Cardano for Good - a dApp Fundraising Platform for Social Good Projects

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Buck Nguyen

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

Entity (Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Co proposers and Additional applicants

Brian Tran - technical lead of ONUSChain

Chien Tran - founder of ONUSChain (with 4m users in Vietnam)

Ha Nguyen - Founder/CEO of ProSkills39

[GENERAL] Requested funds in ada

100000

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

6

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

Yes

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

We partner with ONUSChain to enable a new Crypto for Good Impact (piloting with Cardano) and FIAT currency to fund social good projects in Vietnam. At the moment, we are available on-chain BEP20.

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

Yes

[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.”

Yes, we partnered with ONUS - the largest CEX cryptocurrency in Vietnam with 4 million users.

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

No

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

We will share the project's output according to the privacy policy of the ONUS platform in Vietnam.

[METADATA] SDG rating

We mostly qualify for all SDG goals as we support project who does good impact for the community.

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution.

We started the Crypto For Life project in 2022 during the pandemic in Vietnam, and recently, we relaunched the platform with the Libraries of Dreams project in Vietnam,

We just updated the workflow and plan to include the Cardano blockchain in the project.

The proposal will have a holistic approach for Cardano for Good

1. Step 1: Onboarding. Onboarding social good projects with identity and background history verification
2. Step 2: Campaign Planning. Set up a Fundraising campaign leveraging CEX and DEX on Cardano for transactions on a chain with real-time updates for the campaign.
3. Step 3: Implementation. Follow up with Fundraising Organizations for the community's budget release and impact tracking reports.
4. Step 4: Impact measurements. We will conduct with the fundraising team for accounting and before/after reporting for the community,

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

The proposal will help the Cardano System improve cross-chain collaboration interoperability.

Given recent updates from Cardano Summit 2023 with the Partners Chains, we are excited about this project.

We look forward to further developing this concept soon with solution-stage and product-stage funds.

Ultimately, we plan to build a trusted platform for Cardano for Good with the community on-chain.

[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?

We are a humble team with a background in

1. Cardano Blockchain
2. ONUSChain, the largest CEX of cryptocurrency in Vietnam
3. A proven track record of experience in social good projects. An example is the Libraries of Dreams project.

We also deployed the Crypto For Good Project in Vietnam for over a year. https://cryptoforlife.org/

1.Mr.Buck Nguyen - Project Lead

• Founder of Cardano Asia TikTok (Funded Project Fund 9, Fund 10) with more than 100,000 interactions/followers https://www.tiktok.com/cardano.asia 
• Vietnamese Admin of the CNFT community: https://twitter.com/AsiaCnft 
• Long-term experience in community building and online marketing.
• Joined Catalyst as PA, vPA, Funded Proposer, CR LV2, Challenge Team since Fund 9, Fund 10.
• Five years of research experience in Cardano blockchain.
• Telegram: https://t.me/Buck_Nguyen

2. Bao Tran: CEO of ONUSChain/Technical Lead

Five years of experience in digital marketing & growth hacking

Aiding various SMEs in expanding their businesses in operations, marketing, and product development.

Co-Founder of The S-One: Growth Hacking consulting unit for businesses

- Digital Marketing Manager: Topica Native Thailand, Lychee Corp

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-tran-59341411a/

3.Ms. Hà Nguyễn – Project Operations

• An experienced businessman in the field of e-commerce business, exchanging goods and services on Marketplaces.
• Five years of experience in business management and project management.
• Deputy head of the corporate planning department, new business model development department in the Japanese companies
• Gained Blockchain Business Consultant certificate issued by Emurgo Academy.
• Joined Catalyst as PA (Good: 91%, Excellent: 6%), vPA, Sponsored Proposer.
• Connecting the Vietnamese and Japanese communities and the international community.
• Be an active member of the Vietnamese and Japanese communities
• Moderators of the following Facebook groups:

1."Vietnam ADA Cardano Community": >5000 members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ada.holder

2."Cardano ADA Vietnam": >47,000 members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cardanoviet

• Telegram: https://t.me/hanguyen122009
• Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nguyen-thi-ha-45b108233/

4.Chien Tran: Founder/CEO of ONUS Ecosystem - Advisor

A programmer, cyber-security Specialist, and technology product developer with many years of experience.

Founder and direct developer of various Startup projects in Vietnam

• ONUS Pro: Derivatives Exchange with 4 million users
• CyStack: a Security platform for enterprises
• Rice Wallet: a non-custodial decentralized wallet

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chientq/

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

Statement of Milestones (SOM) built in advance: With the assistance of Cardano Ambassador, Mr. Yuta, we present the SOM in advance:

• to align with Catalyst Fund 10's guidelines for plan transparency and clarity (same application in Fund 11, as per checking with Mr. Daniel Ribbar of IOHK)
• to facilitate easy reviewing for Community Reviewers (CR),
• to illustrate, our completion percentage consistently surpasses the required budget for each milestone.
• Final Milestones meet the MIN threshold of > min level: 15%.

SOM Link: https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/fund-documentation/fund10-docs/how-to-submit-project-milestones/what-milestones-should-be-included-in-the-statement-of-milestones 

Detail project Milestones can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_-XW2MNLH_PBY9vlGbdiHgZsjXe2n2c9ZhWhC-Psed0/edit?usp=sharing

Month 1-2:

• Form the team
• Standardize the working flows
• Source code to add in the Cardano blockchain and ADA transaction.

%project completion: 30%

Budget Request: 25%

Month 3-4:

• Criteria to Onboard Social Good Project
• Launch one campaign in Month 4

%project completion: 60%

Budget Request: 25%

Month 4-5:

• Review the project
• Launch 2 other campaigns in Month 5, Month 6
• Impact measurement and publishing to the community

%project completion: 90%

Budget Request: 25%

Close out report

1. Minimum of 3 funded social good projects
2. Impact measurement and publishing before/after the project
3. We plan to expand to regional partnerships and the future stage for the official dApp for Cardano for Good.

%project competition: 100%

Budget Request: 25%

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

We are a humble, small team with a rich variety of backgrounds in blockchain, Cardano, and social good projects in Vietnam.

1.Mr.Buck Nguyen - Project Lead

• Founder of Cardano Asia TikTok (Funded Project Fund 9, Fund 10) with more than 100,000 interactions/followers https://www.tiktok.com/cardano.asia 
• Vietnamese Admin of the CNFT community: https://twitter.com/AsiaCnft 
• Long-term experience in community building and online marketing.
• Joined Catalyst as PA, vPA, Funded Proposer, CR LV2, Challenge Team since Fund 9, Fund 10.
• Five years of research experience in Cardano blockchain.
• Telegram: https://t.me/Buck_Nguyen

2. Bao Tran: CEO of ONUSChain/Technical Lead

Five years of experience in digital marketing & growth hacking

Aiding various SMEs in expanding their businesses in operations, marketing, and product development.

Co-Founder of The S-One: Growth Hacking consulting unit for businesses

- Digital Marketing Manager: Topica Native Thailand, Lychee Corp

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-tran-59341411a/

3.Ms. Hà Nguyễn – Project Operations

• An experienced businessman in the field of e-commerce business, exchanging goods and services on Marketplaces.
• Five years of experience in business management and project management.
• Deputy head of the corporate planning department, new business model development department in the Japanese companies
• Gained Blockchain Business Consultant certificate issued by Emurgo Academy.
• Joined Catalyst as PA (Good: 91%, Excellent: 6%), vPA, Sponsored Proposer.
• Connecting the Vietnamese and Japanese communities and the international community.
• Be an active member of the Vietnamese and Japanese communities
• Moderators of the following Facebook groups:

1."Vietnam ADA Cardano Community": >5000 members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ada.holder

2."Cardano ADA Vietnam": >47,000 members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cardanoviet

• Telegram: https://t.me/hanguyen122009
• Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nguyen-thi-ha-45b108233/

4.Chien Tran: Founder/CEO of ONUS Ecosystem - Project Advisor

A programmer, cyber-security Specialist, and technology product developer with many years of experience.

Founder and direct developer of various Startup projects in Vietnam

• ONUS Pro: Derivatives Exchange with 4 million users
• CyStack: a Security platform for enterprises
• Rice Wallet: a non-custodial decentralized wallet

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chientq/

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

The detailed budget will be updated shortly for three main parts

1. Technical set-up
2. Marketing campaigns
3. % of budget commitment from the project team to donate for the suitable projects (at least 50%)

The project is relatively straightforward, with a core team of 3 members with 20 working hours/week in 6 months. With this as a charity of our project

A detailed budget can be found here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_-XW2MNLH_PBY9vlGbdiHgZsjXe2n2c9ZhWhC-Psed0/edit?usp=sharing

We will commit 50% (50,000 ADA) to fund the NPO project on the platform as the Cardano For Good initial platform launch.

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

Value for money - Cost benchmarking

We use the primary resources of the team to implement, so the labor cost is reduced compared to the average salary in Vietnam by 40%-50%.

Value for money - Value for Cardano Ecosystem

• We commit to bringing the Catalyst values of Transparent/Acountalbe/Collaborative to the dRep and Voters who Cast their Votes responsibly for the growth of Catalyst and the Cardano Ecosystem in the long term.
• We commit 50% of the Proposal for funded NPO Projects.

[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