[IMPACT]
A fundraising Dapp to finance rule-of-law candidates that back the merger of science, technology, and capitalism as the primary basis for their platform.
Lee Kuan Yew, Hernando de Soto, and Thomas Sowell are the political and economic thinkers that have most influenced me and my team.
Initially, we back candidates on the island of Gonave of the west coast of mainland Haiti. This will serve as a pilot program.
I don’t think people outside of Haiti fully understand how easy it is for a candidate to win with just slight backing.
Unlike the United States, incumbents lose all the time.
Haiti is fraught with risk, but risk needs to be met with risk takers.
Win, lose, or draw, I will be investing $20,000 of my own money into this project. And have already relocated outside the US to the Dominican Republic just outside of Haiti. I intend to move into Haiti when the State Department lifts its current advisory.
I am fully invested in this project and have a physical presence in the region because I believe in the power of decentralized finance to create real change. Web3 technologies can be used to invest in otherwise uninvestable regions and people.
It starts with helping young innovation-first candidates win and that will open the door to implementing RealFi.
Where I believe the real change happens!
Being in-country is very important, I’ve followed the progress of John O’Connor in Ethiopia and seen some striking similarities to what I’m trying to accomplish here.
3 things in particular:
1 - Government time is slow.
2 - No deal is done until it is done. Unrelated shifts in the domestic political winds can undo months and even years of hard work.
3 - Ultimately you have sit down face-to-face with government officials to build relationships and rapport.
That’s why I’m here.
It has taken over a year to build up all my contacts in government.
[FEASIBILITY]
Within 3 weeks of funding the Dapp will be up and running and easily accessible to anyone in the Cardano community.
Within 2 months we will launch our political party The Haitian Economic Growth Party under Article 7 of the Haitian Constitution.
We will then field candidates for every open seat on the island of Gonave, including the mayoral seats.
$15,000 personal living expenses for entire year. (Cost of living is cheap here)
$10,000 build out my technical team for the Dapp.
$20,000 marketing & promotion for the Dapp particularly to the Haitian diaspora.
Shockingly, the Haitian diaspora sent about $3 Billion in remittances back to Haiti in 2021.
I am currently in talks with members of the Haitians in Tech organization on finding local technical talent to supplement talent in the US.
If I don’t get selected, I will have to build out a much smaller team and move slowly.
[AUDITABILITY]
It should take no more than 2 months for the Haitian Ministry of Justice to approve our application. At that point we can begin challenging open seats.
A fully built out political apparatus with candidates challenging every open seat.
Once in office, we can begin to build an open door policy towards innovation and entrepreneurship.
RealFi projects could be the real game changer.
Entirely new.