Cardano Literacy Club (CLC)

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Kojo Owusu Appiah

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

Individual

[GENERAL] Co proposers and Additional applicants

Mohammed Zakaria

Analetizia Uliber

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

4

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

No

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

Cardano Literacy Club (CLC) will start a Cardano educational drive in Junior and Senior high schools to educate students on the Cardano ecosystem as well as the various opportunities it offers.

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

No

[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?

Yes

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

This is a non technical project hence does not require any open source licenses

[METADATA] SDG rating

SDG Goals

4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

SDG Sub goals

4.4 - By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

4.4.1 - Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution.

OUR APPROACH

Twenty first century students in Senior and Junior high schools love to join innovative clubs that teach them new and exciting innovations about computing and IT. So we intend to start CLC across schools in Ghana. We will start these clubs in one of the fastest growing cities in Ghana, which is Tamale. Students in this part of Ghana mostly lack a lot of current and relevant information about so many things.

CLC will start in the school I teach (Stepping stones education centers). The students in my school are very inquisitive and will love to be part of a club that will satisfy their

passion for new knowledge in computing. These students will serve has the Ambassadors of CLC. They will be preaching the good news of the Cardano ecosystem to their colleagues in other schools. This will lead to an explosion in membership and Ambassadors for CLC.

UNIQUENESS

CLC is going to be one of its kind in Northern Ghana. It will adequately inform and eventually train students to build games, dapps, smart contracts etc that could be deployed onto the Cardano blockchain for continuous improvements and development.

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

BENEFICIARIES

CLC will immensely benefit the Cardano ecosystem because as more and more students are onboarded unto the Cardano ecosystem some will choose a career path that will help to develop innovative ideas for the ecosystem.

Secondly the friends and family members of these students will also get to know the benefits of Cardano ecosystem and will join the community.

Thirdly Cardano will emerge as a house hold name in Ghana and eventually in West Africa when it comes to Blockchain technology. This will certainly give cardano an advantage over its competitors. Other Cardano ecosystem will benefit from this increased awareness and knowledge of the Cardano ecosystem, cryptocurrencies and smart contracts etc. All these will go a long way to reduce youth unemployment, crime and poverty which are currently a major challenge for governments across the length and breadth of Africa.

[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?

CLC has a team that have a combined experience of 18+ years in Curriculum development and implementation as well as blockchain evangelism.

The project will mainly be coordinated by Kojo Owusu Appiah the main proposer. He is currently the Curriculum Development officer of a Pearson Edexcel accredited school in Tamale.

Kojo has over 11 years of teaching experience. He has successfully trained students to write the Pearson Edexcel Achievement Exams in Primary and Secondary. Additionally a number of students have been trained by him to successfully write the International GCSE and International A level. He is also a block chain enthusiast. Kojo has been part of Project catalyst since Fund 8. He has participated as a Proposer and Community Reviewer in all these rounds

• Jeremiah Baani 

Jerry will be responsible for explaining and educating students on radio and television about Cardano, Blockchain, cryptocurrency ( ADA), Smart Contracts, Dapps etc. This form of mass education will help the spread of CLC in Senior and Junior high schools.

Jerry is an IT tutor in a Health College. He has been educating the youth in Ghana especially those in tertiary institutions about blockchain technology since 2016.

Currently, over 1000 youth in Ghana have been educated by Jerry. He has been actively involved in Funding Rounds as a Moderator and proposer.

Jerry is also an Ambassador for Cardano foundation.

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

Commencement of CLC at Stepping Stones Education Centres - Tamale.

10 students serving as active members is our acceptable criteria for milestone achievement

20+ students joining the CLC club at Stepping Stones as active members will serve as our acceptable milestone achievement

Commencing CLC at Zagyuri Anglican School.

Getting at least 20 students to join the club will serve as an acceptable achievement criteria

Successfully organizing an inter-school quiz competition between CLCs. And then crowning it all with fun games will be an acceptable achievement criteria

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

1. Kojo is the main coordinator of this project. He will be responsible for;

• Setting up CLC in schools by liaising with the various stake holders in the schools.
• Drafting the educational content that will taught in the CLC.
• Taking part in radio and TV education

Jerry will be the main resource person for this project.

• He will be responsible for informing students of the variety of opportunities in the Cardano ecosystem.
• He will have both virtual and in-person education sessions throughout the project period.

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

1. PUBLICITY/ PROMOTION

• Radio & Television advertisements and educational talks

Sub Total = 8000

1. OFFICIAL LAUNCH & FLOAT OF CLC

• Hiring of low bed truck for float
• Renting of venue for launch of CLC
• Printing of banners
• Printing of branded T. Shirts
• Police escort and permit
• Refreshment

Sub Total = 15000

1. CLC LOGISTICS & ACCESSORIES

• Camera
• Laptop
• Projector
• Projector screen
• Writing pads & pens
• Modem
• Whiteboard
• Markers
• Dusters

Sub Total = 6000

1. T&T

Sub Total = 4500

1. INCENTIVES & QUIZ AWARDS

• Quiz competition award
• Ambassador's token
• Project coordinator
• Resource person

Sub Total = 4000

1. DOCUMENTATION

Sub Total = 2500

1. CONTEGENCIES

Sub Total = 2000

GRAND TOTAL = 35000

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

The cost of this project reflects the intense educational drive that will be undertaken within the project duration of 4 months

The funds being requested is in line with the current economic trends in my country

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agrees to Fund Rules and also that data in the submission form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept