Please describe your proposed solution.
<u>Vision</u>:
Africa is slowly reclaiming its right to its own knowledge, gathered over thousands of years in harmony with PLACE. This is the knowledge that is being recognised, both locally and globally, as situationally relevant in maintaining human connection to the land and thus fortifying the resilience of people and place against the challenges of poverty, food systems, climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, ocean acidification, etc.
Blockchain technologies and IPFS provide a new and novel way of recording and storing this deep rooted traditional knowledge and making it accessible to a wider global audience whilst at the same time providing a potential revenue income for the local communities that hold this wisdom in PLACE, in the form of NFTs on the Cardano blockchain.
<u>Mision</u>:
The Story Bank is seeking to bridge the gap between the local communities that are the wisdom keepers of these stories and the global audience that would greatly benefit from their knowledge.
As place plays such a crucial part in indigenous wisdom, The Story Bank is building partnerships with local projects already operating on the ground to record the stories in a respectful and mutually beneficial way through celebration and gathering.
Once recorded these stories are then forged into NFTs on the Cardano blockchain and are fully accessible to all forever. Should an individual be particularly moved by a certain story they can become one of its lineage holders through donation on The Story Bank market and in turn receive a unique lineage holder NFT. with all profits going to the local community from where the story originated.
<u>Pilot</u>:
The pilot project will take place in the Wild Coast of South Africa.
It will span a 6 month time frame and will employ the idea of <u>radical trus</u>t, which is a value running through many Indigenous cultures, to allow the elders of the community to establish for themselves how best to present their stories. After deep discussion amongst themselves and the reaching of full agreement it will be accepted, as in the ways of old, that these are the correct pointers for our time and a full programme of action will be developed.
Once developed a gathering and celebration will be held in order to physically reinstate the rituals and practices and make them part of everyday living. At this time the chosen stories will be recorded and put onto the blockchain where they will be preserved and remembered.
Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.
<u>How The Story Bank addresses Grow Cardano Grow Africa:</u>
We understand the challenge ultimately to be how do we create more awareness about Cardano in Africa as well as develop mutually beneficial relationship between the 2. Every story recorded on The Story Bank solves this by exposing traditional and rural communities to the beneficial technologies of the Cardano ecosystem as well as the potential revenue streams they provide thus further increasing user adoption and knowledge of Cardano.
At the same time the lessons and wisdom of our shared human history is preserved on chain in a way that is both respectful and inspirational to all.
What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?
Risk: Project is not well accepted by the local community and does not meet their particular needs leading to the stories not being told in an authentic way.
Solution: Use local, already established organisations to build strong ties with the communities to ensure their needs and desires are addressed first and foremost.
Risk: There is little to no user engagement with the Story Bank itself and the initiative does not build any traction
Solution: Build strong ties with the local communities in order to establish a strong support base in turn leading to greater media coverage and a wider global movement not just limited to Southern Africa.
Risk: The Funds generated from the NFT sales and Catalyst funding do not reach the hands that need it most.
Solution: Once again by partnering with reputable organisations as the boots on the ground we greatly mitigate this risk.