events

• In the short term, increase in participation in Africa Town Hall;

It is expected that the project will yield the following benefits, among others:

• In the long term, some of the new members will become very active members who can develop business models for real economic impact in the country and for Cardano.

• In both short and long term, some will become Community Reviewers, Proposers and Voters.

• In the short term, those who join the Town Halls, the telegram chats and Discord will contribute to discussions and may give very good ideas which can eventually help in more innovations in Catalyst operations.

What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Milestone 1: 1. Edutainment session organised for at least 70 to 80 Leo participants 2. Brief write-up to be distributed to participants, providing information on Cardano, Project Catalyst and Yoroi Wallet and also providing the relevant links to various Cardano/Catalyst platforms or information resources 3. At least half of participants signed on to Ideascale as Cardano community members 4. At least half of participants will create Yoroi wallets 5. Short report and brief video clip of the edutainment session

Milestone 2: 1. Edutainment session organised for at least 70 to 80 Leo participants 2. Brief write-up to be distributed to participants, providing information on Cardano, Project Catalyst and Yoroi Wallet and also providing the relevant links to various Cardano/Catalyst platforms or information resources 3. At least half of participants signed on to Ideascale as Cardano community members 4. At least half of participants will create Yoroi wallets 5. Short report and brief video clip of the edutainment session

Final Milestone: 1. Edutainment session organised for at least 70 to 80 Leo participants 2. Brief write-up to be distributed to participants, providing information on Cardano, Project Catalyst and Yoroi Wallet and also providing the relevant links to various Cardano/Catalyst platforms or information resources 3. At least half of participants signed on to Ideascale as Cardano community members 4. At least half of participants will create Yoroi wallets 5. Final close out report and video clip for the project

Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Faakor Fiadzigbey: Team Lead & Resource Person

Faakor has been part of the Cardano community since Fund 8 during which she was a Community Assessor (CA). She was also a challenge team member for the Grow Africa, Grow Cardano challenge in Fund 8 and a CA in Fund 9 as well. She was a funded proposer under fund 11 and has successfully completed the project. She is a Human Resources Management Practitioner by profession and speaks both English and French.

Telegram: @Faxlove32

https://www.linkedin.com/in/faakor-fiadzigbey-b9b09328/

Stella Seyram Myers - Resource person

Stella is a member of the Cardano community and a training and business planning Consultant. She has qualifications in business administration and 15 years of experinece in educating and strengthening businesses through the design of interventions.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-myers-481bb315/

Richard Okai - Event organisation and logistics support

Richard is a member of the Cardano community and a young graduate from the Accra Technical University with a Bachelor of Technology in Automobile Engineering. He is a public speaker, and excellent marketer and a humanitarian activist with the Lions Clubs International.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-okai-5b047223a?

Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

• Venue hire for 3 sessions: 3600

• Stationery and printing for event write up: 1500

• Equipment hire (Projector, screen, etc): 2000

• Remuneration for resource persons : 7,650

• Remuneration for project support & logistics: 1,800

• Transport to 3 venues: 800

• Media (banners, video) 1500

• Refreshments for 200 participants: 4800

• ADA (for 200 participants to open wallets @ 5 ADA each) 1000

• Administrative work (power bank, wifi, etc) 2200

• Branded T. shirts: 2800

Total: 29,650 ADA

The budget for each of the 3 Milestones is as follows:

Total budget for Milestone 1 - 9,000 ADA.

Total budget for Milestone 2 - 9,000 ADA

Total budget for Milestone 3 - 11,650 ADA

No dependencies

How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

The budget for the project focuses on the essentials and is therefore on the low side, with a focus on reaching as many people as possible, at the lowest possible cost. We have ensured that events will be held at venues which are reasonably priced. Also marketing activities are pegged at a low amount because there may not be much need for publicity since the Leos are an already organised group and will only need to be updated during one of their meetings, about the programme in order to participate.

The project provides value for money for Cardano in terms of the anticipated number of participants to be impacted by the project and their expected contributions to the ecosystem. In addition, it ensures that Cardano's impact and influence is felt in many communities in Accra and Ghana as a whole.