ONE Tr1be for Sierra Leone | Princess Sarah Culberson
Application Type
Grant
Proposal overview
In an effort to promote Harmony and effectively build partnerships in Africa, we would like to engage with local educators and citizens of Sierra Leone to establish a sustainable training curriculum for developers. In addition to technical skills, we would like to ensure our efforts build interest in Web3 broadly for all participants and the extended business community. This entails identifying key stakeholders and aligning mutually beneficial incentives to build and engage with the Harmony ecosystem.
Our vision is to spend 3 weeks on the ground in Spring 2022 (pending COVID restrictions) exploring partnerships with the nation’s most promising academic institutions (University of Makeni, IPAM, and other private universities). A panel will be held with the selected partners concluding the 3-week trip to announce who we’ll be working with. During the panel, we will include prominent African web3 project developers to speak.
We have established a trusted cohort of entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and policymakers with global perspective and operational expertise to ensure our efforts are executed efficiently and effectively including:
Team
Hindo Joseph Esq., Attorney, Head of Ground Operations
Hindo has strong ties to the appropriate policy stakeholders including David Moinina Sengeh and Mario Mackay– innovators we will be collaborating with to ensure successful execution.
Yeniva Sisay, Education Development Executive, Founder of EXCEL Education Solutions
Yeniva brings over two decades of experience across private and public sector work in the United States and Africa. S
Princess Sarah Culberson Team (United States)
- Princess Sarah Culberson, Philanthropist
- George Hughes, Marketing & Business Development
- Kudz E. Taziva, Culture & Community
- Erica Rios-Lopez, Director of Operations
Proposal ask
$100,000 USD
Justification
One Tr1be for Sierra Leone is seeking $100,000 USD to establish our public-private partnership with Sierra Leone. Our initial panel will kick-start the relationship and we envision fundraising from corporate stakeholders to help address some of the technical pieces such as devices.
| Cost | Price (USD) |
|---|---|
| Travel to Sierra Leone for US Team | $25,000 |
| Speaking Panel | $15,000 |
| Trainers + Staff | $45,000 |
| Venues & Courses | $10,000 |
| PR & content production | $5000 |
| TOTAL | $100,000 |
Metrics for success
Our Milestones:
February 2022
- Finalize budget and travel plans for trip to Sierra Leone
- Build framework with academic institutions and local partners
- Partner with Harmony to propose a curriculum and course work for Solidity bootcamp
March/April 2022
- Travel to Sierra Leone for 1st visit and speaking panel
- Capture content for media and promotional activities promoting our efforts on the ground
- Launch bootcamp late spring/early summer with a target of 300 students. The course will last 3 months per session.
August 2022
- We acknowledge that some students who join may not finish the course. A metric for success would be to have a 50% completion rate. Knowing this, we would showcase 150 developers through local media and international press. This could double as a graduation ceremony.
- Begin job placement services, intern to hire programs
Fall 2022
- Begin the fall season of courses in September 2022. Those that didn’t complete the initial summer course could reapply for the fall.
- Up the number of expected students to 400
Winter 2022
- We acknowledge that some students who join may not finish the course. A metric for success would be to have a 50% completion rate. Knowing this, we would showcase 200 developers through local media and international press. This could double as a graduation ceremony.
- Begin job placement services, intern to hire programs
Metrics for Success
- Educated 1000 Harmony Solidity developers in Sierra Leone by summer 2023
- Graduation rate of 50% or more, 500 developers total by summer 2023
- 2 functional resource hubs (24 hour computer labs) located outside of large metropolitan regions
- 50 functional dApps built by Sierra Leone developers
- 5 of the top aApps fully funded with grants from Harmony
- Formal public-private partnership with quarterly updates (HarmonyONE for Sierra Leone Committee)
- Quarterly review and audit