Students in Cardano: Cardano Campus Clubs

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

Embark on a series of campus meetups to educate students about Cardano’s project catalyst and how they can participate and leverage the blockchain, and subsequently form local cardano clubs.

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.”

No dependencies

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

Fully open source

[METADATA] Horizons

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

Any blockchain/ecosystem that seeks to thrive and reap immense positive impact must look for the best and suitable places to sow seeds. Campuses are definitely appropriate grounds with hot cake minds and top notch ideas that can leverage cardano blockchain and return a positive impact. Universities, colleges and SHSs are undoubtedly the best places to empower innovative projects of students.

There is the need to empower students financially so that with their brilliant diversified ideas, they can be able to introduce invaluable innovations and initiatives from their diversified backgrounds which can bring massive impact (positive) to blockchains. Cardano is in a competitive market with over thousand of blockchains, so cardano should embrace and support through catalyst funds, projects that can always keep the ecosystem thriving in such a demanding space. Students have such projects.

In light of this, this proposal seeks to reach out to the door steps of students through our conferences in universities and colleges to get them informed about the opportunities available in cardano’s project catalyst and they can actively participate in the various roles. Before we kick start our conferences, we will have massive publicity (especially using social media channels) of which we will be able to reach out to students creating their awareness of the upcoming conferences so that they can attend. During conference sessions, the team will take students into details about the cardano blockchain and catalyst, so that their foundational knowledge about the ecosystem will be strong, and upon which they can begin to explore the ecosystem the more and its use cases. To help the students have great insight about cardano, the team will also distribute educational materials of cardano in the form of booklets which will serve as reference materials to them.

By extension:

concerning the education materials, we will develop a comprehensive educative guide touching important areas of the cardano ecosystem to teach students so that they can be well informed on what cardano is and represents. We will invest so much time and resources to this so that students can fully understand what we are presenting and so that they can get themselves involved. We will also engage students through interactive learning by incorporating activities such as group discussions, and hands-on projects to deepen understanding and foster collaboration.

Synoptically

We will establish clubs where students can connect with peers, share ideas, and seek guidance from mentors passionate about Cardano. This is very critical aspect of this project, establishing local cardano clubs on campuses to keep the community together.

We will then evaluate the progress of the project by implementing assessment to measure students' understanding and track their progress over time, adjusting the guide if necessary to ensure effectiveness.

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

1. Increased awareness: Knowledge they say is power. Knowledge can be gained through education. Educating people about Cardano can help increase awareness and understanding of its technology, opportunities, and potential applications.
2. Adoption: Adoption is only possible when people are introduced to an idea. Educating people about the benefits of Cardano may lead to increased adoption, as more students and institutions recognize its potential value and begin to use it for various purposes.
3. Ecosystem/Community Growth: When there is an adoption of an idea there will definitely be an enlargement in the community where the idea is being propagated. By educating individuals about Cardano, we can contribute to the growth of its community, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
4. Use Case Exploration: Cardano is in a competitive market with other blockchains and one of the best ways to keep cardano thriving in such a demanding space is to drive innovation through new projects. Our project will inspire students to explore and develop new use cases for Cardano, expanding its utility and relevance.
5. Development of Skill: Teaching about Cardano can equip individuals with skills in blockchain technology, programming, and decentralized finance, many more potentially leading to more developers and entrepreneurs contributing to the Cardano ecosystem.

How To Share Project Outputs

1. Documentation and compilation of outputs: We will gather all the necessary materials, presentations, reports, data, photographs, videos and other artifacts generated as a result of our project delivery: organize them in our monthly reports in a way that makes them easily understandable by community members.
2. Community engagement (Social media sharing): Outputs will be shared on relevant social media platforms especially on catalyst telegram and discord groups so that community members can have access to them.
3. Open source content: All materials and content used in the project delivery will be made public and hence available to community members.
4. TH: There might be the need to address some issues and questions of community members regarding our project, in such a case, town halls will be organized online to address such issues.

Note: We wish to start our campus cardano clubs with a total number of 300 students across the selected schools in Ghana and then extend our reach to other schools.

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] 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?

Founders, hosts and facilitators of Cardano education and events is what we are. Benjamin has held several Cardano workshops online to educate people about the blockchain. He is the Founder of Cardano Assembly Town Hall, a weekly online session on Sundays at 3:30pm UTC. Jeremiah Convened and hosted the 2022 Cardano Summit in Tamale, Ghana which was the largest blockchain summit ever hosted in Tamale at that time. He has also organized and facilitated successfully community events, some in Northern Ghana and in Kumasi with support from Wada. We have also held campus conferences where students were educated about blockchain and many of the students today are active in the cardano ecosystem. As a result of past events and conferences we have held, we have been able to garner enough experience in hosting and facilitating projects like this successfully. We are also very reliable in terms of using funds for the right tasks to ensure success of our projects.

we have also been PAs and vPAs in project catalyst for some time now.

We have a good reputation with cardano and catalyst: Jeremiah Baani is a Cardano ambassador and has held many events in Ghana and the most recent one, working group in Kenya and Benjamin Baani have been the team lead for the startups and onboarding for students challenge in F10 and group/team lead for the F11 Group E PoL verifiers.

https://twitter.com/baanibenjamin

https://twitter.com/Jerrybnj

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

Milestone 1: Acquisition of Conference equipments

1. Confirmation and receipt of first tranche payment from catalyst.
2. Purchasing a laptop, projector and screen, cables, Wi-Fi, router and any other necessary equipments for the success of the project.

Output

1. Acknowledge receipt of the payment
2. complete setup for a presentation or project, including a laptop for displaying content, a projector and screen for projection, cables for connecting devices, Wi-Fi for internet access, and a router for networking if needed.

Acceptance Criteria:

1. Verifying the accuracy of the payment amount, confirming that it was sent to the correct wallet address, ensuring that any required documentation or contracts are in order, and acknowledging receipt of the payment through a formal acknowledgment or confirmation process.
2. Ensure that all items are compatible, functional, and meet the project's requirements.

Estimated Cost: 8,078Ada

Timeline: One (1) month

Milestone 2: Project Development, Planning, Marketing and Project Delivery

Tasks:

1. Informing management of institution/school of upcoming conference.
2. Objectives and scope of the project get defined
3. Develop project plan with timelines, tasks and resources required.
4. Marketing and publicizing conferences to reach the target audience making use of various channels such as social media, flyers and local media outlet to publicize our conferences.
5. Setup registration and check-in processes.
6. Securing suitable meetup event venue
7. First phase of meetups take place.
8. Transition into milestone 2.

Outputs

1. Sending out formal communication to management detailing conference’s date, time and location.
2. clear understanding of what needs to be achieved and the boundaries within which the project will operate
3. A comprehensive document outlining timeline, tasks and resources required.
4. Increased visibility and awareness among the target audience.
5. Streamlined and efficient system for handling attendees or participants at the event
6. Finding and booking a location that meets the requirements of the event.
7. Cardano education made available to students.

Acceptance Criteria:

1. Include details such as the conference title, date, location, theme, and any relevant speakers or topics
2. clear and comprehensive document outlining specific deliverables, functionalities, and requirements agreed upon by all stakeholders
3. comprehensive document outlining timelines, tasks, and required resources that is approved by all stakeholders and meets the project objectives
4. Effectively reaching the target audience through social media engagement, distribution of flyers
5. ensuring that both systems are user-friendly, capture accurate information, facilitate efficient processing, and integrate smoothly with any existing systems
6. Ensuring venue meets the capacity needs, location accessibility, technical requirements, and budget constraints specified by the organizers
7. Successful planning, attendance by a specified number of participants, and achievement of predetermined objectives.

Estimated Cost: 8,078Ada

Timeline: One (1) month

Project Delivery Continued and Evaluation

Tasks:

1. Last phase of meetups take place.
2. Collect feedback from participants (students).
3. Analyze events’ success based on predefined objectives.
4. Prepare a comprehensive project report.
5. Evaluate opportunities for future events or initiatives based on the project’s impact.

Outputs

1. Cardano education made available to students.
2. Feedback from the participants in the form of responses, comments, or ratings about our events.
3. Evaluation of how well each event achieved its predefined objectives. This evaluation would likely include metrics, data, and qualitative assessments to measure success against the set objectives
4. The output would typically be a formal document presenting objectives, methodology, findings, analysis, conclusions, recommendations in a clear and organized manner.
5. Assessing the potential for future events or initiatives by considering the impact of the current project

Acceptance Criteria

1. Successful planning, attendance by a specified number of participants, and achievement of predetermined objectives.
2. Ensuring that all participants are able to provide their input through a structured and accessible process.
3. Measure each event's performance against the specific, predetermined goals and determine their level of success.
4. Include project objectives, findings, conclusions etc
5. Establishing clear metrics and benchmarks to assess the project's success.

Estimated cost: 8,078Ada

Timeline: One (1) month

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

Benjamin Baani (Team Lead, resource person):

Founder and host of Cardano Assembly Town Hall (CATH)

A cardano community event enthusiast and was a speaker at the 2022 Cardano Summit in Tamale, Ghana.

Challenge Team lead for Startups & Onboarding for Students in F10 and the Team lead for the F11 Group E Proof of Live (PoL) verifiers.

PA and vPA in project catalyst. A member of WADA.

Real estate professional

https://bit.ly/F10-Challenge-Teams

https://twitter.com/baanibenjamin

Jeremiah Baani (resource person): A tutor.

Cardano Ambassador and hosted the 2022 Cardano Summit in Tamale, Ghana and co-hosted the 2023 summit in Kumasi Ghana. Organized and facilitated community events in northern Ghana and Kumasi successfully. PA, vPA and proposer in project catalyst. A member of WADA.

Founder of Cteil Ghana

Lecturer and IT professional

www.cteil.org

https://twitter.com/Jerrybnj

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

High Quality Laptop— 1370Ada, 

Projector— 680Ada, screen— 180Ada, 

Cables— 34Ada

Router— 170Ada

Sub total= 2,434Ada

Printing of T-shirts, caps, and education guide= 3,800Ada

Rental of gadgets and conference space= 2,000Ada 

Conference capture (photos and videos)= 2,000Ada 

Accommodation, feeding and transportation of team (resource persons) and event organizers= 4,000Ada 

Honorarium for the team:

. Resource persons= 2,000Ada

Campus Organizers= 1,000Ada 

Sub total= 3,000Ada 

Refreshment for participants (students)= 5,000Ada

Ada rewards for students during Q&A sessions= 1,500Ada.

Contingency Fund= 500Ada

Total= 24,234Ada

[VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

Students in Cardano: Campus Cardano Clubs" offers exceptional value for money by providing a multifaceted approach to student engagement and education in blockchain technology. First and foremost, it offers access to a vibrant community of like-minded individuals interested in Cardano, fostering collaboration and networking opportunities. Secondly, through workshops, seminars, and hackathons, our project will equip students with practical skills and knowledge in blockchain development and entrepreneurship, enhancing their employability and entrepreneurial prospects and fortunes. Moreover, the project provides access to resources such as mentorship programs and funding opportunities, enabling students to turn their ideas into tangible projects or businesses with project catalyst. Also, the project leverages Cardano's robust infrastructure and ecosystem, offering students hands-on experience with cutting-edge blockchain technology. Furthermore, the project's emphasis on inclusivity ensures that all students, regardless of background or experience, can participate and benefit from its offerings. Ultimately, "Students in Cardano: Campus Cardano Clubs" delivers exceptional value by empowering students to become active contributors to the Cardano ecosystem while preparing them for future success in the blockchain industry. So therefore, from the above demonstration, the requested amount of 24,234Ada represents good value for money for the cardano treasury.