# Nouns Fund Education: Rebuild a Ugandan village Community School into a Nouns School

## TL:DR
We are seeking 228,000 USDC to transform Ndurumo Primary School in Kiyanga, Uganda into a modern Nounish School. The project will include - 4 classrooms, 1 community water source, administration & teachers staff room, teacher's quarters, a playground, kitchen, as well as modern plumbing for students and staff Toilets and Bathrooms.  The project will utilize the use of green technologies such as Solar Energy and Biogas to provide water and renewable energy for school activities and the surrounding community i.e. Kids and others in the community will be able to bring water home from the school.

![Ndurumo Primary School Idea](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rJloi0nP6.jpg)


## First Nouns Funded School?
As is the case in many low income countries, Uganda suffers from substantial school infrastructure gaps that need to be addressed. Growing up in rural Uganda, one of the hardest things to attain is a basic formal education, to have basic skills in arithmetic and literature to enable a child take on the world as it is today. This is because African governments are generally strained and end up neglecting basic education infrastructure, which overtime starts to breakdown and affects the quality of education a child should get.
![Ndurumo Primary School Signpost.001](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/ryTMxTKSp.jpg)

Ndurumo Primary School is Located in the western arm of the East African Rift Valley, In a newly created District of Mitooma, Adjacent to Queen Elizabeth National park and Kigezi Game reserve In South Western Uganda.

![Ndurumo Satellite View](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HyB1I2tHp.jpg)
Satellite View for Ndurumo Primary School (https://maps.app.goo.gl/6EBKXFtnZvMabfrQA)

This school is a public, government aided school that takes children from the surrounding community and districts. The local communities and alumni are part of the school management alongside the current school administration and PTA.

I am lucky to be an Alumni of this school where I completed my first level of Primary education which grants me access to transform the school. 

Back then, the buildings were a little new and we had alot of fun. 


## Current School Structures

The school currently serves 500 children from 4 districts in western Uganda. Due to the lack of infrastructuaral development, it has been a challenge to impact more children in this area.

### Classroom Blocks
![Ndurumo Classes](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/r1dbNpKBT.jpg)
### School Kitchen + Staff Quarters
![Kitchen Staff Quarters](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/H1XRgEqBa.jpg)
### Toilets + Bathrooms
![School Kitchen + Staff Sq.0031](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/H1Nsb49ST.jpg)

## Road Map: What we want to do? When do we expect to Complete it by?

Nouns DAO Africa, through local partners, plans to collaborate with local contractors and Ugandan architects to re-design and nounify all the structures in the school. We will be starting with the school signpost. We will Nounify all of the classrooms and play areas, in addition to the administrative blocks. We will build up new and modern toilets + bathrooms, kitchen and possibly a dining and assembly area.

## Artistic Impressions of What we plan to build
![Nouns Images 2023-12-02 at 16.13.21](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rySPm45ST.jpg)
![Nouns Images 2023-12-02 at 16.51.54](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/r10uXV9B6.jpg)
![Nouns Images 2023-12-02 at 16.35.43](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SyRtm4qrT.jpg)
![Nouns Images 2023-12-02 at 16.25.30](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rkys7E5Sa.jpg)
![Nouns Images 2023-12-02 at 16.21.54](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/ryl67NqST.jpg)
![Nouns Images 2023-12-02 at 16.17.53](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HyNCQ4qBp.jpg)
![Nouns Images 2023-12-02 at 16.04.00](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rJM14E5H6.jpg)

Project is expected to be completed within 6-10 months after inagural school commissioning

**NB**: [Nouns DAO Africa](https://twitter.com/nounsDAOAfrica) will create a Documentary film of the whole process of building the first Nouns School in Africa - which shall be submitted to Nouns DAO as a Droposal to Fund further activities such as these in EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) regions.

## New Planned Layout of School
![Nouns School Plan](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BkEv36iHp.png)


## Tentantive Timeline


**Month 1**   Architect Designs + Prototyping with local architectural firm in collaboration with the Nouns Community (TBA) 

**Month 2**   Water Project Ground Breaking Launch + Project Executiong on Ground w/ Nouns DAO Africa crew + Local Gov't + Ministry of Education Uganda.

**Month 2-5**   Construction of Site Local Contractor + Supervised by Nouns DAO Africa - Uganda Team.

**Month 6-8**  Project Review + Nouns School Launch Event  Nouns DAO Africa + Local Gov't + Ministry of Education Uganda 


## Budget Breakdown

Our project is planned to have 3 major milestones to ensure efficient delivery and impact on local community.

**Item 1:** Project Planning + Architect Fees (1 months)
**Description:** Surveying of School land, Designing of Final Nounish Buildings, Construction material selection, cc0 modular Prototyping sustainable energy Technologies, Design and publishing of Replicatable Nouns School Model Framework.    
**Cost:** 23,000 USDC 

**Item 2:** Construction Phase  (2-6 months)  
**Description:** Contractor Procurement, Local Government Permits and Building Licenses, Site Safety Management Procedures, Construction of Community Water source, Classroom Blocks, Administration Block, **School Kitchen with BIOGAS** technology as renewable energy source, **School Toilets and Bathrooms** connecting waste and run off water management into a **[Circular Renewable Energy](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/circular-economy/)** Loop, Installation of Solar Panels for Additonal Renewable Electricity, Installing of Learning Hardware accompanied with Artifact Nounish Fixtures in Children's playground... etc 
**Cost:** 175,000 USDC 

**Item 3:** Project Management (7 months):
**Description:** Coordination with Local Government and Ministry of Education, Overseeing Contractor Operations, Providing Bi-Weekly Propdates to Nounish community, Community Watter source Ground Breaking event & Launch Event Management featuring Famous Kids Dance Team, Legal & Insurance 
**Cost:** 20,000 USDC 

**Item 4:** Video & Photography + Media Documentation (6 months)
**Description:** Arial Photography and Videography, Documentary Costs, Interviews and Film Production services. 
**Cost:** 10,000 USDC 

![NPS_1](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SJP4AQrIp.jpg)

## Project Follow Up + Budget Management with 3/5 Multisig
As with any engineering based Nouns proposal, having trusted Nouns builders to oversee the work to be done is crucial. In addition to providing full budget spend and updates using [Propdates](https://www.propdates.wtf/) as an accountabilty framework, A new Nouns School Proposal Multisig Address is where funds should be administred to support the 6-8 month architectural planning and engineering activities to take place at the Local School Location : 

Link to SAFE address for Proposal/Transaction Auditing :[0xc5AB67f543CF9D052Fa8789E3A77F560002ea86E
](https://etherscan.io/tx/0x044ec76eda7fe849a7a9743eb7380db79a9abeeece0af566b19c0391a7714ed1)
### Wallet Signers Include Nouns community contributors:
1. **Davin Oyesigye:** Nouns DAO Africa founding member ([Dancing Proliferators](https://x.com/cn47006/status/1597994871062925313?s=46&t=7a_Ukdkq6GcChpyttg4BeQ)), TNS Team, founding member Internationouns, Holder of [$NDAF](https://nouns.build/dao/ethereum/0xd3e9387f3a1904d6803bcf9498d9a19e6f1a5f82/32?tab=about) - Builder DAO Treasury and Nouns in Africa Governance.
2. **Five:** [hotfive.eth](https://twitter.com/fiveoceans_dev): From Korea who is better know as sail nouns prop 102 and 173.
3. **Xargs:** [mamaxargs.eth](https://twitter.com/mamaxargs) - TNS Team, founding member of thenounsquare and internatioNouns, nouncillor and lil nouncillor, holder/voter of lil nouns,gnars, nouns DAO Africa, pnouns, foodnouns, ND Brazil, Builder and more
4. **Gami:** [Gami.eth](https://twitter.com/0xigami) - Hyperpunk, initial contributor gnars, resident nouner.  
5. [0xF27](https://etherscan.io/address/0xF2754865da5D673654507fE6Bd24cF071b4C755c) **Dagan:** Arbitration / Legal Team Wallet Signer

![NPS_4.1](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/r1cvCXr8T.jpg)

## Who is building this?
Hello I am [Davin Oyesigye](https://twitter.com/davinoyesigye) - Your Resident Nouns Volunteer from Nouns DAO Africa. Rebuilding my **actual** former primary school with nouns is a sentimental undertaking and dream come true. Get to share new technology and possibility with my 11 yr old self. I get to tell the story of how Nouns can impact local communities across the world while advancing the crypto conversation in my local area.

![Davin](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Sy7Ec4cST.jpg)


I am soon receiving a Shipment of 1000+ paper noggles and i feel like building something of this magnitude can be a chance to have the "Nouns and Crypto" conversation at the fore front of legislators, bankers and government officials in my local area network and showcase IRL uses of crypto in Uganda and Africa as a whole.


## Other Nounish Activities done by nouns DAO Africa

### Nounish Crocs Edition in Nairobi, Kenya
![](https://i.imgur.com/qo5hBwq.jpg)

![](https://i.imgur.com/dlgj8oW.jpg)


### A Visit to the children's home in Kampala, Uganda
![](https://i.imgur.com/H0YF8SX.jpg)

![](https://i.imgur.com/VMnZM1u.jpg)


### Nounish Christmas W/ the Elderly in Uganda

![](https://i.imgur.com/CabvltA.jpg)

Thank you so much reading our Proposal for your positive consideration in supporting Proliferation of Nouns in Africa.

Interested in Nouns DAO protocol Proliferation happening in Africa Join: 

1.Nouns DAO Africa [Builder DAO](https://nouns.build/dao/ethereum/0xd3e9387f3a1904d6803bcf9498d9a19e6f1a5f82/32?tab=contracts) (Before Upgrade to L2) 
2. [Nouns DAO Africa Discord](https://discord.gg/ST5XgUYdYB) - Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. More African countries to be added soon


![](https://i.imgur.com/eew7JVq.jpg)

Outcome: EXECUTED