The NGO Toda Para o Mar, since 2016, has been using surfing as an inclusion tool in Maracaípe – PE through the promotion of events and educational activities focused on surfing, giving new life opportunities to women, children and adolescents. Financial problems, however, were threatening the project to stop its activities, but through the mediation of Surfguru, which has already been supporting the cause, the NGO will now be able to continue its activities.
Funding was split between GnarsDAO, NounsBR and LilSisters. These are organizations that originated from Nouns, an Autonomous Decentralized Organization (acronym for DAO – Decentralized Autonomous Organization) that, through the daily sale of NFTs, supports projects and social causes to proliferate its brand by creating content collectively. NounsDAO has grown so fast that these “sub-DAOs” have emerged to target niches and smaller value propositions, such as the subDAOs that are currently funding TPM. They all support different projects and causes by selling their own NFTs and promoting NounsDAO.
The local youth of Maracaípe bay – PE, where the NGO operates, have few prospects for work and leisure, often finding themselves in situations of social vulnerability at different levels. This financing came to guarantee the maintenance of the NGO TPM, which has been doing a work of fundamental importance in the creation of education opportunities, as well as the introduction of routines and discipline for surfing, in addition to serving as a leisure option for children and teenagers from the community, improving the quality of life in the region.
“The possibility of raising funds through the internet is a revolutionary reality for the NGO Toda Para o Mar. Surfguru is a partner that is promoting our access to the reality of the web3 world. There are several lessons learned that will enable us to maintain our activities with the community of Maracaípe-PE. This revolutionary partnership positively impacts the lives of several vulnerable children, adolescents and women. We are deeply happy and excited to expand the network and connect with people who believe in social transformation”, say the coordinators of the NGO Toda para o Mar, Nuala Costa and Lígia Levy,
In this mission, Play4Change, an initiative that promotes financial inclusion, education and social transformation through web3, will meet, over the next few weeks, with some children and adolescents who participate in the NGO TPM to receive education on crypto, blockchain, web3 and DAOs in a general way. As part of the program, internal art workshops will also be held with children and adolescents from the TPM project.
“The web3 movement is new worldwide. That is why it is a very important time to get involved and participate in the co-creation of countless emerging communities and endless possibilities for exchange. Training these young people on the web3 is giving them the opportunity to create the world they want to live in. After all, web3 is decentralized and the blockchain structure facilitates people to create collectively and transparently. In this project, we connected the NGO TPM with two established DAOs, Play4Change and NounsDAO. Both communities exist to empower people and not to live in the custody of companies”, says Mari Salles, from Surfguru.