AfroLabsInc/marascan-contract

MachoMara is a blockchain-based donation platform enhancing wildlife preservation through secure, transparent transactions and bridging Africa's technological gap with USSD and M-Pesa integration. Project Description Name: MachoMara Category: Web3 Integration in Web2 ## Slide Deck : here ### Problem Statement The Masai Mara people are very conservative in nature, with most of them relying on agricultural activities like farming or keeping livestock, only few are educated. Landowners, wildlife, and tourism all rely on one another to survive in the Masai Mara. The effects of COVID-19 have halted travel, jeopardized prior earnings, and raised concerns about the stability of the ecosystem. To generate cash and protect the land for the conservation of wildlife, the Masai people lease their land to conservancies. Tourism businesses that profit from eco-tourism are granted licenses to use the land. One of the most inventive and successful conservation techniques in Africa may be essentially destroyed if individual conservancy landowners are driven to sell or convert their parcels of land to agriculture due to decreased or uncertain lease payments. International organizations are contributing money to a global program of support for this vulnerable ecosystem in order to lessen the strain caused by lost revenue. However, donors are concerned that the monies may not reach the intended recipients due to low technological advancement, internet access and absence of a verifiable financial system to bridge the gap between the donors and the beneficiaries. ### Our Solution MachoMara, coined from the Swahili word Macho and Mara which means “Eyes of Mara” is a Decentralised Donation platform that takes advantage the Security and Transparency of the Blockchain technology to provide a secure, fast and verifiable channel for individual and organization donors to donate to the course of preserving our wildlife. By integrating AML and identity check), we guarantee secure transactions from credible donors and beneficiaries, thereby ensuring that our platform is not a channel for fraudulent activities. MachoMara, unlike various De-Fi and traditional donation platforms already …